Irish politicians don’t just exist for Britain’s benefit

16/06/2017

One’s eye is turned, tearfully, to a “report” on “alternative media” blog Skwawkbox.

“Breaking” announces the headline, vigorously. “Ireland will block Brexit deal if #MayDUP deal goes ahead”.

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Erdogan and the new world disorder

16/06/2017

Image: World Economic Forum/Andy Mettler
More than once this week I’ve heard people ask just what Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is up to in his bizarre confrontation with the Netherlands.

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“Build more houses” must be more than an empty slogan

16/06/2017


The narrowness of the liberal viewpoint can often do the work for reactionaries. The answer to the housing shortages associated with migration is always "build more houses". Yet, not for one minute do they consider how this sounds to the people who live day to day with Britain's housing crisis. 

“Build more houses” is an aspiration, not a policy.

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