This is a brief follow-up to yesterday‘s blog post in which I sought to explain why, I think, Trump, Musk and the other big tech oligarchs
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The thing about government is that it is meant to outlast any political administration and even us. It is meant to be permanent, the bedrock
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Please excuse this much longer-than-usual post. I am seeking to explain something that has appeared almost inexplicable – which is Trump’s assault on the USA.
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If politics is always about resolving the conflicts within and between groups in society so that they can co-exist, even if one is favoured over
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As the New York Times has noted: Trump administration lawyers have determined that an 18th-century wartime law the president has invoked to deport suspected members
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This comes from Newsnight on Tuesday night. Victoria Derbyshire, who is one of the best interviewers the BBC now has, was interviewing Torsten Bell, the
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Anger has a bad name. Too often, we’re now told being angry is unacceptable. That, though, is just the forces of power trying to impose
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As The Guardian notes in an email news alert this morning: Keir Starmer will unveil drastic cuts to disability benefits on Tuesday, despite deep opposition from
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Trump, Vance and Musk say they’re free speech extremists – and they are. They’ve set out to remove the right to free speech from everyone
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