Tony Hatfield's Retired Ramblings

Striking Seamen, loyal to the National Seaman's Reform Movement, barricaded into the National Union of Seamen Office in East India Dock Road, Poplar

Striking Seamen, loyal to the National Seaman's Reform Movement, barricaded into the National Union of Seamen Office in East India Dock Road, Poplar Originally uploaded by National Maritime Museum Read more →

Our Afghanistan difficulties have their roots in Iraq. Don't let Brown and Milliband fool you!

One thing that irritates me when our politicians-both Labour and Tory- are asked about the deepening difficulties in Afghanistan, is their unwillingness to link those problems with our devastating policy failure in Iraq. We are being constantly told, not only... Read more →

News of the World and Phone Hacking - Why are we surprised?

The allegations of illegal mobile phone hacking by the News of the World should have shocked no one. In July last year, I commented Max Mosley's privacy action against the News of the World. In a little publicised section of... Read more →