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The Commonwealth: rediscovering its radical voice could make it relevant again
By Philip Murphy - The Conversation LISTEN
MAR 7, 2021
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa (right) shakes hands with Rwandan President Paul Kagame (left) at the Commonwealth summit in Colombo, Sri Lanka in 2013. - Source: Sri Lankan Government/Getty Images
The Commonwealth , an association of 54 countries in Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe and the Pacific, has always been a rather mysterious organisation . It evolved gradually over the course of the 20th Century, making it difficult to pinpoint a precise starting date.
Also, it operates more on precedent than formal agreements leading to further ambiguity. It s also unclear what tangible benefits Commonwealth citizens derive from the organisation.
The organisation consists of a variety of networks developed over decades
The Commonwealth, an association of 54 countries in Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe and the Pacific, has always been a rather mysterious organisation. It evolved gradually over the course of the 20th Century, making it difficult to pinpoint a precise starting date.
Also, it operates more on precedent than formal agreements leading to further ambiguity. It’s also unclear what tangible benefits Commonwealth citizens derive from the organisation.
And perhaps the biggest mystery of all is why a group of nations that struggled to win their independence from the UK should have chosen to reconstitute themselves in an organisation that closely resembles the shape of the former British Empire.
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Mar 4, 2021
THE GUERNSEY Party is investigating allegations that one of its members has been using a pseudonym on social media to troll former politicians and members of the public.
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Deputy Chris Le Tissier has been accused of making crass comments under the pseudonym The Pirate, with the Twitter handle Radiosutch299.
Through this account Dr Gilly Carr, who is the Channel Islands representative on the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, was told that she was ‘not local’ and should ‘just leave Guernsey alone’.
Dr Carr has been campaigning to clear the names of the Guernsey policemen who were convicted during the Occupation.