This has never previously been seen anywhere else, and in any era, and is truly historic: subversion- by- exhaustion. I refer to the White House strategy of disgusting and exasperating all normal, decent supporters of thoughtful, informed and grown-up government, with the objective of getting them to stop paying attention to the daily, endless, infuriating …
This last Sunday marked the centenary of the Battle of Passchendaele – one of the bloodiest of World War One. Officially known as the Third Battle of Ypres, Passchendaele was fought between 31 July and 6 November 1917 in the West Flanders region of northern Belgium. About 275,000 Allied troops and 220,000 Germans died. …
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Sorry for yet another long post on British politics. This will be the last one for a while, I promise. Starting with this Sunday’s Best of the Week, I’m going to be less political for the time being. Jeremy Corbyn and his supporters love to differentiate themselves from the legacy of former British prime minister …
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As a continuation from last week’s post, I thought recommending fewer posts but analysing them in more detail would be a good idea. Today I have selected an interview with David French, a columnist for the American conservative National Review magazine, about Trump and the general state of the Republican Party. https://www.vox.com/2017/7/13/15958230/donald-trump-jr-russia-collusion-republican-party-david-french French is remarkably honest …
In a poll 35% of Americans thought Obamacare and the Affordable Care Act were different policies or didn’t know if they were the same or different. (New York Times) Few Americans are accurately informed about what is going on politically at home or abroad. They are told Obamacare is “bad” and should be scrapped, but …
