The term the politics of hate describes the deliberate use of fear, resentment, and division to win and hold power. It works by persuading people
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In light of my piece published this morning on Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain and its profoundly racist and toxic views, this opinion poll’s findings are
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A commentator here drew my attention last night to a new policy paper from the Restore Britain group that has been launched by former Reform
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Microeconomics is the study of how individual economic agents, whether they be households, firms, workers, consumers, organisations, or governments (in some of their roles), make
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“Woke” once meant awareness of injustice. Now it is used to mock compassion. This video explains how culture-war language protects wealth and power, and why
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The Guardian has this headline this morning: UK far right lines up behind Rupert Lowe in challenge to Reform The subtitle is: MP who fell
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I hit the corruption theme in The National this morning: As is my habit, the angle of approach in that article differs from what I
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“Woke” originally meant being alert to injustice, whether it be racism, inequality, exploitation, or the ways power harms those with the least protection. It has
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Heath Cox Richardson’s ‘Letter from an American’ is worth reading this morning, as it invariably is. As she noted: The Trump administration’s white nationalist project
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