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Category Archives: Democracy on Trial.
Two Stars, Gone From The Sky.
I’ll close today with an oft-told story from the earliest days of my nation. It’s said that as Benjamin Franklin …
A Marxist Reading of the Lockdown.
In the UK, there cannot be many people left now who in their heart of hearts think that the lockdown …
Bombing Brexit Back to the Stone Age.
Several decades ago, when the average person had perhaps a more competent grasp of power politics than they do today, …
“And The Glitter Is Gone”: On How to Leave the EU with Emotional Intelligence.
The sun is setting over New York. We are on a roof, with the horizon at waist level, and with …
Book Review: Mindf*ck.
Christopher Wylie is this bratty young Canadian guy with the pink lid who had “blown the whistle” on the Vote …
Labour’s “It’s Time For Real Change” is a post-Brexit manifesto.
Brexiteers, or anybody with any lingering attachment to democracy, are likely to be offended by the Labour party’s latest Brexit …
The Humiliation of the European Parliament.
You have to be very determined to find anything that is humorous to the bleak mixture of nightmare and tragedy …
Brexit: We Should Only “Negotiate” With Elected Politicians.
“We do not negotiate taking back control,” the MP John Redwood sniffed yesterday in an article for Comment Central, “that …
Democracy on Trial Postscript: Focus on Turkey.
And so, with officers being wrenched from the turrets of their tanks and most men in uniform with their hands …
A Tale of Middle-Class Hysteria.
“Nigel Farage has told a session of the European Parliament that “the little people” had rejected “big politics” in order …
Nicola Sturgeon: The Politics of Hate.
Following the Brexit vote, hatred has been unleashed across the nation. Demagoguery is currently at its most nimble, in seeking …
How to tell if you are still really on the Left after the Brexit vote.
Yesterday was not so much the “dawn” of democracy as the lights flickering back on after a lengthy and thoroughly …
Democracy on Trial: The Verdict.
Democracy on Trial: The Future of Democracy.
It is after midnight and the Orkney Islands have just declared for Remain. As we wait for the results of …
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