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politics and the economy
Crewe by-election: Farce War, not Class War
spiked,
21 May 2008
The Labour Party’s nasty campaign in Crewe and Nantwich exposes the petty, personalised and chauvinistic strain in contemporary politics.
Crusaders in search of a crusade
spiked,
14 May 2008
From Burma to China to Austria, why do Western observers always seek signs of human depravity?
My 1968
spiked,
25 April 2008
As student radicals who believed ‘Anything Is Possible’, we rattled our elders in the heady year of 1968. But looking back, it seems the real driving force of Sixties radicalism was the crisis and cowardice of the elite itself.
Britain: an island without a story
spiked,
20 February 2008
The latest UK report on terrorism is different to all the rest: it shows that Britain is making itself a target by advertising its vulnerability.
If you believe in Europe, then reject this Treaty
spiked,
28 January 2008
Those of us committed to true European ideals should challenge the EU oligarchy's disdain for democracy and demand a referendum.
Really Bad Ideas: the tyranny of science
spiked,
15 January 2008
Scientific evidence is being repackaged as ‘The Science’: a superstitious dogma used to hector us on everything from sex to saving the planet.
From Singapore to Basra: British militarism as farce
spiked,
17 December 2007
If the fall of Singapore in 1942 exposed holes in the British Empire, today's 'fleeing' from Basra reveals a confused and complacent British elite.
Humanitarianism: the antithesis of humanism
spiked,
30 November 2007
Western foreign policy since the end of the Cold War has been driven by a desperate quest for purpose. It is the pursuit of political crisis management by other means.
Is Israel the organ-grinder?
spiked,
23 November 2007
Yes, the war in Iraq was not in America's national interest - but Walt and Mearsheimer are way off the mark to claim that Israel orchestrated it.
A tyranny of experts
spiked review of books,
21 September 2007
In outsourcing their authority to international institutions, governments are bypassing the democratic process and reducing their publics to simpletons who must be guided by Enlightened Ones.
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