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One year on: the SNP, the BBC, and the Scottish neverendum

  • Written by: The Conversation
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The Scottish National Party (SNP) hate the BBC, which may sound harsh but makes sense when you think about it.

The BBC – the British Broadcasting Corporation – is the ultimate symbol of Union, the cultural embodiment of the United Kingdom, and one of its great achievements. At the Future of Journalism conference at...

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A New Kind of Human Being: Reply to Steve Fuller

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageResponse to Steve F

An article I wrote critical of those who plan to build a spaceship to escape an Earth ruined by climate change attracted a response from Steve Fuller, who is described as the sociologist of the “space ark” project I had in mind.

Fuller situates my commentary within my wider critique of “ecomodernism”. He...

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