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England riots: Criminal? Yes. Political? Definitely.

October 22, 2011

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(Originally written for Pugwash News) For four days, English cities burned. Images were played all over the world, shocking people, and making David Cameron leave his third holiday this year (but don’t worry, he promptly left on another once things had calmed down.) The politicians and most of the mainstream media did the best to… [Read more…]

Newsnight, Paxman and Robinson

February 2, 2011

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Last night, BBC made the horrendous decision of giving a platform to the self-styled English Defence League “leader” Tommy Robinson, A.K.A Stephen Yaxley-Lennon as part of their “A new age of protest” series.  The reactions from both sides is interesting.  The Racists of the far right seem to be celebrating. Blogs are now proclaiming that the demo… [Read more…]

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