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Alex Evans
Alex Evans is a Senior Fellow at the Center on International Cooperation (CIC) at New York University, and the author of The Myth Gap: What Happens When Evidence and Arguments Aren't Enough? (Penguin, 2017), a book about the power of deep stories to unlock transformational change. He lives in North Yorkshire and is currently working on political polarisation and learning dry stone walling. Full biog here.
William Lind simmers 299 editorials into 3 bullet points
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Now it IS an offence to film the police
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Gitmo detainee gets permission to call relatives, calls Al Jazeera instead
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Homeland Security warns on right wing extremism
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Armando Iannucci’s In The Loop – out April 17
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The revenge of Levi Johnston
Come on, admit it. Sure, it's nice to have Barack Obama as President. But you've felt something missing in your life ever since we lost the daily spectacle...
Yeah, yeah, it’s off topic. Whatever. Elmo meets Gervais on Sesame Street
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‘Nato solidarity more important than winning in Afghanistan’ (er…)
Quentin Peel had a slightly bizarre column in the FT yesterday, bemoaning the Europeans' paltry response to Obama's request for more boots on the ground in...
“A more violent crowd in uniform than the crowd demonstrating”
The story of Ian Tomlinson's death following an assault by a police officer during the G20 riots continues to develop: last night Channel 4 News found new...
London schoolkids’ surprise visit from Michelle Obama
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We’re all teenagers again
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The Queen ticks off Berlusconi
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After the summit: what happens now?
I've already done a post with some quick reactions to the specifics of the communique, but before I pass out with fatigue, a final reflection on the day. As...
Obama the summit veteran
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A bridgehead for bloggers
Today's summit marks the first time that bloggers have been included as fully accredited members of the press at a heads' level summit meeting - in their own...
Outcomes: a first cut
So: the outcome. Here's the communique - and three thoughts from me. First, the biggest winner from today is the IMF. This is an organisation which looked...
State of play at lunchtime
OK, just had chats with a couple of senior UK officials, and here's where things are at inside the negotiations: - Lots of discussion about SDRs and...
The other crunch: food prices
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Leaders chill out
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