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It’s where you place the blame – politics beyond Brexit
The worst thing about the Brexit debacle is that it has blinded Parliament to bigger issues like the climate catastrophe, says ALAN SIMPSON
Extinction rebellion
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We face austerity, privatisation, and toxic influence. But we are growing, and cannot be beaten
Trump’s economic adviser has exposed the actual strategy: forcing other countries to provide financial support for US hegemony
Activist Angie Zelter has been arrested more than a hundred times. She’s not stopping now, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
BREXIT is a constitutional crisis. Climate is an existential one. It’s important to get that clear before diving into my childhood affection for Peanuts cartoons.
One of my all-time favourites involved Charlie Brown (the doggedly persistent but incompetent organiser of an ever failing kids’ baseball team) coming off the park after another trashing defeat.
Lucy (his “maybe” childhood sweetheart) wrapped a comforting arm round his shoulder: “Never mind, Charlie Brown,” she consoled. “Just remember this. It doesn’t matter whether you win or whether you lose … It’s where you place the blame.”
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