This afternoon.
On King Street South, Dublin.
Dave Williams, of GOAL, tweetz:
A ‘rocket‘ to mark five years of war in Syria. Rockets are killing people there every day; we want to show why Syrians are fleeing their country.
Syria’s civil war: five years of Guardian reporting (The Guardian)
Of this real-life account of a refugee child’s crossing from Syria to Lesbos, UNICEF sez:
7-year-old Malak fled with her family from war-torn Syria and braved a dangerous journey across the Mediterranean. “I had a lot of friends, now there is no one left,” Malak says.
More on Malak’s story here.
Last night.
Meisha Downey (left) and Lily Smullen light a candle “for the children of Syria this Christmas” on behalf of Goal. The conflict has contributed to “the worst refugee crisis since World War II”. GOAL is calling for “united action at European level on Syria and the refugee crisis”.
Yesterday: Meanwhile, On Chois
(Leon Farrell/Rollingnews)
Choc’s away!
BAE Systems jumped four points at start of trading, just hours after its Tornado jets left UK bases in Cyprus to bomb Omar oilfields.
Arms manufacturers stocks soar after UK decision to join Syria bombing (CommonSpace)
Avon Barksdale writes:
I wonder how many British MPs had investments….
Boom.
As British MPS debate the use of air strikes on ISIS rebels in Syria….
Fourty-eight per cent of voters now back Cameron’s proposal to bomb Isis in Syria, a drop from 59 per cent before the prime minister addressed parliament last week.
The number of people opposed to the idea of airstrikes has also since grown considerably from 20 per cent to 31 per cent, while 21 per cent say they are still undecided.
FIGHT!
Syria air strikes: Public support falls as Parliament prepares to vote (Independent.co.uk)
Montage via John Paul Watson
Damage at a site hit by what activists said were Russian air strikes in the town of Ariha, Syria yesterday.
“Will it work?” – Something Must Be Done! “But will it work?” – Evil Must Be Defeated!! “Will it actually work?” – Attack!!! And so on.
— David Allen Green (@DavidAllenGreen) November 30, 2015
Syria airstrikes: Jeremy Corbyn gives Labour MPs free vote (Independent.co.uk)
Vocally wayward actor Aiden Gillen speaks out on behalf of Goal using the words of Abdullah Kurdi, the father of the drowned Syrian boy who was photographed lying lifeless on a Turkish beach .
Earlier: Free On Sunday?
Economist David McWilliams
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.
Give him a shovel and he might complete a ghost estate.
David McDreamy writes:
My daughter suggested that maybe a good thing would be to give the Syrians the tools to complete these houses that were half-built. This doesn’t sound preposterous. After all, Japanese women rebuilt much of urban Japan with rudimentary tools after the Second World War…
Let the homeless refugees breathe new life into our ghost estates (David McWilliams)
Earlier: A Spin Out Of Crisis
Bryndis Bjorgvinsdottir
The Telegraph reports:
“Ten thousand Icelanders have offered to welcome Syrian refugees into their homes, as part of a Facebook campaign launched by a prominent author after the government said it would take in only a handful.”
“After the Icelandic government announced last month that it would only accept 50 humanitarian refugees from Syria, Bryndis Bjorgvinsdottir encouraged fellow citizens to speak out in favour of those in need of asylum. In the space of 24 hours, 10,000 Icelanders – the country’s population is 300,000 – took to Facebook to offer up their homes and urge their government to do more.”
Fair play, in fairness.
10,000 Icelanders offer to house Syrian refugees after author’s call (The Telegraph)