UK Election Video: The State of the Campaign With 5 Days to Go
Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon has “made the best impact” in UK...
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EA on talkRADIO: Questions with 1 Week to Go in UK General Election
With 1 week to go in UK Election: Can Conservatives’ Johnson avoid accountability? Can Labour make public services the issue? Will SNP and Lib Dems be key?
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Who Loses from Trump’s Trade Wars?
Who loses out from Trump’s trade wars, including with China? Don’t just look to US or Beijing. Look to smaller countries losing a multilateral umbrella.
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UK Election: The Conservative Party’s “Dead Cat” Strategy of Diversion and Deception
UK Election, Conservative Party, and Boris Johnson: “This isn’t accidental lying. It’s deliberate — a strategy of diversions through falsehoods.”
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EA Video Analysis: Responding to Boris Johnson’s Exploitation of the London Bridge Attack
A story of how UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, to divert from other issues and to whip up an emotional response, exploited the London Bridge attack.
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UK Election: What Decides Marginal Seats? Brexit, Public Services, and Scottish Independence
Difference in UK Election between Conservative majority and hung Parliament? Clues are in marginal seats like Wakefield, Dudley North, and North East Fife.
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EA on BBC: Is Britain’s National Health Service Under Threat from Trump and Johnson?
An explanation of why, in aftermath of Brexit, National Health Service will not be sold off to US — but will be under threat in a US-UK trade agreement
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EA on BBC: Don’t Stand So Close — Will Donald Trump Undermine His Ally Boris Johnson?
Donald Trump in the UK: Will Trump avoid any damaging — for Prime Minister Boris Johnson — references to Brexit and the National Health Service?
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EA on talkRADIO: UK Election — Rehabilitation, Security, and the Politics of Boris Johnson
Political exploitation of London Bridge attack by Boris Johnson and allies in UK Election: Shout “Lock ’em up”, distort facts, and deride a victim’s father
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EA on BFBS Radio: Can NATO Be Saved from Donald Trump?
Beyond Trump’s distortion that US is being ripped off by allies not paying their fair share, what are the challenges for NATO and security of its members?
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UK Election: A 48-Second Guide to Tactical Voting
Tactical voting could be vital in the most important UK General Election since 1945. But what exactly is a tactical vote and how do you cast it?
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UK Election: “New” Liberal Democrats Are Facing Old Problems
The Liberal Democrats are the UK party with the most emphatic pro-European stance — so why might they be squeezed out in the 2019 General Election?
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EA on talkRADIO: UK Election — Anti-Semitism, Polls, and Space Between Conservative and Labour Parties
UK Election: challenge of anti-semitism for Labour Party; space for voters dissatisfied with both Labour & Conservatives; and problems with poll-watching
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EA on Australia’s ABC: Pro-Democracy Triumph in Hong Kong District Elections
Pro-democracy parties win 90% of seats in Hong Kong district elections. What’s the significance? What happens with protests? How does Beijing respond?
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EA on talkRADIO: UK Election — Should Party Manifestos Be Legally Binding?
Amid a UK Election campaign in which issues of trust and misinformation have been prominent, should declarations in party manifestos be legally binding?
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EA on talkRADIO: UK Election — The Labour Party Manifesto
Labour Party Manifesto and the 2019 UK Election: “Let’s deal with this not on the basis of spin — Suicide Note or Paradise — but on the basis of facts.”
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EA Video Analysis: UK Election — No One Wins From A Limited Debate
UK Election: We shouldn’t ask if Boris Johnson or Jeremy Corbyn “won” the 1st debate. We should ask if anyone won from this limited, even rigged, encounter.
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EA on talkRADIO: UK Election — If Johnson and Corbyn Stumble, Who Benefits?
If neither Boris Johnson nor Jeremy Corbyn do well in their debate, how much space opens for other parties such as Lib Dems and SNP in UK General Election?
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Free Internet Access is Now A Human Right
Free Broadband? “The internet has become not only an essential utility for conducting daily life, but also crucial for exercising our political rights”
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EA on BBC: Bolivia and the “Blame US First” Distraction
Scott Lucas on developments in Bolivia and how the narrow “anti-imperialist” rhetoric of some commentators blocks us from understanding the situation.
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EA on talkRADIO: This Week’s Fumbling in the UK General Election
Partial capitulation by Brexit Party’s Farage to Conservatives in UK election, and why voters & issues won’t benefit from TV debates with only 2 candidates
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Emotion in the UK General Election
In the UK Election 2019, are we angrier now than in past votes and debates? Is it just a case that “we are able to express” emotion in era of social media?
Read More EA on talkRADIO: This Week in the UK Election — Conservatives Stumble and Lose the Brexit Initiative
Stumbles by both Conservatives and opposition Labour Party open up space for others like Liberal Democrats and Scottish Nationalists in UK General Election.
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30 Years After The Berlin Wall: Memories of A Police State and 2 Germanies
30 years after Berlin Wall, Germany’s memory culture allows victims to reclaim pasts — but it must find space for those who remember things differently
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EA on talkRADIO: Conservatives and Labour Stumble at Start of UK General Election
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn, leader of opposition Labour Party (File)...
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EA on Monocle 24 and BBC: A Trump-Farage Alliance v. Boris Johnson — and for No Deal Brexit
Why is Trump boosting Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party and undermining the ruling Conservative Party of Prime Minister Boris Johnson? A vision of No Deal Brexit.
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Can Democracy Survive in a Polarized Society?
A University of Birmingham discussion: Can we have a well-functioning democracy with citizens acquiring and evaluating information in a polarized society?
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EA on talkRADIO: Cutting Through Spin in UK General Election
Cutting through UK Election spin, such as distortion that opposition Labour Party’s proposal for eventual 32-hour working week will “cost taxpayers £17bn”
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Why Repatriation of Culture is Important
“Repatriation of cultural and material objects cannot be made only on the terms and in the timeframes that suit European political whims.”
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Belgium’s Populism and Polarization: Europe in Miniature?
With populism and development — or lack of development — in its many institutions, Belgium is now setting the path for political shifts across Europe.
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