Links I liked
Matthew Shuggart on Orban’s manipulation of the electoral system: "Unlike in Poland, the role of the electoral system in the installation of this government has been seemingly fairly minimal"
You may have heard about this paper that links wolf attacks to #AfD voting in 🇩🇪. Looks a bit odd? Sure does. Here’s a forensic takedown by Erik Gahner Larsen
Just three weeks until the French legislative elections. Get in the mood by listening to this excellent Radikaal Podcast episode with Rainbow Murray.
Food for thought
Still not sure how much of the rhetoric will translate into, you know, action
Bad and utterly unsurprising: it sucks to have a non-Anglo name
Utterly depressing. Outrageous and despicable.
This is well worth 30 minutes of your time
Marina Hyde is my favourite Guardian columnist and quite possibly one of the funniest persons alive. She doesn’t normally do TV or radio but now she’s on Today in Focus and I can actually hear her talking about Brexit & stuff and OMG I’m having a fanboy moment here.