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The failed coup and the disputed facts
Julian Borger covered the attack on the US Capitol for the Guardian. The Washington gang, he said, had much in common with other angry crowds he had seen: Afrikaner neo-Nazis in South Africa, Bosnian Serbs in Sarajevo. Reading reports like … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Society
Tagged alternative facts, Capitol, constitutional reform, Donald Trump, Julian Borger, misinformation, social media, truth, votes
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Why did 70 million vote for Trump?
From outside the USA it seems astonishing that 70 million people voted for another four years of Trump’s presidency. Many people have responded passionately, either shocked that anyone at all should support him or denouncing the way Democrats and ‘the … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Ethics, Politics, Society
Tagged blaming, Donald Trump, inequality, political values, politics, tyrants, welfare state
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Fake news, democracy and the real world
How fake news undermines democracy and the common good Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Politics, Society
Tagged democracy, Donald Trump, Fake news, politics, values
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Trump’s Christian supporters – are they Christians?
Congratulations to Paul Bayes, the Bishop of Liverpool, for speaking out in public about the misuse of the terms ‘Christian’ and ‘Evangelical’ for people who oppose what Jesus stood for. He did so in an interview with the Guardian at … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Churches, Economics, God, Politics, Theology
Tagged Christianity, Donald Trump, Paul Bayes, poverty
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President Trump: some distheological causes
Syriza, Podemos, Le Pen, Brexit, now Trump. What’s happening? As long as the debates are conducted in black and white, each side too angry too understand the other, we will not find a satisfactory way forward. This post describes some … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Ethics, Politics, Society, Theology
Tagged Brexit, Donald Trump, growth, morality, neo-liberalism, productivity
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