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What connects Brexit, the DUP, dark money and a Saudi prince?

Finton O Toole — Sat, 10 Jun 2017 11:09:04 +0000

If Northern Ireland were a normal democracy, the election campaign would be dominated by a single question: how did the Democratic Unionist Party end up advancing the cause of a united Ireland through its support for Brexit? More specifically: what role did dark money play in that extraordinary decision? This story has all the makings of a John le Carré […]

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Tories Leap Into the Unpopularity Abyss

Craig Murray — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 10:37:39 +0000

The DUP are corrupt, homophobic, racist and above all religious bigots of the worst kind. The nastiest people in politics. The utterly discredited Theresa May refuses to resign and intends to continue to rule over us with the support of this ugly faction. Popular support for the Tory government is going to plunge to unprecedented levels.

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Why Corbyn Might Just Win

Michael Barker — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 12:17:32 +0000

On Friday morning the vast majority of the world may well have a lot to celebrate, a principled socialist may have defied the ruling-class in becoming the Prime Minister of the world’s fifth largest economy. If this happens the world will never be the same again.

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British PM Theresa May Shamelessly Exploits Terror Attack for Political Gain

Michael J. Sainato — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 23:26:38 +0000

Now in the wake of a terrorist attack in London that has claimed the lives of seven people and injured dozens more, May has swooped in to try to revive her political campaign, exploiting the attacks and asserting that she is exclusively warranted to benefit from the politically.

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The UK’s Epochal Election

Kenneth Surin — Wed, 24 May 2017 12:16:04 +0000

A victory, against the current odds, for a Jeremy Corbyn-led Labour will, if it adheres to positions he promoted when he won the party leadership by a margin even greater than Blair’s when the latter became leader, ensue in the promise of an overturning of neoliberalism.

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