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May’s Brexit deal voted down by calamitous margin
Theresa May’s deal has been soundly rejected by Parliament. She has wilfully plunged this country into crisis.
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Now’s the time to tune back into US news
The lemmings in power are jockeying for pole position, to be the first off the cliff in January.
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Nothing but Mayhem
Both the Prime Minister and the country face their fate in the parliamentary vote on the Brexit deal next week.
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Sri Lankan Politics is in a sorry state of Affairs
With the shock attempt to appoint Rajapaksa as Prime Minister, Sri Lankan politics is in turmoil yet again.
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It’s been a slow week for American politics
Can Gritty squeeze out six columns of content off a week where nothing happened? Or is he condemned to discuss banal details and shoehorn in bits about Brexit to pad the column? Find out now, in the latest edition of the revolutionary new column that’s got three people excited.
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The midterms dust has settled; the races were rigged and we still live in a waking nightmare
More details of voter suppression tactics have emerged, turtle-faced McConnell forgoes lettuce for a steak with Rupert Murdoch, and Pelosi wants to compromise. Dig in, folks.
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American Midterms: Tactical Defeat, Strategic Victory for the Democrats
Below their supposedly average performance, the Democratic Party have drawn the lines for a win over Trump and the Republicans in 2020.
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With Bolsonaro’s victory in the second round, Brazil goes down a tenebrous path
The President-elect of the South American country is a potential autocrat. His rise is another symptom of the increasingly global strength of the far right.
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Gritty unwinds the American midterms
Okay - look here. This is a fucking travesty, and anyone who tries to convince me otherwise is counterrevolutionary scum. At the same time, there are ‘some’ reasons to be hopeful. The pessimism is really destroying my liver. And the union ain’t cheap, either!
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Gritty’s Field Guide to the American Midterm Elections: It’s Gonna Be Rough, Folks
Left Forum’s last surviving committee member and chief lockpicker gives his views on the inevitable travesty that will be the outcome of the American midterms.
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Jamal, the Martyr
Something terrible happened in the Saudi consular office in Istanbul. The murder of Jamal Khashoggi reveals the dangers that journalists face everywhere.
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How to avoid a mess like Brexit: let’s adopt a new voting system
The contradictions in our electoral traditions have only become stronger since the referendum. Here is a modest proposal that could help to solve the issue.