Dangerous Metaphors: How Dehumanizing Rhetoric Works | Dangerous Speech Project

Guest blogger Dr. Anna Szilagyi describes how dehumanizing rhetoric – a key hallmark of Dangerous Speech – affects our thoughts and perceptions, making violence more acceptable.

Dangerous Metaphors: How Dehumanizing Rhetoric Works | Dangerous Speech Project

EU Law Analysis: How do you solve a problem like Suella? The legal aspects of breach and termination of the withdrawal agreement

Today’s papers bring another story that the UK might be planning to breach the Brexit withdrawal agreement – including the report that the new Attorney-General Suella Braverman is poised to attempt to justify this legally. So what happens if the UK (or the EU) breaches the withdrawal agreement is not a hypothetical issue. I’ve previously discussed the dispute settlement rules in the agreement, as well as the Withdrawal Agreement Act giving effect to the treaty in the UK, but it’s useful to bring the key issues together, and also to look at the issues from the point of view of international law.  This blog post summarises in turn the dispute settlement provisions of the withdrawal agreement and the rules on termination etc of treaties in international law, discussing the interaction between them... 

EU Law Analysis: How do you solve a problem like Suella? The legal aspects of breach and termination of the withdrawal agreement - Professor Steve Peers, University of Essex

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Sasha Baron Cohen's keynote speech et the ADL Awards

If you do one thing this weekend to challenge the industrialised promotion of hate & bigotry - share this video https://t.co/sbDpCMstyW - worth watching in full #StartSpreadingLove #StopFundingHate

— Stop Funding Hate (@StopFundingHate) 23 November 2019

Please watch this magnificent speech to the end. Cohen is an educated, intelligent and impassioned speaker. He also brings some of his characters to illustrate his arguments.

Our tactical voting advice caused a stir, but it’s the only way to stop Brexit | Politics | The Guardian

Labour may not be happy with Best for Britain’s recommendations, but they are based on solid data

The BBC knows it’s doing something right when both Brexiters and Remainers shout “bias” during the news. The stakes are similar when producing a tactical voting tool in a general election. Hopes and fears are running high among the different tribes and, for them, any suggestion that another party might hold the key, anywhere, to a better outcome is sacrilege...

Read the full article: Our tactical voting advice caused a stir, but it’s the only way to stop Brexit | Politics | The Guardian

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Claims No 10 'sitting on' Russian interference report - BBC News

There is disquiet in Parliament that a sensitive report on Russian covert actions against the UK, including allegations of electoral interference, is being sat on by No 10.

The report includes evidence from UK intelligence services concerning Russian attempts to influence the outcome of the 2016 EU referendum and 2017 general election.

Read full article: Claims No 10 'sitting on' Russian interference report - BBC News