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Nick Cohen
Nick Cohen is a columnist for the Observer
January 2021
If Trump looks like a fascist and acts like a fascist, then maybe he is one
Published:
16 Jan 2021
Published:
16 Jan 2021
If Trump looks like a fascist and acts like a fascist, then maybe he is one
Gove and co were once thrilled to be close to Trump. Now see them run
Published:
9 Jan 2021
Published:
9 Jan 2021
Gove and co were once thrilled to be close to Trump. Now see them run
December 2020
Lib Dems hook up with 5G cranks and give a boost to wild conspiracy
Irrational notions become dangerous when supported by those who know better
Published:
26 Dec 2020
Published:
26 Dec 2020
Lib Dems hook up with 5G cranks and give a boost to wild conspiracy
Wanted: people happy to work for a government that seeks to own their souls
No 10’s obsession with ideological purity is forcing the best civil servants to resign
Published:
19 Dec 2020
Published:
19 Dec 2020
Wanted: people happy to work for a government that seeks to own their souls
How did Enoch Powell, a man with no shame, come to haunt our times?
The late politician specialised in sowing division and indulged in national fantasies
Published:
12 Dec 2020
Published:
12 Dec 2020
How did Enoch Powell, a man with no shame, come to haunt our times?
Slavery will never be history as long as we turn a blind eye to China
Consumers don’t want to know their stuff is made by forced Uighur labour
Published:
5 Dec 2020
Published:
5 Dec 2020
Slavery will never be history as long as we turn a blind eye to China
November 2020
Politicians were once held to account – now nothing stands in their way
Organisations designed to investigate on our behalf are threatened, lied to or abolished
Published:
28 Nov 2020
Published:
28 Nov 2020
Politicians were once held to account – now nothing stands in their way
Invoking a fantasy Winston Churchill won’t help as Brexit becomes grim reality
The cult of Churchill as a little Englander standing up to Europe has no basis in history
Published:
21 Nov 2020
Published:
21 Nov 2020
Invoking a fantasy Winston Churchill won’t help as Brexit becomes grim reality
Voter suppression couldn’t happen in the UK, could it? Don’t be so sure...
The Conservatives are doing their level best to weaken the power of the Electoral Commission
Published:
14 Nov 2020
Published:
14 Nov 2020
Voter suppression couldn’t happen in the UK, could it? Don’t be so sure...
Boris Johnson can’t tame the crackpot rebels because he’s one of them
If the prime minister were not in his job, he would be railing against the ‘repressive’ regime
Published:
7 Nov 2020
Published:
7 Nov 2020
Boris Johnson can’t tame the crackpot rebels because he’s one of them
October 2020
We’re endlessly told why populism works. Now see how it might fail
Johnson and Trump’s calamitous handling of the pandemic shows how unfit they are to govern
Published:
24 Oct 2020
Published:
24 Oct 2020
We’re endlessly told why populism works. Now see how it might fail
A curb on my liberties might be OK if we weren’t led by Boris Johnson and co
Covid-19 is being used to give the state more powers. No 10 will one day see how they work
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Published:
17 Oct 2020
Published:
17 Oct 2020
A curb on my liberties might be OK if we weren’t led by Boris Johnson and co
She sneers at do-gooders but Priti Patel has power to do bad. She's using it
UK immigration law is a shambles, but the home secretary seems to want to make it worse
Published:
10 Oct 2020
Published:
10 Oct 2020
She sneers at do-gooders but Priti Patel has power to do bad. She's using it
Charles Moore knows nothing of TV, hates the BBC. Ideal man for the job
The right qualifications no longer appear to count for top jobs in British public life
Published:
3 Oct 2020
Published:
3 Oct 2020
Charles Moore knows nothing of TV, hates the BBC. Ideal man for the job
September 2020
Welcome to libertarian Covid fantasy land – that’s Sweden to you and me
The right fails to recognise that the Swedes’ real virtue in this pandemic is their social cohesion
Published:
26 Sep 2020
Published:
26 Sep 2020
Welcome to libertarian Covid fantasy land – that’s Sweden to you and me
The meritocracy has had its day. How else to explain the rise of Dido Harding?
Public service jobs once went to people who knew what they were doing. Boris Johnson would rather promote a courtier
Published:
19 Sep 2020
Published:
19 Sep 2020
The meritocracy has had its day. How else to explain the rise of Dido Harding?
So what lies behind ultra-loyalist Suella Braverman’s rise to the top?
In the attorney general, Boris Johnson has the ideal stooge for his reckless nation-splitting policies
Published:
12 Sep 2020
Published:
12 Sep 2020
So what lies behind ultra-loyalist Suella Braverman’s rise to the top?
All extremists threaten us… but it's the radical right we should fear now
Trump, Johnson and their kind are a far greater danger to our cherished freedoms
Published:
5 Sep 2020
Published:
5 Sep 2020
All extremists threaten us… but it's the radical right we should fear now
August 2020
What hiring a failed Australian prime minister tells us about corrupt Britain
Tony Abbott is the product of rightwing thinktanks that do so much to tarnish our politics
Published:
29 Aug 2020
Published:
29 Aug 2020
What hiring a failed Australian prime minister tells us about corrupt Britain
Boris Johnson demands only loyalty, not competence, in his lust for power
The appointment of Dido Harding is just the latest example of the Tories’ true obsession
Published:
22 Aug 2020
Published:
22 Aug 2020
Boris Johnson demands only loyalty, not competence, in his lust for power
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If Trump looks like a fascist and acts like a fascist, then maybe he is one