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Historic elections in UE, UK & now US are reshaping global politics at a crucial time. What does it all mean for Scotland and its relationship with Europe? We ask EU & US experts Kirsty Hughes & @anthonybarnett.bsky.socialshorturl.at/7G1bA and join us on Thu!
Absurd to make this ludicrous Prime Ministerial brain-fart a "dramatic plan" or a front-page news story. There can not have been a one in a million chance of this absurd notion coming to pass.
But Starmer and co HAVE declared their purpose, John McTurnan, it's "Make Brexit work". That this is absurd, dooms them to fail, and seems unbelievable, may lead you to demand they must "articulate" one (www.ft.com/content/eddb...www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-...
England’s summer riots have violently exposed the failure to resolve our national question.
A great article by my good friend, the brave and determined Henry Porter, on the disgusting criminality of Al Fayed. It brings out one aspect not covered in the BBC film, the willingness of ex-cops to work for a rich gangster: www.theguardian.com/global/2024/...
As UK editor of Vanity Fair, from the 1990s I amassed appalling testimonies about the Harrods owner of sex abuse, racism and spying on staff
Anthony Barnett on Starmer's identity challenges - and the complex relationships of England, Britain, Brexit and ethnic identity
Starmer's incredible project is to "Make Brexit Work". But you can't have a successful car crash. The alternative to his regressive 'Great Britain', strangled by its own Red Lines, is a European England. The New Statesman's Saturday essay: www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-...
England’s summer riots have violently exposed the failure to resolve our national question.
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Starmer's incredible project is to "Make Brexit Work". But you can't have a successful car crash. The alternative to his regressive 'Great Britain', strangled by its own Red Lines, is a European England. The New Statesman's Saturday essay: www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-...
England’s summer riots have violently exposed the failure to resolve our national question.