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Matt Cartwright understood he might be walking into enemy territory. “I’m a Democrat, but I stick up for you guys,” Cartwright said, extending his hand to a potential voter who was sitting next to a cow at an agricultural fair the Democratic congressman was visiting. If Cartwright sounds defensive, he has reason to be in […]
“IT’S a big day for trade, a big day for our country,” boasted President Donald Trump on August 27th. The cause of this jubilation was progress in renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), a deal between America, Mexico and Canada. Enrique Peña Nieto, Mexico’s president, confirmed that Mr Trump had managed to secure […]
AP Photo/Christian Palma Andrés Manuel López Obrador won Mexico’s presidency in a landslide victory on Sunday night. The 64-year-old populist inherits a country plagued with official corruption and violence, and a population increasing disillusioned with the political status quo. He campaigned on a platform of ending corruption and poverty and has vowed not to live […]
Published time: 5 Jan, 2018 10:19 More countries could break away from the EU in a wave of populist revolts, says Tony Blair. The former UK PM has called on EU countries to “seize the moment” and to deal with underlying Muslim migration issues. Blair told German newspaper Die Welt that the same migration concerns […]
Drew Angerer/Getty Two of the technology industry’s top startup investors took to the stage at a conference on Wednesday to decry the power that companies such as Facebook had amassed and call for a redistribution of wealth. Bill Maris, who founded Alphabet’s venture capital arm and now runs venture fund Section 32, and Sam Altman, […]
President Donald Trump might be consumed by half-truths and conspiracy theories, but during the campaign he brought attention to a very real phenomenon: regional inequality. He promised not only a proper swamp-draining in Washington, D.C., but also a renaissance for the Rust Belt, Appalachia, and America’s blighted heartland. Even when his prognoses were fantasies—neither trade […]
Published time: 14 Mar, 2017 09:26Edited time: 14 Mar, 2017 09:27 The war of words between Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and far-right populist Geert Wilders exploded in a face to face debate on Monday as Wilders called on Rutte to close the Netherlands’ borders. Read more “You are being taken hostage by [Turkish President] […]
It was nine days before the general election, and a charismatic far-right leader was on course for a historic showing at the polls. Fifty-four-year-old Pim Fortuyn had been in electoral politics in the Netherlands for just six months, but he was drawing huge support from both the left and the right, as well as many […]
