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A Plea for Men to be More like Women, not Less

Suicide rates among young males is a genuine social concern. The left should not back away from this simply because the right wing with its Traditionalist, anti-feminist and Men’s Rights groups have gained online hegemony over the issue. Not every conversation that begins with the chilling factual statistics over male suicide in the young has […]

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Malthus with Drones

The Tories’ plan for austerity was always severely skewed towards adversely affecting the poorer and more vulnerable parts of society. It involved a dereliction of social and ethical duty right from the onset; the creation of a hostile environment for anyone who might require help — refugees; victimised black and minority ethnic people; unfairly treated […]

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Crown of Thorns III: Soteriology in British Biopolitics

When a public figure—tasked with the democratic, modern liberal job of holding government to account on behalf of the people—instead openly and publicly expresses the eugenic question of whom the government should let die for the sake of the economy, then it has become clear just how far the public sphere has shifted from being […]