Alex Thomson
Caring in Kabul – Channel 4 News viewers help family
It was back in the biting cold of a Kabul January that Guncha Gul and his family first came to the notice of Channel 4 News viewers, writes Alex Thomson.
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Alex Thomson
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Alex Thomson
Rangers: the taxman will not walk away
Today’s the day the taxman, in the shape of HMRC, said not only will he not be walking away from Rangers, but that they, the HMRC, “are the people”. And the people not only want their money back from this catastrophically mismanaged “football club”, but now they want to come after the men who reduced the once proud name of Ibrox to a pathetic byword for toxic governance.
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Alex Thomson
Homs – where two utterly different worlds coexist
Ahead of his departure from Syria where the battle to oust President Bashar al-Assad rages, Channel 4 News’ chief correspondent Alex Thomson delivers his final dispatch.
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Alex Thomson
The battle for truth in Damascus
It is a matter of some regret that the Syrian government press conference yesterday was held so late in the day that I could not be there. Clearly it was some spectacle. Not since the dying days of the Saddam regime in Baghdad and the primetime performances of “Comical Ali” have we heard such arrant nonsense coming from a government mouthpiece. In fact, several government mouthpieces.
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Alex Thomson
Answers in Houla are hard to come by
Alex Thomson blogs on the aftermath of the Houla massacre, and why the survivors may never get the answers they deserve.
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Alex Thomson
No easy task for UN monitors in Syria
Alex Thomson blogs on the difficulties facing the UN officers attempting to monitor the Syrian “ceasefire”.
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Alex Thomson
The Syrian secret police, laid bare
Alex Thomson blogs from inside Syria on a regime ruled by a principle of fear, but that is becoming more hollow by the day.
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Alex Thomson
Piecing together the bloody truth in Houla
All around us the soldiers of course said that the massacre that happened here on friday was caused by the rebels, or the “terrorists”, as they put it.
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Alex Thomson
Olympic torch tales – keep ’em coming
Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson blogs about the Olympic Torch
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Alex Thomson
Revealed: the rejected bid to buy Rangers
Amidst all the secrecy, the refusal to break cover, the smoke and general mirrors surrounding the Rangers fiasco – suddenly, along comes a surprise. Tristan Loughren, a Scotsman who has spent more than 20 years out of the country closing various deals as an investment banker among other trades, is nothing if not frank and open.
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Alex Thomson
Premier League victory? It’s better than men!
As they gather for the open-top bus parade, the rain has passed. But no City fan cares about the weather now, after the agonising rollercoaster of victory snatched from the jaws of defeat snatched from the fangs of despair snatched.. well, you know the story.
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Alex Thomson
Whyte slashes price of his Rangers shares
Craig Whyte, the man who bought Rangers from Sir David Murray for a pound when the club was in a deep mess will now – in theory – sell it on for a pound now it’s in a much deeper mess.
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Alex Thomson
‘Next 24 to 48 hours are vital for Rangers’
Is an English-led rescue for Glasgow’s Rangers Football Club on the horizon?
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Alex Thomson
‘Major own goal’ in battle for Rangers
Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson blogs on Rangers Football Club.
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Alex Thomson
This is the time for leadership from Scottish football
This is the time for leadership, from Scottish football’s governing bodies, from the chairmen of the SPL clubs – but above all from Rangers Football Club. As yet, I see little sign of leadership emerging, of men who see values, not just figures.