Green politics in Britain has always had a problem with scale. The disparity between the damage being done to the planet and the forces mobilised against it, in electoral politics and on the streets, has so far been painfully stark. The first British Green party (originally called the People party)…
White House press secretary Jen Psaki on August 26 dismissed calls from GOP lawmakers for President Joe Biden to resign over the suicide bombings outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, that killed at least 13 US military members and dozens of Afghans. “I would say, first, this…
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Andy Becketts call for Labour to practise clear-sighted, ruthless politics (Johnsons Tories seem to defy reality but Labours realistic politics isnt working, 20 August) could gain traction if it asked what the Conservative partys worst nightmare might be. Time and time again it has won general elections by appealing to…
This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. In many ways, politics is a theater for policy discussions, told through varied layers of symbolism and stage management. Politicians signal meaning in the…
In 2018, conservative Rep. Mark Sanford of South Carolina was locked in a closely-watched Republican primary with Katie Arrington, a challenger who was endorsed by then-President Donald Trump. Sanford, who served in the House from 1995 to 2001 before occupying the Governor’s Mansion from 2003 to 2011 and then winning…
HONG KONG, Aug 25 (Reuters) – Five candidates pledging “professionalism” over politics swept an election for Hong Kong’s Law Society council early Wednesday, shattering the hopes of a camp that wanted tougher action to defend the rule of law in the global financial hub. Five of the governing council’s 20…
Silicon Valley is a famously left-leaning place. Technologists have been known to spend their riches advancing gender equality or eradicating homelessness, occasionally even proposing higher taxes on the very wealthythat is, themselves. These generous allowances appeared most recently in the form of support for California governor Gavin Newsom, who is…
A U.S. Marine passes out water to evacuees during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, August 22, 2021. U.S. Marine Corps/Sgt. Isaiah Campbell/Handout via REUTERSAug 24 (Reuters) – Millions of Afghans could soon face starvation due to the combination of conflict, drought and the coronavirus pandemic, the…
The location for the Paralympics opening ceremony, at least in the imagination, was that of the Para Airport. After all the dispiriting pandemic processes every athlete has been forced to endure after getting off the plane in Japan, they might not have welcomed the reminder, but there you are. It…
