Author: Alex Mitchell
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Tories execute a very British coup
LONDON, 15 July 2016 – Theresa May, aged 59, is Britain’s 54th and second female prime minister. Without a general election, a Tory Party election or even a party room vote by Tory MPs, she has become the country’s leader. There has rarely been a power grab like it. Without a vote, a new prime…
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New Oz election inevitable
Oz election deadlock while Brexit deadlocks UK … After Chilcot, Blairites renew fury to dump Jeremy Corbyn … Après Moi, Le Deluge: Bye, Bye Boris and Nigel … Homicidal presidential message from the Manila Maniac … Great Bores cont. A new OZ election inevitable The Australian federal election produced a deadlock. A new election some…
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Brexit debacle and European Cup humiliation
England out of European Cup and European Union … David Cameron barricaded in No 10 … Tories deflect blame onto Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn … Germany goes multicultural … Great Bores continued … Brexit debacle followed by European Cup humiliation It took a mere three days before England suffered the first backlash from its referendum vote…
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Alex Mitchell’s Weekly Notebook
Shadow boxing of Malcolm Turnbull v Bill Shorten … How Hitler tamed the Catholics before turning on the Jews … Canberra’s new ally: the maniac in Manila … Japan: Empire of the Rising Gun …. Great Bores continued …. Turnbull and Shorten fight phoney election Australia’s federal election is increasingly like a boxing match in…
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Alex Mitchell’s Weekly Notebook
The Yanks are coming … remember the flood of heroin into Kings Cross during the Vietnam War … what can Darwin expect this time around … Europe’s neo-Nazis re-emerge … Great Bores: New series …. Australia is emerging as American war base – why? When Harold Holt’s Coalition government invited American GIs to spend their…
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Alex Mitchell’s Weekly Notebook
Tony Abbott exposed again … Coastal devastation demolishes climate deniers … Watch out for preferences deals … Here comes the Arts Party … Race for UN job gets down and dirty … How Zionists polluted Sydney Peace Prize … and more Climate change smashes coastal NSW It is 12 years since Sydney’s Sun-Herald published a…
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The artist who celebrated the lives of Lenin, Trotsky and Muhammad Ali: DAVID KING 1943-2016
Graphic designer, photographer, collector and writer David King dedicated most of his adult life to celebrating the Russian Revolution of 1917. He produced books, curated exhibitions and organised seminars to present the Bolshevik-led revolution with primary-sourced accuracy and captivating images. While bourgeois art moved inexorably towards commercialism, the cult of celebrity and modish post-modern fantasia,…
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Alex Mitchell’s Weekly Notebook
Election secret: Don’t mention capitalism’s storm clouds … Malcolm Turnbull swings from banker to wanker … Little Englanders praise Abbott and turn against Europe … Israel promotes bouncer to Defence Minister … Rupert Murdoch strikes again … Capitalism is the new dirty word During Bill Clinton’s successful 1992 US presidential race, his principal strategist James…
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Alex Mitchell’s Weekly Notebook
Fine Cotton “patsy” John Gillespie named in Panama Papers … the Kerry Packer connection revealed … ATO should try something new – collecting taxes … dangers for Malcolm Turnbull in marathon campaign … Mystery man in Panama Papers When the Panama Papers scandal was serialised around the world in April, the media in Australia highlighted…