In the US and UK, the left re-jigs the scaffolding of words

by Rashmee

Posted on December 16, 2022


Attempts by two newly elected Democrat governors to reclaim the words patriotism and freedom from …

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America’s Democrats can’t risk another ‘basket of deplorables’ moment

by Rashmee

Posted on November 13, 2021


Remember Hillary Clinton’s “basket of deplorables” moment? The 2016 Democratic presidential nominee …

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Trump-lite is flavour of the month

by Rashmee

Posted on November 4, 2021


Axios said it the days of the Virginia gubernatorial election. The Atlantic said it the …

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Biden Vs Bernie…again, in a different vein

by Rashmee

Posted on August 9, 2021


Could Ohio’s 11th congressional district be the bellwether of Democratic politics? On August 3, Shontel …

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What might the big Biden controversy be? White French cuffs?

by Rashmee

Posted on March 23, 2021


/ POLITICS & AMERICA As usual, Ed Luce of the Financial Times put it best…

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It’s not about ‘will’. Can Joe Biden succeed as president?

by Rashmee

Posted on January 29, 2021


Here are the two questions everyone’s asking: ** Will Joe Biden succeed as America’s 46th …

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Are America’s Demcrats pro-worker or pro-wealth?

by Rashmee

Posted on December 11, 2020


Are America’s Demcrats pro-worker or pro-wealth? The question has taken on outsize importance in the …

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Georgia on our collective, climate-conscious mind

by Rashmee

Posted on November 16, 2020


President Joe Biden will be in office, come one-minute past noon on January 20. The …

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The Republican vote turned out for the party. It was Trump that voters fired

by Rashmee

Posted on November 7, 2020


Four days on from US election day, here’s where it stands. Republicans hold 48 senate …

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In four years of Trump, a change in the attitude to violence in politics

by Rashmee

Posted on October 10, 2020


The October 9 New York Times’s briefing from David Leonhardt repeated a point made by …

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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK