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Critical Mass Issue 017 Political Theory

A Short Conversation About Power

Jul 14, 2022 Luke Andreski

The biggest kick from power doesn’t just come from repetition. It comes from extending power – from reaching further than you ever did before. From overcoming barriers and limits and…

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Critical Mass Issue 013 Political Theory

How Our Sham Democracy Works

Mar 18, 2022 Howard Thorp

So you think you live in a democracy? Well, you are right, you do. But it’s not quite the democracy you probably think. I just pulled this definition off my…

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Stench of corruption

Nov 9, 2021 Susie Granic

EVEN Johnson’s own MPs are up in arms over the way he handled the Owen Paterson affair, as yesterday saw a Commons debate on sleaze within his own Party. A…

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Farrar quits SAGE: Is he the first of many?

Nov 4, 2021 Mike Stanton

Jeremy Farrar, director of The Wellcome Trust, has resigned from SAGE, the committee of scientists that has been advising the government throughout the Covid pandemic. He told Sky News: The…

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