Putin’s darkest conspiracy theory yet
Vladimir Putin’s darkest conspiracy theory yet The New Statesman
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Pharma companies call for national vaccination strategy
Photo by SamaraHeisz5 / Shutterstock Childhood vaccination rates in Britain are falling. In 2021 there were fewer vaccines administered across almost all routine programmes, data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and NHS Digital shows. There were no vaccinations
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Donald Trump indicted: this spectacle will bolster the narrative that QAnon conjured up
Photo by Olivier Touron / AFP via Getty Images Two weeks ago, on Saturday 18 March, Donald Trump posted on his social media network Truth Social (caps lock on, naturally): “THE FAR & AWAY LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE AND FORMER PRESIDENT
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The Great Reset: Britain will keep getting weirder
Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP via Getty Images For the past few years, I’ve been immersed in the world of British conspiracy-thinking. This strange and fast-moving scene has become something close to my “beat” as a writer. I’ve been
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How have 15-minute cities become a conspiracy theory?
Illustration by Gustav Dejert / Ikon Images I suppose we always knew that a Tory MP, probably one from the unusually messy 2019 intake, would eventually start spewing conspiracy theories in the House of Commons. What I didn’t see coming,
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Andrew Bridgen isn’t the only conspiracy theorist when it comes to …
Illustration by Matt Kenyon / Ikon Images So, Andrew Bridgen has destroyed his reputation. This seems like an unlikely turn of events, since it’s not like the reputation of the arch-Brexiteer and Tory MP for North West Leicestershire was looking
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From QAnon to anti-vax: Can you cure a conspiracy theorist?
QAnon supporters at a political rally in Bucharest. Image courtesy of Mircea Moira / Shutterstock Jitarth Jadeja first fell down the rabbit hole when Donald Trump won the presidential election on 9 November 2016. As an Australian who had previously
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How 9/11 internet culture created a blueprint for modern conspiracy theories
It was a chilling image: a man visiting New York on a sunny autumn morning on 11 September 2001. He goes to the top of the World Trade Center – like many tourists did – to take a photograph on the
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Why the pandemic won’t be a great global reset
There were periods in 2020, particularly early on, as Covid-19 took hold, when it looked likely to be a year of ideological reckonings. The pandemic was revealing pre-existing injustices and exacerbating pre-existing tensions. It was putting different systems of politics
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How anti-vaxxers capitalised on coronavirus conspiracy theories
When Daniel* first became involved in his local church group three years ago, he was exposed to a wide-range of political opinions and ideas. The group, based in a university town in Indiana, was largely frequented by students and academics.
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