Writer commentator academic. Books Editor, Bella Caledonia; Co-founder Kirkcudbright Fringe Festival; Co-editor, 'Britain Needs Change: The Politics of Hope & Labour's Challenge', pub. Nov. 28 2024.
Gerry Hassan is a Scottish writer, commentator and academic. He currently holds an Honorary Professor title at Glasgow Caledonian University for Social Change, having previously worked at the University of Dundee and the University of the West of Scotland, where he completed his doctorate. He has also previously worked for the Institute for Public Policy Research and Demos where he led their Scotland 2020 and Glasgow 2020 programmes and OpenDemocracy. He has written for the Scottish and UK press, including The Spectator, The Scotsman, The Herald, Holyrood, Sunday Mail, The Guardian and The National (Scotland) on topics and issues related to the United Kingdom, particularly Scotland and Scottish Independence. .. more
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In a new The Atlantic interview Trump said: "We do need Greenland, absolutely. We need it for defense." Trump appeasers are on the side of this.
Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's Director of National Intelligence, seven years ago opposed US intervention in Venezuela. Principles are light in Trumpland.
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"The soul is oriented towards obsession: it wants to be possessed by something greater, consummated in a quest, absorbed into a vortex of devotion, and eaten by the feeling of passion. The soul wants to fall in love hard.โ
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๐ฎ๐น -52 net favourability (+1 from Nov)
๐ซ๐ท -56 (+3)
๐ช๐ธ -58 (+4)
๐ฌ๐ง -59 (=)
๐ฉ๐ช -66 (-1)
๐ฉ๐ฐ -82 (+3)
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