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Boris Johnson: not just a sneering snob
It's important to know your enemy. SOLOMON HUGHES takes a closer look
ANGUS REID explains the significance of Cuba’s egalitarian in letter and spirit Family Code and the pertinent lessons it holds for democracies anywhere in the world
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NICK WRIGHT considers how the isolation of Israel and a new film on the controversial Italian communist leader are creating new reference points for Italy’s left
CARLOS MARTINEZ says Cuba’s achievements in the face of a criminal blockade are startling, but the island’s future if the United States succeeds in crushing it looks bleak
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports that far-right MPs who mobbed the event organised by Hadash may have helped raise awareness of the brutality of the Israeli right
WHAT is Boris Johnson? For many Labour supporters, he’s just a racist clown from the Tory circus.
But I think you need to know your enemy. And that means understanding not just that Johnson is a horrible Tory, but also what kind of horrible Tory.
What kind of circus tricks can we expect him to perform? How do we avoid the squirt from his squeezy flower or the gunge from his bucket?
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