Author: Yvonne Ridley

WTX News Diplomatic Editor Dr Yvonne Ridley is an award-winning journalist and an author. She is a WTX News champion and one of our premier journalists. She is the Diplomatic Editor and provides in depth, analytical pieces that everyone should read. In her early days she worked as a senior reporter with several well-known British newspapers including The Sunday Times, The Observer, The Independent on Sunday and The Sunday Express. While working for the latter as Chief Reporter on an undercover assignment in Afghanistan immediately after 9/11 she herself became the subject of international headlines when she was held by the Taliban. She is part of the core team that runs WTX News and ensures our work is always based on serving the readers. We absolutely love her work and hope you will too.

Who teaches our children to hate? The answer is closer to home than you might think! Recent violent attacks launched by young people on innocent members of the public going about their business have caused me and many others in the UK great concern. I mean what gives total strangers the right to verbally insult, goad, taunt and then assault someone without genuine cause or grievance? Yet this is exactly the sort of routine violence being carried out in Britain today. The cause is definitely grounded in the twins of evil – hate and ignorance, fuelled by an irrational fear of…

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With US government lawyers defending Trump policies towards migrant children, the drowning of a toddler and her father, Yvonne Ridley asks if Donald Trump is taking America to hell in a handcart As a journalist I have worked for some controversial figures over the years, but as long as I was allowed to do my job without undue editorial interference I was happy to continue. However, everyone should have an ethical red line which can be quite challenging when there’s a mortgage or rent to pay and food to put on the table. So I will not be too harsh in my…

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Is Jared Kushner’s deal of the century about to collapse? Yvonne Ridley reckons the uncertainty of the Israeli elections, the forthcoming US election campaign and the state of the Middle East will scupper Trump’s son-in-law’s plans.

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And they’re off! Yes, the runners and riders to officially enter the Conservative Party leadership race have been announced so expect to be bombarded by political piffle for the next few days. Bizarrely while most candidates were out of the traps like rats up a drainpipe, the Tory front-runner appeared to be actively restrained. What appears to be a group effort by Boris Johnson’s team, it seems the policy of less is more applies for the time being .. the braggadocios blond has been gagged by his own camp! Apparently, his supporters fear if they let him on to the field too soon…

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