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Recovering academic. Taught politics. Written some books. Occasional commentator. Now making podcasts. Looking for opportunities in Brussels.
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Absolutely. But I wish you'd put your point directly to him so he can answer it. Can you invite him onto the podcast?
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What?? We have to choose? I thought he was all about Britain being sovereign and standing alone! What a grifter.
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Had she been found guilty would that also have been your opinion? Isn't the point that no one is above the law and the accusation was tested and found faulty? So the system worked. The lack of resources you point out is another issue.
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Good spot!
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True. But that's been the case for quite some time. Think about the limits of Occupy and the supineness of Democrats going back to Clinton even.
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Because there was still resistance in parts of the GOP at the time and he was very much seen as the outsider (in politics if not business). Now he's part of the establishment.
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FWIW, I did it anyway.
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I'm also thinking of doing the same, although obviously I don't have the reach that he has.
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This.
This. This. This. This.
Again. This.
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But her name is "Britannia," not "Anglia."
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What do we need to do to book Hyde Park and get him to read his words to the 1000s of adoring masses on stage that day?
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But... but... sovereignty!
No? Sorry, is that too 2016?
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This is wonderful! More systematic than I've done it but like you I stumbled into this because nobody taught me. And like you, it was one of the first things I shared with students when I was teaching. I wish I still had students I could share this with!
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Yippee-ka-yay!
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It will require leadership and vision. And support and pressure, including from us who are outside Syria, towards the people without guns to counter the armed groups.