
Neil Merrett
@neil_merrett
Wordsmith/hack. Passing through, maybe Learning. Editor with @HVN_Plus +@RACMagazine. Co-founder at @Squareblind. Once with @govcomputing & @IndependentMV
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Even as a politics lecturer in a Middle East department, I am lost. Israel has a right to self defence, but Lebanon does not? Israelis have the right to be safe, but Palestinians do not? Iran can’t launch missiles into civilian areas, but Israel can? None of this is coherent.




Places like Center Parcs are wild You walk around and think: “hmm,quite nice to have amenities” …then you realise Britain has made visiting a miniature place with functional civic infrastructure a holiday destination We pay to live like a Danish person for a week, basically

A strange decision. Soft power matters globally & BBC world service & its flagship current affairs programme epitomise that. I was honoured to be interviewed on BBC HARDtalk by Stephen Sackur & the feedback I received highlighted to me the programme’s global reach. A sad loss.





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