It’s appeasement all over again!

by | May 21, 2008


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So says Kevin James, a right wing radio host, of Barack Obama.  Problem is, as the news anchor interviewing him then makes painfully clear, Kevin James has also never heard of Neville Chamberlain. Excruciating.

Author

  • Alex Evans is founder of Larger Us, which explores how we can use psychology to reduce political tribalism and polarisation, a senior fellow at New York University, and author of The Myth Gap: What Happens When Evidence and Arguments Aren’t Enough? (Penguin, 2017). He is a former Campaign Director of the 50 million member global citizen’s movement Avaaz, special adviser to two UK Cabinet Ministers, climate expert in the UN Secretary-General’s office, and was Research Director for the Business Commission on Sustainable Development. Alex lives with his wife and two children in Yorkshire.


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