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Alexander Mahdavi

Alexander Mahdavi

When Americans, the British and the French start talking politics…

Hank, Clive, and Marie are having a chat.

Jun 15, 2017

Jun 15, 2017

Alexander Mahdavi

Every Failed Candidate Must Take Responsibility for the Winner

A couple of weeks before the election, I had the pleasure of going to a hustings in my local constituency to hear from four parliamentary…

Jun 9, 2017

Jun 9, 2017

Alexander Mahdavi

The Pointlessness of Handwriting

“Good handwriting displays patience, care and self-respect; a bad hand is an embarrassment.”

Jun 5, 2017

Jun 5, 2017

Alexander Mahdavi

Is politics just a game of greedy pirates?

One of my regular joys is having a go at FiveThirtyEight’s weekly Riddler puzzles. Earlier this year, the weekly riddle involved democratic…

Oct 6, 2016

Oct 6, 2016

Alexander Mahdavi

We have only ourselves to blame for Trumpism

History throws up some scary parallels.

Dec 9, 2015

We have only ourselves to blame for Trumpism

Dec 9, 2015

Alexander Mahdavi

Jeremy Corbyn could shift the Overton Window

During the past few weeks of the Labour Leadership election, various Tory sources have expressed a preference or distaste for one or the…

Jul 19, 2015

Jeremy Corbyn could shift the Overton Window

Jul 19, 2015

Alexander Mahdavi

So, Labour is supposed to learn a lesson from its election loss. What lesson is that again?

I keep hearing about the lessons the political parties need to learn from the 2015 election. Labour is told that it needs to face up to the…

Jul 19, 2015

Jul 19, 2015

Alexander Mahdavi

Did the UK electorate really intend to keep David Cameron in power?

What happened in the May election was an extreme outlier.

Jul 14, 2015

Did the UK electorate really intend to keep David Cameron in power?

Jul 14, 2015

Alexander Mahdavi

Alexander Mahdavi

American-French-Iranian ex-musician, former radio journalist, private client solicitor, husband of one, father of two.

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