Andy Burnham’s autumn of pain– podcast pred 5 urami in 16 minutami It’s been a month since Andy Burnham became prime minister. And while polls have shown a ‘Burnham bounce’, the coming months will force the new PM into making some tough – and potentially unpopular – decisions that will reveal how serious he is about delivering the changes he believes the country needs. Kiran Stacey and Peter Walker look at the choices facing BurnhamPlease keep sending your comments and questions to Pippa and Kiran at politicsweeklyuk@theguardian.com.Listen back to Kiran’s interview with Bridget Phillipson hereAnd, read Kiran’s article about possible changes to Insolvency Law here Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Ratko Mladić, the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’, dies aged 84 pred 5 urami in 26 minutami Bosnian Serb commander responsible for Srebrenica massacre dies in prison while serving life sentence for genocideFrom the archive: Fourteen years a fugitive: the hunt for the Butcher of Bosnia Ratko Mladić will die in jail. But go to Bosnia: you’ll see that he wonRatko Mladić, the infamous Serbian general who was serving a life sentence for genocide committed during the Bosnian war, has died in prison in The Hague.Mladić, 84, had been one of the main architects of the policy of ethnic cleansing during the Bosnian war. He was convicted of genocide for orchestrating the 1995 killing of at least 8,000 Muslims in the UN-designated “safe area” Srebrenica, the worst massacre in Europe since the second world war. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
