Articles By Lucy P

North Korean Rocket Launch

From Politics & Policy Feb 13

North Korea's Nuclear Powerplay is Fault of the West [BLOG]

Idea of a nuclear Pyongyang terrifies Lucy P but missile tests and brinkmanship are logical responses, she argues.

Horse slaughter

From Society Feb 11

Horsemeat Scandal: Time to Turn Vegetarian [BLOG]

Criminal gangs? Government cost-cutting? Meat-eaters' double standards? The horsemeat scandal baffles vegetarian Lucy P.

Fog of suspicion: Houses of Parliament

From Politics & Policy Feb 08

Liars, Thieves and Conmen: Who Really Runs Britain? [BLOG]

MPs' expenses, Libor fixing, phone hacking and bent police no longer make us angry, says Lucy P.

Richard III

From Politics & Policy Feb 06

Ghost of Richard III Haunts Chris Huhne and Gay Marriage [BLOG]

Owner of the royal skeleton beneath the Leicester car park could have changed history - if he had won, speculates Lucy P.

Nuclear waste

From Politics & Policy Feb 04

Nuclear Power: Why the Grass is Always Greener [BLOG]

There are plenty of alternatives to nuclear power, so why, asks Lucy P, is government pushing it so hard?

Visitors are reflected in window of the congress center, venue of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos

Feb 01

Davos Lost Opportunity: Time to Replace Capitalism with Something More Robust [BLOG]

Boom-and-bust cycle means that world governments and big business need to come up with a new model, says Lucy P.

David Cameron Mali

From Politics & Policy Jan 30

Mali: Why David Cameron's All-Guns-Blazing Strategy is Leaving Britons Short-Changed [BLOG]

Coalition government wanted war at all costs and could not even be bothered with a dodgy dossier, says Lucy P.

Floods 2013

From Society Jan 29

Britain Flooded: Mother Nature's Global Warming Warpath [BLOG]

IBTimes UK blogger columnist Lucy P looks at the reasons why it never rains, but it always pours in the UK these days.

Benjamin Netanyahu and Barack Obama

From Politics & Policy Jan 25

Time for Barack Obama to Slap down Benjamin Netanyahu [BLOG]

Cards are stacked on Obama's side to lay down tougher conditions on US' scratchy relationship with Israel, says Lucy P.

crab

From Science Jan 23

Can Crabs Feel Pain? Science Says They Can [BLOG]

Fishermen and seafood lovers justify their appetites by saying their prey is insentient. Not so, says Lucy P.

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