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» Interesting article but for all the talk of 'democracy' it's clear that the focus is fundamentally to get Labour into power. Which in my view makes this thinking no different...
– by Harry_md on: How Keir Starmer can save the UK from elective dictatorship
20 September 2021
» Thanks, for this. Biden is an heir of Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon B Johnson. Both of these knew how the US system of Governance works and were able to do the kind of politics...
– by AlasdairMacdonald on: The US is taking on its corporate monopolists – now the rest of the world must follow
19 September 2021
» This is a major part of the problem, certainly not a solution to anything of importance, humans demonstrating how they are chronically dumbed down
– by blink on: Haiti needs inclusive feminism that defends all women, including trans women
18 September 2021
» It's strange that these people complaining about the failures of capitalism don't argue for the only alternative: socialism. Perhaps that's too old-fashioned for middle-class...
– by ThisWreckage on: Can the resurgent Greens win over the youth vote?
18 September 2021
» The increasing undermining of democracy by this Govt in the UK brings a foreboding future that many still do not realise or understand. If we do not stand together and oppose...
– by Rebel_gal on: UK government accused of ‘rigging democracy’ with election changes
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