Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
Sunday, 15 August 2021

The West's Withdrawal From Afghanistan Is A Shameful Betrayal And An Act Of Catastrophic Self-Harm

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As Western troops withdraw from Afghanistan, follwing the lead of US President Biden, the country is on the verge of falling back under the ...
Wednesday, 14 July 2021

The Difference Between Condemning Booing And Condemning The Right To Boo

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England's national football team this weekend returned from their campaign in the Euros, having fallen in characteristic fashion to a pe...
Sunday, 21 February 2021

Adam Curtis' Nostalgia For Radicalism Paints A Bleak Picture Of A World Changing For The Better

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Adam Curtis released his latest documentary series, 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head', last week. All six episodes are currently av...
Sunday, 10 January 2021

Donald Trump's Twitter Ban Is A Justified Action Which Sets A Terrible Precedent

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Donald Trump's incitement of an attack on the Capitol in Washington DC represented the tipping point for social media companies to do wh...
Monday, 16 November 2020

Positive/Negative - Two Interpretations Of Freedom Which Divide The Political Left And Right

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In 1958, philosopher Isaiah Berlin delivered to the University of Oxford a lecture entitled 'Two Concepts Of Liberty'. In this lectu...
Saturday, 24 October 2020

Do We Really Want To Go Back To Normal?

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If 2020 can be summed up in a question, that question would probably be: ' When can we get back to normal? ' The problem is that ...
Monday, 5 October 2020

James Bond's COVID-19 Delay Suggests It Could Be Cinema's Time To Die

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James Bond has pulled a Lionel Hutz. With cinemas struggling to get customers through their doors on account of the COVID-19 crisis, the the...
Wednesday, 16 September 2020

Donald Trump Proves True The Old Vulcan Proverb

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According to the venerable Ambassador Spock, there's an old Vulcan proverb about the least suitable people succeeding where more traditi...
Friday, 21 August 2020

Democrats Repeat Familiar Mistakes With Their Donald Trump Obsession

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The US Democratic Party National Convention has been taking place over the past few days and anyone hoping for proof of the party having lea...
Wednesday, 1 July 2020

The Ideology Pandemic

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There are two major world events happening right now which require opposing action from those involved to achieve their goals. The COVI...
Tuesday, 9 June 2020

Vandalism, Violence And The Ethical Lines Of Protesting

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Just as looting and arson have marred ongoing protests in the US by Black Lives Matter, following the killing by police of George Floy...
Thursday, 28 May 2020

The Dominic Cummings Controversy Shows The Dangers Of An Ideologically Divided Media

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In the UK, the recent news cycle has been dominated by controversy surrounding Dominic Cummings, a key aide to the government accused ...
Thursday, 30 April 2020

When Hypocrisy Is Necessary In Politics And The Law

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A Twitter spat flared up last night over comments made by a  conservative US commentator, Ben Shapiro, in a clip from an interview with ...
Monday, 6 April 2020

The COVID Conundrum: Safety vs Freedom

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Having written several articles recently with a 'negative' slant (aka: arguing against something, rather than in favour), my in...
Wednesday, 19 February 2020

David Baddiel's Holocaust Denial Documentary Showed Why Evil Opinions Must Be Confronted

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A few days ago, Jewish comedian David Baddiel aired a documentary on Holocaust denial on the BBC. Baddiel visited the sites of the many...
Wednesday, 5 February 2020

The Case Against Centrism

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A commonly voiced refrain during times of intensifying partisanship and social division is the need to rediscover the political centre....
Tuesday, 28 January 2020

Has The Media Been Apologising For Terrorism Since The Charlie Hedbo Killings? (Archive)

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[These articles were originally written around 2014-15 for a separate outlet whose redesign has resulted in several of my pieces being...
Friday, 24 January 2020

What The CIA Torture Report Says About Humanity (Archive)

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[These articles were originally written around 2014-15 for a separate outlet whose redesign has resulted in several of my pieces bei...
Tuesday, 21 January 2020

The Morality Of Big Game Hunting (Archive)

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[These articles were originally written around 2014-15 for a separate outlet whose redesign has resulted in several of my pieces being...