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Source(s):New Statesman. 11/13/2020, Vol. 149 Issue 5546, p22-26. 5p. 2 Color Photographs.

Abstract:Articles Donald Trump will soon be gone from the Oval Office. If Trump has anything resembling a coherent worldview it is the inveterate optimism of the Reverend Norman Vincent Peale (who officiated when Trump married Ivana in 1977, and with whom Trump...

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Source(s):New Statesman. 9/11/2020, Vol. 149 Issue 5537, p40-43. 4p. 2 Black and White Photographs.

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Source(s):New Statesman. 6/26/2020, Vol. 149 Issue 5526, p46-51. 6p. 4 Color Photographs.

Abstract:The Critics: Books George Orwell's ambition was "to make political writing into an art". Charles Moore Orwell understood that politics is not a science Political writing is certainly an art, in that it is not a science. John Lanchester Orwell felt he h...

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Source(s):New Statesman. 10/4/2019, Vol. 148 Issue 5491, p21-24. 4p. 1 Color Photograph.

Abstract:The article discusses initiatives of political campaign group Leave.EU in support of Brexit or the impending British withdrawal from the European Union (EU). Topics explored include the contribution of Leave.EU to the resignation of some British Member...

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Source(s):New Statesman. 7/19/2019, Vol. 148 Issue 5480, p32-35. 4p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Black and White Photograph.

Abstract:The author discusses the role of the political left and the problem of climate change. He mentions the time no longer available to decrease carbon emission, the role of capitalism in setting environmental policies,, and the lack of a complete response ...

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Source(s):New Statesman. 5/1/2020, Vol. 149 Issue 5518, p46-49. 3p. 1 Color Photograph.

Abstract:The Critics: Books The Toddler-in-Chief: What Donald Trump Teaches Us About the Modern Presidency Daniel W Drezner University of Chicago Press, 282pp, £12 Many authors of books on politics and history, present company included, enjoy using epigraphs to...

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Source(s):New Statesman. 9/22/2017, Vol. 146 Issue 5385, p26-37. 7p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Black and White Photograph.

Abstract:The article highlights how the British Labour left was able to win control of the party and transform the political scene in Great Britain as of September 2017. Topics discussed include how John McDonnell's 2007 defeat as left-wing Labour leader hinted...

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Source(s):New Statesman. 12/16/2016, Vol. 145 Issue 5345, p36-39. 4p. 1 Diagram.

Abstract:The article explores opportunities for change for the political left and right from Great Britain's exit from the European Union (EU). The opportunities discussed are trade deal on the movement of workers, domestic policies on agriculture to include re...

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Source(s):New Statesman. 9/23/2016, Vol. 145 Issue 5333, p35-37. 3p. 1 Illustration.

Abstract:The article discusses the challenges faced by the political left of Great Britain and the British political party the Labour Party, including within the context of the 2016 Brexit referendum. The author suggest that a social movement is needed to incre...

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Source(s):New Statesman. 11/20/2020, Vol. 149 Issue 5547, p23-23. 1p.

Abstract:No, despite what you may have read, Cummings did not win the Brexit referendum and neither did he run or reshape the country. Since the Brexit referendum in 2016, we have lived through a bracing example of what Richard Hofstadter once called "the paran...