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Everything to play for and forever to play it in – Reviewing Home & Away By Knausgård & Ekelund
A Republic of Letters · Culture of a Continent · History of the Present

Everything to play for and forever to play it in – Reviewing Home & Away By Knausgård & Ekelund

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“This is the last great party! 2018, Russia, Putin. 2022, Qatar. And FIFA’s fascism will probably only worsen. This World Cup – right now – is the last great footballing party ever.” It is a strange feeling, reading about events in one’s own lifetime as if they were historical events. There is a factual nature… Continue reading Everything to play for and forever to play it in – Reviewing Home & Away By Knausgård & Ekelund

I’ll be voting Labour tomorrow; here’s why
European Politics · Post-Brexit Britain

I’ll be voting Labour tomorrow; here’s why

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Show them who’s in charge. That Theresa May doesn’t get to keep going, after the pathetic and humiliating débâcle of a campaign that she has run. Show her that she will be held responsible for the cuts in police, for undermining our safety, for continuing to arm hideous, extreme regimes such as Saudi Arabia, for submitting to a joke like Donald Trump. Not everywhere this means voting Labour. The SNP, the Greens, Plaid Cymru and even in some cases the Liberal Democrats have these objectives as well. So give them a bloody nose. Remind them that the people are watching, and we are not impressed.

The Establishment vs. The Nationalists Round 2: Europe’s fate balances on a knife’s edge
Elections · European Politics · La Vie en bleu

The Establishment vs. The Nationalists Round 2: Europe’s fate balances on a knife’s edge

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There is a common thread in these votes, even if when we get into the details we find several differences. That is that there are strong forces across Europe pushing highly disruptive, anti-establishment messages and ideas.