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  1. the roamer @[email protected] ·
    CW: Biography of Gordon Brown, reviewed by Jonathan Freedland

    A new biography of Gordon Brown, by James Macintyre, reviewed by Jonathan Freedland.

    I always had a lot of sympathy for Gordon Brown. His politics was far from perfect and the New Labour project started trends that did not end well. But, hell, what Labour did in government after 1997 was an incredible achievement, and Brown as Chancellor made it happen. The man also has personal integtity. On all of these fronts, the current Labour crop fail abysmally.

    A sympatheric review of a sympathetic biography. I probably won't buy the book, but I recommend reading the review.

    And I raise my virtual class to a politician of integrity and stature.

    theguardian.com/books/2026/feb

    #GordonBrown #JamesMacintyre #JonathanFreedland #UKpol #biographies

    #gordonbrown #jamesmacintyre #jonathanfreedland #ukpol #biographies
  2. Justice💙:toad: LICSW @[email protected] ·

    So good, worth a listen #AnneApplebaum #Autocracy #AutocracyInc #PoliticsWeekly
    #jonathanFreedland @guardian @anneapplebaum podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/

    #anneapplebaum #autocracy #autocracyinc #politicsweekly #jonathanfreedland
  3. the roamer @[email protected] ·

    @Yehuda

    Thanks for posting this quote & link to the Freedland article.

    Jonathan Freedland is a voice worth listening to, on all subjects. Perceptive, fearless, empathetic. One of the people who can make you change your mind, by virtue of their own ability to question their own position.

    This Freedland piece on Israel and Palestine is no exception. It makes us think.

    #Israel #Palestine #TwoStates #JonathanFreedland #LearnToListen

    #israel #palestine #twostates #jonathanfreedland #learntolisten
  4. iamBullivant @[email protected] ·

    I have listened to two episodes of The Rest is History with Jonathan Freedland telling the story of Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler, who escaped from Auschwitz in April 1944. It is a very powerful and moving story.

    shows.acast.com/the-rest-is-hi
    shows.acast.com/the-rest-is-hi

    #Auschwitz #TheHolocaust #TheShoah #Genocide #Jews #Jewish #RudolfVrba #AlfrédWetzler #JonathanFreedland #TomHolland #DominicSandbrook

    #tomholland #dominicsandbrook #auschwitz #theholocaust #theshoah #genocide
  5. Clare Mulley @[email protected] ·

    Escapist #nonfiction at its finest…
    I’m delighted to have contributed my #BooksOfTheYear #2022 to the @spectator .
    After our lockdowns, both involve impressive getaways:
    #JonathanFreedland #TheEscapeArtist, & #BenMacintyre #Colditz

    #nonfiction #booksoftheyear #jonathanfreedland #theescapeartist #benmacintyre #colditz