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55 Tufton Street, where many of the meetings take place. Image, Adam Ramsay, CC2.0. The UK’s leading right-wing think tanks discuss strategy and tactics at regular monthly meetings that have ...

Aug 16, 2021 · ‘The Great Reset’ conspiracy theories don’t seem to want to die. The theories were triggered by the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) summit last year, which had the theme ‘The Great Reset ...

Mar 17, 2021 · Maged Mandour graduated from Cambridge with a Masters in International Relations. He is a political analyst and the columnist of “Chronicles of the Arab Revolt” on openDemocracy. He is also a ...

Apr 11, 2019 · Driven by opposing values to ours, NHS England and the Department for Health & Social Care are doing well at determining the narrative. They have been successful in persuading the country that the ...

Nov 26, 2016 · Compensation & wages vertical axis, position in distribution horizontal axis. Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics.. “Compensation” includes all non-wage benefits. Ushering in Trump

Nov 1, 2021 · In fact, earlier this month in the run-up to COP26, the conservative-turned-far-Right Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, whose party has long accepted the anthropogenic nature of climate ...

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Jun 14, 2023 · Ever since Putin invaded Ukraine last year, people have been asking why Russians are not outside protesting against the war. Firstly, it’s worth pointing out that there has been plenty of ...

Tom Mills, a Lecturer in Sociology and Policy at Aston University and former Co-Editor of New Left Project, has just published his first book, The BBC: Myth of a Public Service.Using archival ...