#Orbán

Praising #Hungary's government for moving to end its rule by decree is akin to praising the schoolyard bully for refraining from beating anyone on a given day. I mean yes,
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This is the piece to read if you are baffled by the fierce row around trans rights.https://www.ft.com/content/003c71d6-b55c-11ea-8ecb-0994e384dffe?segmentid=acee4131-99c2-09d3-a635-873e61754ec6 England is already amongst the least trans inc
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Presidential election in the midst of the #covid19 pandemic? Yes - says the Polish government. 30 million of Poles are supposed to vote on 10 May. After Hungary the next
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Boguslav is a city in Ukraine, but the Jewish gravestones paving its streets are hardly unique to this city. Your friendly reminder when Jews say European civilization was built with
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Have re-downloaded twitter for this and this alone. I love the NHS, I'm so proud to live in a country where we have the NHS, and I am proud to
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"Trump failed because he picked bad people" is an insufficient explanation. In truth, he failed because his so-called populist project was a lie. He never wanted to drain the swamp,
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1. Have a read of this, all you #PeoplesVote afficionados. This is what the Tories will eventually have in store for us. The problem isn't whether we leave or remain
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Just out in @jepp_journal - "The European Union's authoritarian equilibrium" - my article explaining why autocratic member governments like Orbán's can endure so comfortably within the EU. Warning to fellow
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Hold on. “Israeli military atrocities in the West Bank” is antisemitic? You mean criticising the occupation, military enforced population transfer, use of torture and imprisonment without trial incl of minors
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A critical theorist neo-Marxist feminist social justice professor and diversity consultant was teaching a class on Jacques Derrida, a known postmodernist. "Before the class begins, you must get on your
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To take a break from Wiley for a moment, this is hugely disturbing. An executive that regards judicial scrutiny of the lawfulness of its actions as an inconvenience that needs
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(Thread) I want to say something, or rather two things about lockdown, not about whether it’s right or wrong or should stop now or never or when, but about people's
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1/ This quote by @jasonintrator is mind-blowing. To argue that free speech is AS likely to threaten democracy as to make it flourish ignores 2,500 years of history as well
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THREAD: Top ten funniest possible world leader COVID-19 deaths 10: Xi Jinping (China)Really the only humor here is because it started in China, and the fact that China is on
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THREAD: I have been a strong supporter of social distancing re #Covid-19. However, now that most people agree it seems important to stress that the measures that we take should
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One week ago, the European Union ceased being a bloc of democracies, as Hungary’s ruler seized unlimited power in his country. Since then, the other EU member states and the
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