Новости за 06.08.2016

Not a word about the Russian elephant in the room. Just the conspiracy of silence which makes elite sport seem, to the outside world, like a network of wealthy bureaucrats and powerful politicians who feed off the fat and scratch each other's bellies

The vicious interplay between gathering recession and an enfeebled banking system, then, remains a potent threat to financial and political stability. The worry is really whether central banks and governments have the capacity to support their weaker banks

Smith's call for a second referendum could be a way not just of chipping away at Corbyn supporters' doubts but of giving Labour a defining issue against the Tories

Thirty-seven years on, I never thought Labour would again be choosing between being a 'movement' of protest and placards, a long way from Government; or a movement trying to win the power to govern

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The Home Counties couples are knocking back the wine and learning how to make gnocchi. The (feral) children are pretending to dry-drown in the paddling pool. It's all perfect. So why do I want to be at home with the au pair and the depressed cat?

While writing this someone just tweeted saying I apparently have eyes the wrong size for my head and tagged me in it. I'm pretty sure that has nothing to do with Labour policy

From Parquet Courts via Bob Dylan to They Might Be Giants: elected representatives in lyrics or titles

America's rich lore of alleged election fraud makes it hard to deny that vote rigging does occur, even in this beacon of the free world. And indeed it does. It's called suppression of turnout, and it's practised by Republicans, not Democrats

'Increasing numbers of people are single because they want to be'