#ACGrayling writes an open letter to #KeirStarmer about why the time is now right to give voters another say on #Brexit
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https://www.bylinesupplement.com/p/dear-prime-minister?publication_id=1162849&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=i3k8c&utm_medium=email

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The Toxic Strongmen Who Are Gods of Their Own Religions
Heidi Siegmund Cuda on the lessons we can learn from Ruth Ben-Ghiat's vitally instructive history of fascism

“Many autocrats have gone after their own families — it's them or nothing, because they are fanatics. They are in their own way fundamentalists — political fundamentalists — and they are the church. They are the gods of their own religions.”—Ruth Ben-Ghiat

https://open.substack.com/pub/bylinesupplement/p/the-toxic-strongmen-who-are-gods?r=12u3ju&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

#BylineSupplement #fascists

How to Defeat the National Populists

"A progressive alternative to the national populist agenda should aim to unify rather than divide."

"there are lessons to be learnt from Britain’s cities. Because of the perceived failures of Labour local government in the 1980s, the party hesitates to trumpet its successes in encouraging culture, education and sport-led economic regeneration in cities like Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield and cities of culture like Liverpool and Hull. The astounding improvement in inner-London education (once regarded as a basket-case) is an example of how progressive policy in the public sector can achieve results, in this case particularly for girls."

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https://www.bylinesupplement.com/p/how-to-defeat-the-national-populists

Rishi Sunak's rapid retreat from his pledges on tackling #ClimateChange is a worrying sign of things to come.

https://www.bylinesupplement.com/p/how-the-climate-avoiders-have-taken

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A Hot Mess: Behind the Scenes of the British Media's Climate Change Denialism

Eliz Mizon speaks to journalists from across the spectrum to discover why the UK press continues to peddle climate change-denying misinformation – even during an unprecedented heatwave

https://open.substack.com/pub/bylinesupplement/p/a-hot-mess-behind-the-scenes-of-the?r=12u3ju&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

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How Rishi Sunak's Family Profited from Ties to Oil Giant Shell
In the light of the Prime Minister's plans to extract more North Sea oil, we're reprinting last years revelation by Nafeez Ahmed how he is tied to fossil fuels and climate change denial

https://open.substack.com/pub/bylinesupplement/p/how-rishi-sunaks-family-profited?r=12u3ju&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

#RishiSunak #OilCompanies #ToryCorruption #ToryLies #politics