Monthly Archives: September 2019

My two replies to Finn du siecle (@FT) . Old Socialist

Posted on September 5, 2019 by stephenkmacksd

As Yanis Varoufakis once observed ‘you don’t negotiate with the EU’ ! The Financial Times writers have a chance to repeat, and admire, in their own way, Variety’s review of the Movie Version of ‘Adults in the Room’ directed by Costa-Gavras. To … Continue reading →

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On Boris Johnson’s proroguing Parliament as reported in The Financial Times & The Good Grey Times: Old Socialist comments

Posted on September 2, 2019 by stephenkmacksd

Headline: Boris Johnson vows to purge rebels who vote against no-deal Brexit Sub-headline: Threat to withdraw Tory whip and deselect former ministers such as Philip Hammond … The Tory rebels are planning to work with Labour and other opposition parties … Continue reading →

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The Financial Times, John Thornhill & Peter Pomerantsev on Toxic Populism. Old Socialist comments

Posted on September 1, 2019 by stephenkmacksd

Headline: This is Not Propaganda — how the information revolution was hijacked Sub-headline: The Soviet-born writer warns of the ‘war against reality’ being waged by populist forces Pomerantsev reviewed by Thornhill is instructive in terms of political melodrama , at … Continue reading →

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