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Daniel Hannan. Who is he? Who funds him and what do they want?
If you don’t examine what Daniel Hannan says too closely, he can appear quite articulate and reasonable. Delve deeper, and his libertarian outlook could be classed as very odd.
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Brexit and carelessness
Michael Gove has been careless with the truth again. It’s worth noting that this is not surprising.
Flooding the zone
It’s no accident that we’re unsure and overwhelmed by nonsense and conflicting opinions – it’s a deliberate tactic. Known as “Flooding the zone with sh**”.
Brexit, empire and cultural dementia. David Andress demolishes lazy nationalism
A leave voter at the Save Brexit Rally wants Brexit to “get back to being a British Empire”. Can his views be explained by ‘cultural dementia’?
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Brexit explained in three tweets
The mess of Brexit Britain encapsulated in three tweets.
Ann Pettifor on Carillion: ‘a grand Ponzi scheme’
Ann Pettifor on crony capitalism and the collapse of Carillion.
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James Joyce in summary: escape is a key theme in his work
Throughout his life the author James Joyce attempted to escape – from war, religion, narrative structure and language.
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