The toxic, burning embarrassment of this government’s record on the environment is laid bare by Boris Johnson’s cowardice. For too long, politics has completely ignored the state of the climate and the blight on our life that climate change will wreak. Indeed, just yesterday, the EU government declared a global “climate and environmental emergency”, urging…
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As I write this, Boris Johnson is in the midst of revealing his manifesto for the looming December 12 election. Coming just hours after a new poll suggested the Tories have a 19-point lead, representing a 47% vote share, perhaps we really are living in a post-truth dystopia. As a child, we’re told not to…
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Accused by keen Brexit proponents of continually trying to frustrate Brexit, yet lauded by others as the honourable upholder of parliamentary rule, John Bercow is a hugely polarising character. Regardless of your voting history on the thorny issue of leaving the EU, is the criticism (or adoration) justified? An acquaintance of mine, who is staunchly…
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The scathing and ‘hard-hitting’ report, by Sir Martin Moore-Bick, hit the headlines yesterday after it was leaked to national paper, The Daily Telegraph. But what does the media response to the circa 1000-page inquiry – which is only phase one of a two part investigation – tell us about blame and responsibility? Most articles on…
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Since Boris Johnson became Prime Minister, we have passed no legislation, with the exception of the Domestic Abuse Bill. Our Parliament simply isn’t working. It’s not functioning. Yesterday, we heard from Jean-Claude Juncker there was no need for an extension, since we have a deal. France’s Macron also indicated they’d say ‘non’ to any request…
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With the news that Brexit uncertainty caused one vulnerable man to succumb to an attack of psychosis, SSZeeMedia ask, could Brexit be bad for your health? Tannice Hemming investigates. Described as an ‘acute and transient’ psychotic episode, the BMJ’s case report is sobering reading. Occurring just a few weeks after the UK voted to leave…
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According to Sun Tzu’s ‘Art of War’, all warfare is based on deception. And there is no greater deceiver than our Prime Minister, whose mask of affable tomfoolery and “jolly hockeysticks” japes is only now beginning to slip. Indeed, as you browsed the pages of Tzu’s perennially relevant tome, you’d be forgiven for imagining it…
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