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Christopher Silver

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Politics Posted on8th November 20161st July 2017

Enemies of the people in the promised land

“So it is worth reminding ourselves of how lucky we are to be living in the most peaceful, most prosperous, most progressive era in human […] Read More

Politics Posted on7th October 20161st July 2017

Citizens of nowhere: the new politics of shame

cross the world governments are having to deal with referendums delivering results that see the instigators fail to return their desired result. In Hungary, the […] Read More

Culture, Indyref, Politics Posted on18th September 20161st July 2017

New thinking for a new social movement

There is nothing special about the experience of attending a political gathering. Regulars will attest that they can often be frustrating and predictable affairs full […] Read More

Politics Posted on12th September 20161st July 2017

Back to the future for Theresa May and old-school English Tory values

The political obsessions of a country are often highly revealing. At moments of crisis, such matters become all the more potent. Home truths are all […] Read More

Culture, Politics Posted on13th August 20161st July 2017

It’s Generation Rent who power today’s Fringe

I’VE worked in pretty much every capacity you could imagine at the Edinburgh festivals. Over the years I’ve flyered, taken tickets, worked the bars, written […] Read More

Politics Posted on19th July 20161st July 2017

Will Labour’s decline seal the U.K’s fate?

Of all the sights that the House of Commons has witnessed, last night’s debate on Trident ought to be remembered as amongst the most notorious. […] Read More

Politics Posted on11th March 201627th June 2017

Taxing Scotland’s Future

The decline of local government in Scotland is a long and depressing saga. “The cooncil” has long been a byword for corruption, incompetence and political […] Read More

Politics Posted on22nd January 201622nd June 2017

Notes for 2016 Part 2: After the Surge

The sense of being part of a movement has long held a compulsive appeal. When the term was first adopted by working class activists in […] Read More

Culture, Politics Posted on14th May 201527th June 2017

What Next?

I’m too young to remember the 1980s, though given the result of last week’s election that might not actually matter. What I want to talk […] Read More

Politics Posted on5th May 201527th June 2017

The Unsettled Will

Cameron has whipped British nationalists into a frenzy, Miliband has resorted to monument raising, the Independent is penning wartime-style editorials, Brown rallies the faithful, plurality […] Read More

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