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"They don't believe in these parties but they are so angry with an establishment which simply regurgitates the same stagnation..."
In the latest episode of the @Econoclasts, @YanisVaroufakis posits his argument for why Europeans are being seduced by far-Right parties.
Switzerland was debating immigration policy in the Seventies before the rest of Europe cottoned on.
Now discussions of capping the population at 10 million are being debated in parliament. @lukasleuzinger👇
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‘My family doesn't own this land, but we've always understood ourselves to be stewards of this land. We're using what belongs to God for His glory.’
@FarahnMorgan 👇
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Nikki Haley believes “it is not that Israel needs America — America needs Israel.”
Her son Nalin thinks “Israel is just another country, and they need to stop interfering in our politics.”
My profile of the latter, ICYMI.
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The list of ‘at risk’ historic buildings in Britain is growing by the day.
Urgent action is needed to save the country’s architectural history, writes @boys_nicholas 👇 buff.ly/I9XHIFr
‘Liberal Britain, watching Farage’s ascent in horror, has not yet processed the full implications of a Reform government.’
@DespoticInroad👇
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‘Porn destroys sex and nukes relationships. It makes ordinary men strange, twitchy, impotent losers, and it endangers and repels women, leaving us unsatisfied.’
Stop, for all our sakes. @poppy_sowerby👇
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If you tell a generation their history is bunk, don’t be surprised when they have no interest in conserving old buildings.
@boys_nicholas on the decay of Britain’s built heritage 👇 buff.ly/I9XHIFr
‘This year, I toughened up, got off the chair I had been cowering in for all these years, and painted my study yellow.’
@KateClanchy1 on her life post-cancellation👇
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My latest for @unherd: the AI-themed layoffs (AI as the pretense for all the cuts, at a minimum) are coming for everyone, but they started with DEI. Here’s some insider tea (HR research is my day job) as to why
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Nikki Haley supported legal, merit-based immigration as part of a pro-business platform.
But her son Nalin wants to close the border entirely and end all foreign aid. @SohrabAhmari profiled him👇
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If Knausgaard’s novel shows us anything, it’s that the Faustian story is one of the most perennially relevant modern stories.
But somebody has to figure out how to tell it again, writes Sam Jennings👇buff.ly/rx1uhO1
‘From a distance, it looks like Kate Clanchy is now living the dream of every person ever cancelled in public.’
But it’s never that simple, writes @Docstockk👇
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Starmer and Reeves are the two least-trusted politicians in the country when it comes to the economy, according to a new poll.
@RobLownie reports 👇 buff.ly/TBA0lJV
‘Like treating a chronic health condition with an endless waiting list, the morass of legislative and financial constraints on forces risks being ignored.’
Sticking-plaster policing won’t mend Britain, writes @DomAdlerUK 👇
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