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There is a peculiar mood haunting modern politics. It is not merely anger. Democracies have always had angry voters. It is something darker: a cultivated sense of siege, humiliation and impending collapse. The feeling that the nation is being stolen, replaced, diluted or betrayed. The feeling that catastrophe is not coming tomorrow but is already …
Some of today’s far right is openly violent and undemocratic – and even in its less extreme forms, far-right populism is a profound threat. But that doesn’t mean it is just a re-run of history Politics, before it is about anything else, is about emotion. We all base our judgments about the world – the …
It has officially been a decade since June 23, 2016, the fateful day the British public looked at the status quo, looked at the European Union, and said, "You know what? Let's see what happens if we pull this dynamic-looking lever." Ten years later, the dust has somewhat settled, the screaming matches have quieted down …
It is a uniquely masochistic pleasure to read ten-year-old newspaper editorials and see just how precisely they nailed the mechanics of our current misery. Back in June 2016, exactly a decade ago, The Guardian dropped its final, desperate endorsement for the Remain campaign: "Keep connected and inclusive, not angry and isolated." At the time, the …
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