Behind The Lines

Stories that dig deeper to get behind the headlines

The COVID Excuse

By Duncan Simpson
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As vaccination programmes in Europe and America accelerate, there is increasing clamour for their benefits to be fast-tracked through the use of vaccination or immunity passports. (More…)

Between the Middle East and Europe

By Joel Schalit
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Security wouldn’t let them through. “Please, please,” the mother entreated the officer in Hebrew. “I need to get my daughter to the bathroom.” Her pleas fell on deaf ears. (More…)

Trump’s Christian ISIS

By John Foster
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Ashli Babbitt might be dead. But she’s become a national icon, for both the right and the left. (More…)

Killed by Nationalism

By John Foster
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Ashli Babbitt was shot to death by police during the mob breach of the Capitol building on Wednesday. She was 35 years old and had spent 14 years in the US Air Force. (More…)

The Meaning of Brexit

By Josh White
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I keep trying to forget about Brexit, but the Leavers won’t let us. Brexiteers are triumphant, though not all of them feel so victorious – despite getting almost everything they wanted. At least the Tories will have to own this failure. (More…)

The Truth About Coronavirus

By Duncan Simpson
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The phrase “being led by the science” has been repeated like a battle cry by leaders across Europe since the first cases of COVID-19 appeared on the continent in February. (More…)

Fantasy Island

By Josh White
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The UK is heading for a Brexit dreamscape amid talk of deploying the navy to “defend our fish”. (More…)

Populism Will Survive

By John Foster
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National populism seems to have been dealt a blow by the defeat of Donald Trump. Yet, like some down-market vampire in a B-grade horror flick, the scourge refuses to die. (More…)

New Tory Role Model

By Josh White
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The British right hoped it could ‘remake’ Britain through Brexit. Though its hopes have been exposed as dangerous fantasies, the Tories remain hooked on disaster nationalism. (More…)