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One lesson, at least for British politics, of the cursed year we are about to wave goodbye to is that the political agenda can shift very rapidly in response to
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I see some folks are trying to rewrite history to make Starmer look good on #COVID19 so, some facts:Sep 19: news that PM is worried about a 2nd wave and
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1. Brief thread about Germany's double-humped foreign policy-ideology curve, and what this means. 2. Normally, one expects political support for each issue to rise left-to-right, rise right-to-left, or sometimes peak
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The US and the UK have been locked in a fierce competition since March, to see who can bungle their coronavirus response worse. The US is the clear leader here,
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Small tweet on this strange section of UK Twitter talking about NHS and making direct or indirect references to the German system. Just don't, if you don't know your point
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A couple of thoughts on #FreeSchoolMeals from a personal perspective.When my wife died I was just shy of my 45th birthday with 2 young children to look after.Because I was
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There are a good few politicians that say voting for AFI or others in the regional ballot is "gaming the system". That is a predeterminable stupid position. Take the council
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OK, everyone. I think it’s time I told my Boris Johnson story. It’s a story about the time as foreign secretary where Johnson committed a straightforward resigning offence, got caught
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Goveller’s TravelsFriday 11th September 1727 I had by my computation made four leagues from Blefuscu when a sail steering to the south-east spied me, hung out her ancient – a
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A bit of self-indulgence if I may. It dawned on me the other day that it's 20 years since this was published... What? You haven't read it? Well, if you're
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A question observers of the UK Conservative Vote Leave lot, and the GOP ask themselves all the time is - do they understand all this stuff at some level, and
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Jess Phillips is funded by a Luxury Property Developer behind a number of controversial schemes. The register of financial interests lists a donation totaling £6,000 from Court Consultants. Plus a
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To achieve a closer relationship with the EU, Johnson needs to be defeated. This won't be easy. Yes, he & his government are incompetent. But Johnson is a formidable campaigner
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Some follow up thoughts on a great piece by Andrew Tickell: How Scots have learned to love independence in 2020https://www.thenational.scot/news/18970919.scots-learned-2020-independence-feels-good/?ref=twtrec Andrew says; “Now, the idea o
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1. I've had this theory in my head for a week now, what do u think? I think the Trump election wasn't just fraud by the Democrats but the Dems
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X : Do you not like any Conservatives?Me : Of course I do. Being Old Labour (Socialist), I have a closer affinity to many One Nation Tories than I do
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