James Alexander Articles

The peace and prosperity enjoyed in Northern Ireland since the Good Friday agreement is embedded, but fragile. The next delicate step to full peace is the devolution of police and justice powers. It is widely believed that if the Conservatives win the general election they will not have a majority. This is a contributing factor to the Tories linking up with the UUP to increase the number of House of Commons seats that Cameron could command support from.

Islam4UK describe themselves as a platform for the global front of Al-Muhajiroun, a successor to Hizb ut-Tahrir. Omar Bakri Muhammed, the Islamist leader who helped develop Hizb ut-Tahrir in the UK, is known to have once led Al-Muhajirounwhose aim is ‘Izhaar ud Deen’, or domination of the world. This includes re-establishing the Islamic Caliphate and introducing sharia law. Al-Muhajiroun’s two offshoots, ‘The Saviour Sect’ and ‘Al-Ghurabaa’, are banned in the UK for the ‘glorification’ of terrorism under the Terrorism Act 2006.

Labour promised a referendum on
the European constitution. This constitution failed to become reality. Some of
the good elements of the constitution that attempt to streamline the European
Union have become part of the Lisbon Treaty. The UK Government is supporting
this.

One of the reasons I got involved in politics is the NHS. I saw chronic
under-funding in the late 1980s and the poor and impersonal service my
Grandmother received while dying with cancer. It may not be popular to
say but times have changed and though the NHS is not perfect, it has
improved dramatically under Labour; people forget this.