Alec Charles
Journalist, author, and academic.
News from Nowhere: Lowering the Tone
Tony Blair has always been, as they say, a ‘Marmite’ figure: some people love him, while a large group loathes him and everything he represents. This polarization of perspectives is hardly unusual in contemporary British politics.
News from Nowhere: Res Publica
At the close of 2021, nearly 1% of the entire British population was contracting the virus every 24 hours.
News from Nowhere: Looking Backward
2021 can be described as an 'interesting' year in the UK. Starting with the Covid-19 pandemic, and not ending with the ruling parties' shenanigans, the last year carried several controversial incidents.
News from Nowhere: The Power and the Glory
Some enter politics with an eye to their own personal profit, while some politicians are sincere in their avowed goal to do good. These are sometimes the most dangerous of the lot.
News from Nowhere: Top Trumps
Where is the truth in Trump’s ‘Truth Social’ platform when he excuses whoever exposes his lies of lying?
News from Nowhere: The Omicron Factor
The British government’s uncharacteristically rigorous first response contrasted very sharply with its previous reticence to introduce international travel restrictions in the early stages of the pandemic.
News from Nowhere: Figures of Speech
Politicians are in many ways simply linguistic constructs. They are creatures of words, though they cannot always be taken at their words.
News from Nowhere: Parallel Lines
Two stories: the Liverpool attack and the cricket scandal that swept England, are not really related. These two stories are not entirely unrelated. They follow parallel paths, but never quite converge.
News from Nowhere: Losing Touch
The man’s not a menace to the integrity of the UK's democracy; he’s a form of comic relief from the anxieties of our humdrum daily lives.