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Category: The Commentary

US Elections: This Time it’s Different!

This time there was no march of the pink pussy hats that descended on Washington in the inaugural aftermath to…

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THE OVERVIEW: Election Reflections — Thoughts from an American Living in London

U.S. journalist, Danielle Maisano, who has been living in London for 11 years, shares her views on the build-up that led to the fallout of Trump winning his second term.

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Cat-eating Haitians — how easy is it to uncover Trump’s post-truth world?

“Cat-eating Haitians” – the most recent buzzworthy but baseless claim amplified by the Trump campaign, sparked hyper-salivation amongst MAGA fans, and disbelief in the rest of us.

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THE OVERVIEW: Illegal Migration Bill highlights the tradition of xenophobia in the Tory party with echoes of racial incitement from global history

The UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s controversial Illegal Migration Bill has caused a lot of concern with protests and open letters condemning its harshness, even exposing division within the Tory Party itself.

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Unhealthy Body, Unhealthy Mind: Covid and the Case for Universal Basic Income

The effect of the pandemic must be combatted not just through medicinal but monetary means. Benjamin Maslow who created his…

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Covid One Year on: The Experience of a London Office Worker

One year ago today, I received a work email saying that someone had tested positive for COVID, and that they…

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Political Comparative Journalism, False Flag Operations, Putin, Georgia 2008 and Crimea 2014, Hitler, Sudetenland 1938 and Poland 1939

It was while reading the salmon coloured pages of the Financial Times that I came across an excellent piece by Tony Barber…

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The Barbican, Brett Bailey, Blankets Woven with PC, the BBC, Nick Griffin

Brett Bailey’s planned Barbican installation, Exhibit B has come under fire from criticisms that it is racist as it shows…

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James Foley Another Casualty of War to an Unappreciative Journalism Industry

Journalist James Foley’s death highlights a bigger problem for freelancers out there desperate to put themselves in harms way to…

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