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Showing posts with label Italy. Show all posts
Thursday, 21 February 2019

"Politics is Broken" and guess what? Only they can save us!

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The 11 (and counting) squatter MPs are all pushing this populist "politics is broken" trope as hard as they can, and positioni...
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Thursday, 24 January 2019

Why do liberals and 'centrists' so often end up supporting the extreme-right?

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First things first, this article is not intended as a defence of the Maduro government in Venezuela. Anyone who attempts to present it in...
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Wednesday, 15 August 2018

Italy's governing Five Star party dismissed concerns that the Morandi Bridge could collapse as a fairy story

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At least 39 people were killed when the Morandi Bridge in Genoa collapsed, sending 20 cars and three HGV's falling 45 metres to the...
Saturday, 24 June 2017

"Taking back control" by handing control of HS2 to one of three foreign governments

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Of all of the Brexit rhetoric the "taking back control" propaganda trope was surely the most powerfully persuasive, but a look...
Tuesday, 21 October 2014

Who is Nigel Farage's new Polish mate?

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We all had a good laugh when it was reported that UKIP's so-called European Freedom and Direct Democracy group had collapsed aft...
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Monday, 26 May 2014

12 Things you should know about the 2014 European elections

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In this article I'm going to highlight 12 talking points from the 2014 European elections. They're not really just 12 things, but...