Brexit Fruitloops: The American And French Edition
More spurious explanations and justifications for Brexit, this time from the American economist Michael Ivanovitch writing for CNBC in the UnitedContinue Reading
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More spurious explanations and justifications for Brexit, this time from the American economist Michael Ivanovitch writing for CNBC in the UnitedContinue Reading
Incredible stuff from a chaotic press conference by Donald Trump in the wake of Tuesday’s congressional elections in the UnitedContinue Reading
Yet another solo press conference from the man with the “…very, very large ah-brain“, this time following his extraordinary addressContinue Reading
Among the many revelations expected in Fear, the new book on the Donald Trump administration by the veteran journalist BobContinue Reading
This is great stuff. Stephen Colbert and The Late Show on Rudy Giuliani’s slow motion car crash across multiple television channelsContinue Reading
Imagine a great interfaith convention with the representatives of the world’s most populous religions, the main sects of Christianity, Islam,Continue Reading
The extraordinary reaction of the ideological right-wing in the United States to the 20 minute comedy routine of the formerContinue Reading
Channel 4 News in Britain has released another piece from its undercover investigation into the clandestine activities of the well-connectedContinue Reading
Michael Wolff ‘s detailed exposé of the US presidency, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, has received plentyContinue Reading
The term “deep state” is often used to describe the core historical institutions of a nation state, especially when they are knownContinue Reading
If you’re a politics’ junkie like me you’ve probably already watched the main highlights of yesterday’s extraordinary White House press conferenceContinue Reading
This seems appropriate enough for the day that’s in it. British ska-pop giants Madness and their 1985 release, Uncle Sam,Continue Reading
Returning to US politics, last night I watched the remarkably candid documentary, “Weiner“, the subject of which is the eponymous formerContinue Reading
Emboldened by the unexpected – if much feared – victory of Donald Trump in the United States’ presidential election the inhabitantsContinue Reading
Well, here’s one prediction I wish I had got wrong. President Donald J. Trump. Seriously, the United States of America, what the fuck?Continue Reading
There is a certain satisfaction to be derived from having one’s opinions – or prejudices – confirmed and that is certainlyContinue Reading
Gary Johnson, presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party and the political gift that just keeps on giving! 🙂
Before the first one-on-one presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump the press consensus held that if the coiffured orangutan managed to refrain fromContinue Reading
The decision by the FBI in the United States to release fifty-eight pages of notes from its investigation into Hillary Clinton’sContinue Reading
One of the main talking points in the raucous US presidential election is the issue of defence spending, in particularContinue Reading
One of my favourite films is the 1958 release, “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof“, based on a play of theContinue Reading
The voice that is rarely heard in presidential elections in the United States. Representatives of the Native American nations and communitiesContinue Reading