Wars around the world are both less frequent and less deadly since the end of the Cold War, a new report claims.
The Human Security Report found a decline in every form of political violence except terrorism since 1992.
It found the number of armed conflicts had fallen by more than 40% in the past 13 years, while the number of very deadly wars had fallen by 80%.

Sounds like bollocks to me.

Cold war ended 1989 with the fall of the Berlin Wall. Since then there has been a war in the Balkans, two Gulf wars, at least one genocide in Brundi, Somalia, Liberia and Somalia apiece, not forgetting the ethnic clensing in Bosnia and Zimbawe.

Not sure what period they're comparing it with but I'm guessing it included both World Wars, which can't count in a comparison of 'peace time' conflicts as they were chuffing wars (there is a clue in the name, especially WW1 which was subtitled 'The Great War' and 'The war to end all wars').

New, New Labour

Trying to create a Utopian society, based on the ideal that everyone is equal (although some are still more equal than others);

Arresting old men and holding them without charge under the Terrorism Act;

Herding socially unacceptable families into ghettoes (sorry secure areas);

Starting a war for the greater good of the populus.

Has socialism gone national..?