
Gerry Hassan
Writer at Freelance
Writer commentator academic. Hon Prof of Social Change; Books Editor @BellaCaledonia; Editor, 'Britain Needs Change: The Politics of Hope & Labour's Challenge'.
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2 weeks ago |
bellacaledonia.org.uk | Gerry Hassan
The Beatles story is one of the most enduring, beguiling and seemingly never-ending of our modern age. What else is there to be said? Ian Leslie thinks he has an answer in exploring the relationship, inner workings and chemistry between John Lennon and Paul McCartney – the central axis of the phenomenon that was the Beatles.
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1 month ago |
bellacaledonia.org.uk | Gerry Hassan
The past week has seen the end of a monumental era of Scottish politics: of Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP and of ‘Sturgeonism’. This has generated a welter of instant commentary as expected but with much of it focusing only on the immediate, the party’s prospects for 2026 and what Sturgeon might do post-politics, rather than look at the longer story in addressing how we got here and where this might take us. There was lots of over-the-top commentary as there always has been about Sturgeon.
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1 month ago |
gerryhassan.com | Gerry Hassan
Welcome to the Age of Disruption: Time for a New RadicalismSunday National, 23 February 2025Gerry HassanThe world is living through unparalleled times. The post-war international order created by and for the USA is being unilaterally ripped up and trashed by the USA. In so doing it is establishing a new world order which looks less like the 1930s and the spectre of fascism and more like pre-1914 and the age of rival great power rivalries and competing imperialisms.
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2 months ago |
thenational.scot | Gerry Hassan
Across Europe, North and South America, Israel and elsewhere, the march of right-wing populists strikes fear in the mainstream (Image: Martini) THE world is living through unparalleled times. The post-war international order created by and for the USA is being unilaterally ripped up and trashed by the USA.
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2 months ago |
thenational.scot | Gerry Hassan
President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press THERE was only one international political story last week – the return of Donald Trump as US President. Beyond the bombastic inauguration and plethora of executive orders is the story of how we got to this sorry state.
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There are some social trends in the UK going in the right direction & worth celebrating. The long-term decline in smoking among those aged 16 & over in the past 50 years among men & women is one. Down from 51% of men & 40% of women in 1974 to 12% & 10% respectively. https://t.co/9qv8ViY08W

Looking forward to the Daily Mail front page on Nigel Farage being found asleep in public during working hours. https://t.co/p9ZrFEfsXk

After Easter Weekend & Putin's pretence of a 'truce' back to the day job of killing innocent civilians & waging indiscriminate war. From Patrick Blower. https://t.co/RIsvPSfkIu