Articles tagged "politics"

Ukraine Daily Summary - Sunday, August 27

New Ukrainian-made missile used to strike Crimea -- Inching forward in Bakhmut counteroffensive, Ukraine’s hardened units look ahead to long, grim war -- Nearly 100 Leopard 1 tanks stored in the open as Switzerland rejects transfer to Ukraine -- Russian troops attack 10 communities in Sumy Oblast -- and more

Ukraine Daily Summary - Saturday, August 26

Ukrainian forces have broken through Russian main lines of defense in some areas -- Kyiv, Moscow's opposing attitudes toward Soviet past shape two different futures -- F-16s & the irrational politics of military aid -- Number of Wagner fighters in Belarus decreases -- and more

Sleepwalking into a conflict

A Roma non si parla d'altro che del Presidente. Manca poco, anzi pochissimo all'inizio dello spettacolo mediatico della politica. Assomiglia sempre più ad un evento circense, un varietà da dare alla tv tra il tg e l'Eredità quando si riunisce tutta la famiglia. Saltano tutti i nomi, ipotesi. Ma nessuno può sbilanciarsi per non rovinare la propria parte del copione. Intanto, a duemila chilometri di distanza, si consumano gli ultimi giorni di libertà tra due popoli vicini, eppure distanziati da grette logiche politiche che hanno fatto di quella varietà culturale un confine. Distratti dal Presidente, non se ne parla neanche. Sembra una dimensione lontana, distante ed estranea a noi. Eppure è vicinissima e sta per scoppiare. Là, in quel confine contestato ai margini dell'Europa potrebbe scoppiare una nuova guerra. Oppure LA guerra. Di quelle disastrose e sproporzionate come già sono avvenute su questo Continente per le quali è bastato un incidente, a Sarajevo, perché il mondo diventasse da lì irriconoscibile. E a questa distanza, lo spettacolino politico che domani andrà in scena assume i contorni di una commedia grottesca. Di quelle che, finita la serata, non si ricordano più.

Time to Stop the Rot

The UK may be the only democracy in the world without a written constitution – a ‘higher’ law or code to which all others must conform.

Boris Johnson Claims the UK is not ‘remotely a corrupt country’. Really? Is it?

Analysis: the reality looks different as the PM defends his Tory government’s reputation over allegations of sleaze

Trump’s new social media platform suspected as disguised fork of Mastodon

Now his media company has 30 days to comply to it's license the Software Freedom Conservatory says

Mandatory Voter ID - Tory Govt Makes Astonishing Admission 3.5 Million Will Be Disenfranchised

Users without ID would experience a serious restriction of their experience, freedom of expression and rights

Sage Adviser - Ministers Trying to Get as Many as Possible Infected With Covid

Ministers & Boris Johnson accused of allowing infections to rip through the younger population in an effort to bolster levels of immunity

The (Not So) Good Doctor

"Who the hell is this idiot and why is his face plastered all over my district?"

The UK Government's Death Of Convention; Rule of Law

How Boris Johnson has used the vagueness and vulnerability of Britain’s unwritten constitution to erode democracy

Some of Today’s Politicians have Learned Propaganda Tricks from 1930s Fascists, says Yale professor

Democracy is a fragile creation, and the Yale professor and historian of fascism Timothy Snyder should know

Boris Johnson & the Rise of Make-Believe

It is no good offering people a ‘story to believe in’ if it ends in harm – but the Prime Minister does not know any other way