As I note in my column in The National this morning (and I have edited the opening, very slightly), in the light of recent moves
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Language, responsibility, and care
Yesterday‘s post on Plato’s Cave was not, as it turns out, the only one to have come out of Saturday morning’s discussion that Jacqueline and
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Beating fascism is the task ahead
A US-based writer called Chris Armitage has noted in his Substack that: Once fascists win power democratically, they have never been removed democratically. Not once.
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In the Echo Chamber
My podcast with Tony Groves and Martin McMahon of the Echo Chamber podcast in Ireland is now out on free release. Returning champion Prof @RichardJMurphy
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Will Trump’s attitude to US states transfer to Westminster and devolved government?
Pete Hesgeth, who quite bizarrely is US Defence Secretary, said yesterday that troops sent to Los Angeles were expected to stay for at least 60
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Scotland will not wait forever to become independent
As The National newspaper in Scotland has reported: HOLYROOD will see a huge pro-independence majority of 29 MSPs after next year’s elections, according to an
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The Single Transferable Party is trying to retain power in Ireland, whatever its people want
As the Guardian notes this morning, there is a general election in Ireland today. As it also notes, Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin
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What is an envoy to the nations and regions?
Keir Starmer has appointed Sue Gray as envoy to the nations and regions after her resignation as his chief of staff. What does that mean?
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Should the nations and regions send envoys to Starmer?
I noted Sue Gray’s resignation yesterday, with good reason. What I did not note was the fact that, as a consequence, she was appointed to
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