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“rootless cosmopolitan globalist”
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A single shared source of truth is essential for a functioning democracy.

Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.

My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Why American-style polarisation is spreading across the west
New research shows how incentives in the modern media ecosystem help explain rising division and negativity
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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I was at an event yesterday where Rand Paul spoke via video and talked about how great it was to send ACA money "directly to the people" so that they could work collectively to get better deals on health care.
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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The BBC has also always been aligned with the establishment in the UK, and as that establishment becomes ever more illiberal its journalists find themselves lurching rightward in search of an ever more conservative definition of ‘balance’
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM