The end of the Politics I know

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Photo: telegraph.co.uk

I woke up this morning thinking about Brexit. Not about the geopolitical or financial impact but what it means for my politics. As far as non-Ghanaian politics is concerned my sympathies usually lie with candidates or causes supported by lower-income people and the intellectual left.

In the case of the UK Labour election I backed Jeremy Corbyn because Continue reading

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On Jeremy Corbyn, Ghana and a new kind of Politics

Jeremy Corbyn, MP. PHOTO: theguardian.com

Jeremy Corbyn, MP. PHOTO: theguardian.com

Veteran Labour MP for Islington North, Jeremy Corbyn, has won the leadership election of the Labour Party in one of the most surprising electoral races in history. Earlier on in the race he was considered the least likely to win the election but the support of the unions and his opposition to a welfare bill that the rest of Labour abstained from helped Corbyn to surge Continue reading