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A second term for the BJP under Narendra Modi’s leadership is seen by many as the beginning of a more aggressive Hindutva agenda in the country, which is likely to alter the secular contours of the country.
The lack of clarity around Labour’s Brexit policy was a deliberate attempt to split the difference between different groups. But today it should be clear we needed to come off the fence.
With the latest attacks on women's reproductive rights, I’ve become an unwitting pawn in this political chess game.
Solving the climate crisis is the greatest and most complex challenge we have ever faced. The solution, however, is so simple that even a small child can understand it.
While you might see someone with multiple sclerosis using a walking stick or wheelchair, generally we look the same as everybody else. There is no ‘normal’ example of what MS looks like.
I can’t imagine what might have happened if I wasn’t able to access or afford the emergency surgery I needed.
Ultimately, the white working class narrative serves no useful purpose other than to maintain the current unequal system and keep both the BAME working class and the white working class out in the cold. We need to reframe the relationship between race and class.
Much of Farage’s success may be down to the abject failure of the more established parties – but quite simply, if the Farage approach works then other politicians will follow.
Underneath ‘motivation porn’ lies the basic assumption that emotional feelings of happiness and self-worth are clearly obtainable – the truth is, there is no magical solution to any of life’s difficulties.