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@mrjamesob.bsky.social Hi James meant to send this Yeats gem yesterday - you were flying all morning - in connection with your musing re Starmer. Doesn’t this just describe the situation (Farage v Starmer) perfectly …“The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.”

Edward James Olmos (Commander William Adama in Battlestar Galactica) “There’s a reason you separate military & the police: one fights the enemies of the state the other serves & protects the people. When the military becomes both the enemies of the state become the people.”

The psychological warfare that brought Brexit, Putin’s fleeing Syrian refugees, Trump. The very same people who are bringing to the UK REFORM and a scary Christian Nationalism. The 'Monster Power' of Misogyny: How Trump, Bannon and Putin Beat Hilary Clinton in 2016 open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...

The 'Monster Power' of Misogyny: How Trump, Bannon and Putin Beat Hilary Clinton in 2016

Cambridge Analytica and Russian troll farms weaponised migration to win the EU referendum. Six months later, the same forces used another deep-seated fear to propel Trump to power - misogyny

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Schumacher is an anarcho-capitalist advocating for complete privatisation of cities “including their infrastructures, public spaces, streets and urban management systems.” In 2016 The Guardian profiled him as someone “unapologetic about working for dictatorships.” open.substack.com/pub/european...

Suffolk's Forest City and the Ghost of Próspera: Why Britain Should Learn From Honduras

What happens when libertarian billionaires build “startup cities” promising prosperity but delivering corporate sovereignty? Ask the fishermen of Crawfish Rock.

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