COLOMBO TELEGRAPH The TNA leaders have begun to show just how far to the right they have travelled. It appears their every action demonstrates further their inability to both understand and respond to the developing political...
COLOMBO TELEGRAPH This is the second time I am writing to ‘defend’ MIA. The first time was in 2009. When she spoke out against the war, instead of getting a warm welcome as a major...
COLOMBO TELEGRAPH The attempted coup following Sri Lanka’s presidential election by ousted incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa, was spoiled when his long-time allies switched their loyalty. Many of those who went over to the opposition had supported...
Thanks : COLOMBO TELEGRAPH Vote for me, the “known devil”, exhorts the incumbent Mahinda. Meanwhile the essence of the main opposition campaign is an appeal to vote for the lesser evil, or the ‘unknown devil’...
COLOMBO TELEGRAPH esident were to be decided purely on the basis of electoral arithmetic, then Mahinda is a goner – as the excellent article by Kusal Perera (How will the SL electorate behave?) outlined. But events cannot always...
COLOMBO TELEGRAPH The TNA chiefs are looking for a stunt of some sort to defend their sustained inertia in the context of a profound need for clear leadership for Tamils in Sri Lanka. Of course, the...
COLOMBO TELEGRAPH Unity makes us stronger. But not always. All those fighting for their rights must choose their alliances wisely or risk swapping one oppressor for another. The old adage of by your friends...
COLOMBO TELEGRAPH In 1925 the British Empire sent gunboats up the Yangtze in an attempt to halt the Chinese revolution. Today all the now ex-empire can do is send three discredited party leaders to...
– Revisiting some questions regarding the victory of UKIP in Britain Skewed maybe, but it is anger that has been expressed at the ballot boxes across Europe. While the political establishment boast of economic...
COLOMBO TELEGRAPH Canadian politician Tommy Douglas once told a story called ‘Mouseland’ that beautifully sums up the bogus choices that the masses are often faced with in an election. “…when they couldn’t take it...
