Populism
Total 51 Posts
Spot the next Brexit in just 10 minutes.
1 min read
If you have a spare ten minutes today, watch this brilliant video by Femi Oluwole on how Boris Johnson, a well-known lying journalist turned politician, used lies, misinformation, and all the tricks in the book to tell one thing and its contrary about what the Brexit Deal means for the UK.
Why Biden will find it hard to undo Trump’s costly ‘America first’ trade policy.
7 min read
President-elect Biden hopes to restore America’s global leadership on issues like trade, but populists in both parties may make his job a lot harder.
The end of Golden Dawn: Has Greece shown us how to deal with neo-Nazis?
5 min read
Members of the far-right group have been found guilty of crimes including racketeering and murder.
Biden’s victory has not killed Trumpism — What’s next?
5 min read
An interesting thread by Charles Grant, the director of the Centre for European Reform, who explains the impact of Donald Trump’s four years, Joe Biden’s election, and the coronavirus pandemic on global politics over the next decade.
We compared the language of populist leaders with their mainstream opponents – The results were unexpected.
6 min read
Populists leaders are supposed to use simpler language than their opponents. A comprehensive study shows this is not always the case.
Time to ditch Dominic Cummings’ technocratic, mechanical vision of government.
5 min read
Politics cannot be separated from emotion, as the past few months have clearly shown.
Why shouting at Laura K will not change anything.
5 min read
In defence of BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg who works within a system that is being gamed by populists in government, Russell Jones writes that the only solution is to adjust the system.