Anthony McIntyre's Blog, page 19

Reform UK

Caoimhin O’Muraile  ☭ On Tuesday 26th August Nigel Farage outlined the policies to be adopted by his far-right party Reform UK. Some of what Farage had to say was worryingly close to the orations spouted by Adolf Hitler in the early years of the Nazi Party who for twelve years terrorised ethnic and racial minorities in Germany, banning strikes and making trade unions illegal.The

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Proto

John L. Murphy  🔖 Writing in Spectrum Culture.“History” comes from the Greek for “knowledge” or for “inquiry,” and eventually “chronicle” or “account.” Out of such facts, Laura Spinney constructs her scaffolding, spanning about 5,000 years, peering back into the origins of the Indo-European language prototype that generated Anatolian, Tocharian, Greek, Armenian, Italic, Celtic, Germanic,

Just Another Week In Engerland/Farageland

Barry Gilheany ✍ Just another week in the perpetual shitshow that is the world of Nigel Farage:the accumulation of toxins that is the English (or English as British) version of the Triple P virus (Populism, Polarisation and Post-Truth) that has entered the bloodstream of British politics, and which is posing a stark threat to UK liberal democracy. Farage’s pledges of a Trump style

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Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be Curious'Malicious Abuse of Power': Trump Slammed for New Arrest of Ábrego García and Deportation ThreatAs Trump Pushes to Defund

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In the Name Of The Son 🪶 A Haunting, Redemptive Journey

Cam Ogie 🕋 In the Name of the Son, written by Richard O’Raweand Martin Lynch (political poles of opposite attraction!) and directed by TonyDevlin, makes a powerful return to Belfast’s Lyric Theatre (running 19–31August 2025). This one-man show performed by Shaun Blaney unfolds as a raw, emotionally chargedportrait of Gerry Conlon’s life after his release—far from the closure onemight