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“I … am crying at the willingness of a Labour MP to throw out the post World War 2 legal order in the interests of maintaining a transatlantic relationship with a far right President. One would have thought that we had learnt that lesson from Iraq.”
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Except that Portugal was the only country in Europe that didn’t even have a far right party during the 2010s
My point is that Costa’s fall was in no small part linked to his failure to renew the popular front coalition that had made his first government so popular.
Here’s one example from the last decade: www.chartist.org.uk/portugal-and...
My article on Macron: much for Starmer and McSweeney to learn from where his political strategy has left him…
www.chartist.org.uk/political-le...
Interview with me on Gaza in Egyptian newspaper Al-Dustour
My piece on the EU and Gaza now online.
“In Brussels, those in power are continuing to wring their hands while doing the absolute minimum in response to the ongoing genocide in Gaza.”
www.chartist.org.uk/gaza-europes...
Important initiative by 110 former MEPs calling for suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement in view of the Gaza war crimes. Failure to act, they write, would leave the EU institutions in breach of EU Treaties. You can read their letter at the link below.
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Written together with Glyn Ford, a piece in the latest issue of Chartist explaining why Europe’s security doesn’t require huge boosts in defence spending:
“We could have the defence we need, neither playing Trump’s numbers game not at the expense of the welfare state.”
My thoughts on Israel/Iran:
“It is frightening to think that global peace and security may be hanging on whether Steve Bannon’s whispering in Trump’s ear is successful.”
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Looking forward to moderating this one next Thursday
My latest article on how the US invasion of Iraq fuelled Syria’s collapse
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Some initial thoughts on the German elections from me and Glyn Ford
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Interview in the Catalan newspaper ARA on the implications for Europe of US withdrawal of the security umbrella
Great panel in Barcelona last Thursday.
A big thanks to the La Caixa foundation, to my co-panellist Aude Darnal, and to Mariano Aguirre for bringing me to Barcelona for this discussion. Our interventions were in English.
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So it appears that sovereign states can ban harmful social media owned by untrustworthy foreigners.
New article reviewing elections from 2024 ⬇️
Thanks to all the contributors @elenepanchulidze.bsky.social @patrickcostello.bsky.social, Christian Leffler, Francisco Alfaro Pareja, Ravio Patra, Sanje Vignaraja, Lukasz Kondraciuk and Adam Busuleanu
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📕 With 80+ countries heading to the polls, 2024 was a 'year of elections'.
We asked experts on democracy to reflect on the pivotal year and its impact on democratic politics.
Explore their insights in our latest Democracy Spotlight:
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My latest piece for Chartist on Trump and Musk’s European buddies: it’s time to stop hoping for the best.
www.chartist.org.uk/trumps-europ...
Happy to contribute to this publication by European Democracy Hub on last year’s “year of elections”.
My contribution is on the European elections.
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Mahbrouk to all my Syrian friends! But now let’s all work to ensure that Syria can move forward together beyond sectarianism and in the interests of Syrians, not the regional and international powers who have used it as their battleground for too many years.
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Mines Advisory Group statement welcoming the ceasefire in Lebanon. Assuming it holds, the hard work of clearing unexploded ordnance and risk education for Lebanese communities can now begin.
www.maginternational.org/whats-happen...
My piece in Chartist international supplement that was distributed at Labour Party conference this year. Pity about the clumsy communications on reparations around the recent Commonwealth Summit.
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My latest for Chartist, written before the US elections:
www.chartist.org.uk/portents-fro...
My letter in The Guardian today:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
