Venetia Thompson

Obama is an Othello for our times

White men only pretend to admire the presidential contender, writes Venetia Thompson. Beneath their supposed approval lurk primeval racist fears of the black ‘super-male’

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Farmers aren’t miners

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A parallel is being drawn between the Tories and the miners in the 1980s and Labour and the farmers today. On the left, there is an implied element of revenge: you screwed our people, so we’ll screw yours. It is true that the miners’ marches in London 40 years ago had much the same earthy

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