Seventy-five years ago today, January 30, 1933, thousands of Germans thronged government quarters in Berlin in celebration of Adolf Hitler becoming Reichskanzler.
Today Mikhail Gorbachev sharply criticises the current Russian presidential election campaign.
"Something is going wrong with our elections, and our electoral system needs a major adjustment," he has complained.
When people criticise the EU they should be clear in their minds of the advantages it has brought Europe.
It is highly unlikely that an 'Adolf Hitler' would get away with it in the EU and modern Russia would not be able to behave as it does were it in the EU.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Featured Post
Silent, unseeing and uncaring, Melania a true Stepford Wife
Justine McCarthy’s column in The Irish Times yesterday. It’s great reading. What are her chances of entering the United States? Yesterday Tr...
-
In the current edition of the Irish Catholic David Quin writes about the controversy happening between US Catholic politicians and the US hi...
-
Brother Thomas Casey was born in Tom Casey OP Killarney, Co Kerry on August 26, 1933. After school he joined the Cistercian Order in Roscrea...
-
The story below is from The Irish Times of yesterday. The article is written by Arthur Beesley. On face value this is a shocking story and i...
No comments:
Post a Comment