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David Leland was a master of understatement with a social conscience and wildly wicked sense of humour, arising like his friends the Pythons from our everyday humdrum British universe in the 60s and 70s.More than 40 years ago I saw the astonishing Made in Britain. The film that made Tim Roth – who played a violent skinhead – a star, was written by Leland for the producer and director Alan Clarke. It was a a biting attack on rightwing Thatcherite policies and it is just as relevant to today’s brutal system.A few years…

Concerns that a second Donald Trump term could take an iron-fisted turn have been amplified by Trump himself. Instead of refuting reports that have warned of his authoritarian aspirations for a return to the White House, Trump has now declared twice that he’ll act as a “dictator” — clarifying he’d only need such powers on “Day One.” The former president’s dictator shtick has generated an enthusiastic response from his right-wing boosters — ranging from those who insist the president is just trolling the left, to…