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Dr James Alan Anslow

Dr James Alan Anslow

Number crunch

I have a unique National Insurance number. But I don’t have to carry an NI card. I have an NHS number, but I need no card. I have a driving…

Jan 29

Number crunch

Jan 29

Dr James Alan Anslow

Murdoch and me

I began my career in journalism two months before Rupert Murdoch launched the tabloid Sun in November 1969, and three months after he…

Sep 22, 2023

Sep 22, 2023

Dr James Alan Anslow

Spectral speculations

I have been trying to define my politics. So I visualised two spectrums.

Jul 16, 2023

Jul 16, 2023

Dr James Alan Anslow

What journalism is

People are confused about what journalism is. This uncertainty was highlighted in a discussion about news on BBC Radio 4’s Moral Maze…

Jun 29, 2023

Jun 29, 2023

Dr James Alan Anslow

NHS: a fallen angel

It is time for the UK to scrap the NHS.

Dec 15, 2022

Dec 15, 2022

Dr James Alan Anslow

Broken Britain

Britain is broken. No, really.

Dec 4, 2022

Dec 4, 2022

Dr James Alan Anslow

Brexit: there is only one way forward now

Enough already. It is quite clear that the majority of UK citizens do NOT want Brexit.

Jan 22, 2019

Jan 22, 2019

Dr James Alan Anslow

Maybe it’s because..

I think I stopped being English in about 1971. I was 20. It was partly the vestigial influence of my father, a working-class man proud of…

Dec 24, 2018

Dec 24, 2018

Dr James Alan Anslow

End of a union

All communities need a leader. The psychological drive for such a single figure trumps any ‘rational’ requirement for leadership by…

Nov 28, 2018

Nov 28, 2018

Dr James Alan Anslow

Why UK citizens must vote again

There are at least seven false narratives about the UK’s commitment to Brexit that Remainers, like me, have allowed to circulate…

Nov 13, 2018

Nov 13, 2018

Dr James Alan Anslow

Dr James Alan Anslow

Journalist. Psychosocial researcher. PhD in psychoanalytic studies. MA in media. National newspaper hack for 50 years.

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