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Sep 20, 2024 | 
scroll.in | Emily Tamkin |Tom Hamilton |Rohan Venkat
Last week, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump took to the stage for the first – and, increasingly likely, the only – Presidential debate. In it, Trump propounded a conspiracy theory about Haitian migrants eating the pets of residents in Springfield, Ohio. What was going on there? And why does the Trump campaign want to keep talking about immigration in this campaign? Emily Tamkin gives the full debate low-down, while Tom Hamilton and Rohan Venkat look at the similarities across Europe and Asia.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
scroll.in | Emily Tamkin |Tom Hamilton |Rohan Venkat
Recent polling shows that the Democrat's shiny new candidate – Kamala Harris – is ahead in almost all the swing states. Meanwhile, the British far-right, who seemed so potent last week, have bee repelled by anti-fascist campaigners and the criminal justice system. Is the tide beginning to turn in favour of reasoned debate? Emily Tamkin and Tom Hamilton report back, while Rohan Venkat, back from vacation, picks up on the turbulence in Bangladesh.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
scroll.in | Emily Tamkin |Tom Hamilton |Rohan Venkat
They call it midsummer madness, the fit of rash and often violent behaviour that seems to strike in the long, hot days. In the United Kingdom, right-wing thuggery has descended on a number of cities following the tragic murder of three young girls. What is motivating these riots? And who is stoking the flames of this racially-motivated disorder? Tom Hamilton reports back from a broiling, roiling London.
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Aug 2, 2024 | 
scroll.in | Emily Tamkin |Tom Hamilton |Rohan Venkat
Are Donald Trump and JD Vance quite a weird political combo? That's the attack line coming out of Kamala Harris's camp, as the Democrats gear up for their new candidate's campaign. Emily Tamkin discusses the changing landscape in the US election scene, while Rohan Venkat reports back on Rahul Gandhi's attempts to cast aspersions about the Hindu credentials of the Bharatiya Janata Party. We welcome your comments at [email protected].
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
scroll.in | backing Sheikh Hasina |Emily Tamkin |Tom Hamilton |Rohan Venkat
After months of growing pressure, Joe Biden has finally ditched his bid for a second term in the Oval Office, paving the way for his VP, Kamala Harris, to lead the Democratic ticket. But who really is Harris, the former California senator? What challenges will she face in the campaign crucible? And what does Team Trump make of all this toing and froing?
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Jul 23, 2024 | 
scroll.in | Emily Tamkin |Tom Hamilton |Rohan Venkat
When secret service agents ushered Donald Trump offstage at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, there was much confusion as to what had actually happened. The events, as they came to light over the next few hours, reshaped the narrative of the election, with Trump surviving a very real assassination attempt. Reshaped, sure, but has it changed the course of the election?
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
scroll.in | Emily Tamkin |Tom Hamilton |Rohan Venkat
A new day has dawned in the UK, with Keir Starmer's Labour romping to a landslide victory in the General Election, ending 14 years of Tory rule. Tom Hamilton – himself a former Labour advisor – talks Emily Tamkin and Rohan Venkat through the results, the rise of Reform, and the other big stories of the night. Did the landslide result paper over some cracks in the Labour party's performance? And what can the government do now, with a British state that is in desperate need of some stimulation...
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Jul 5, 2024 | 
scroll.in | Emily Tamkin |Tom Hamilton |Rohan Venkat
It's the morning after the night before (well, a few nights before) and America is still reeling from the first Presidential debate. Emily Tamkin leads us through the fallout to both the debate and the Supreme Court's verdict on Donald Trump's partial immunity from prosecution, while Tom Hamilton and Rohan Venkat marvel at the eccentricity of American politics. We welcome your comments at [email protected]. joe biden Donald Trump
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Jun 28, 2024 | 
scroll.in | Emily Tamkin |Tom Hamilton |Rohan Venkat
Was Macron "totally insane" to call this surprise election? Who, on both the Left and the Right, is a danger to the President? How has the far-Right – particularly the National Rally – evolved over time? And how is Emmanuel Macron personally rated amongst the French public?
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Jun 23, 2024 | 
scroll.in | Emily Tamkin |Tom Hamilton |Rohan Venkat
Rohan Venkat takes us to the Lok Sabha to look at how the fallout from the general election is impacting the vote there. A new Speaker will be elected at the end of June, but will the Telugu Desam Party secure the post? In London, Tom Hamilton talks us through the impact that Nigel Farage and his Reform party is having in reshaping the landscape of the British Right, while, in the US, Emily Tamkin looks at how – and why – the Right gets away with characterising its politics as "common sense".
