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100 years ago, Argentina was one of the richest, most successful countries in the world. Even as recently as the early 1960s, its GDP per capita was higher than that
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IN MEMORIAM: Tabare Vazquez, 1940-2020.In politics, for the left to achieve dramatic things and real change, it often has to talk to the centre but act to the left. Tabare
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Here's a thread for you. Why Uruguay's not so hot.I tweet about this country regularly. I love it very deeply - please bear that in mind throughout this thread. It's
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10 years ago today, FIFA made a decision which reverberated around the world, and stuck two fingers up at everyone. It gave the 2022 World Cup to Qatar. I wrote
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Brexit: a short guide for Bellylaugh and Heil readers.1. British people living overseas are not "expats". They are MIGRANTS. Someone is not an 'expat' because they happen to be white
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There have, of course, been many different tributes to Diego Maradona all over the world, across a variety of sports. One of these, from the New Zealand All Blacks, has
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Every football-loving child has a World Cup which they remember much more than any other. Usually, it's the one they see between the ages of about 11 and 14. In
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This is a fine, important article with which I broadly agree - and has been met with typical bad faith attacks by those who either:- Couldn't give a toss about
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Frank Zappa, 1988:"There's an illusion in the United States that we have free press. And it is purely an illusion. The censorship that takes place here doesn't just come from
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Personally, I find the idea that Priti Patel didn't know the harm she was causing 100% plausible. And why? Because people without a shred of empathy do not know and
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Yesterday, I discussed how powerful narratives are. But the thing about narratives is: we all use them to make meaning of our lives and the world.Very many on the left
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So here's a complicated position (or set of positions?) for you. My own ones.1. The narrative about antisemitism in Labour was a disgrace, a nonsense, and 99.7% false (and provably
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