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Bearly Politics

The Bear, Andy Burge, Will Snell, Mark Chadbourn, Claire Jones, Brown Reporter, Mark Braund

Welcome to Bearly Politics! I'm The Bear, your slightly exasperated guide to the strange world of modern politics. Here, I attempt to tackle the absurdities of power, with claws sharpened by satire and the occasional heavy paw of wit.

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Latest Issues

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Authors

The writers behind this newsletter.

  • The Bear

    Editor of Bearly Politics. Author. Commentator. Former NHS strategist.

  • Andy Burge

    see my substack

  • Will Snell

    Chief Executive of the Fairness Foundation

  • Mark Chadbourn

    Everything is Connected. Journalist, novelist, screenwriter. Always looking for stories. LDN. NYC. LA

  • Claire Jones

    After she obtained her DPhil at Oxford, Claire taught philosophy & worked as a counsellor. She now publishes with Left Foot Forward, writes & co-edits for West England Bylines, & is a co-ordinator for the Oxfordshire branch of Compass

  • Brown Reporter

    Covering news that is buried under the headlines

  • Mark Braund

    I write about politics, economics, civilization and culture at Progress & Survival. My historical novel The Roaring Twenties is now serialising at The Bloomsbury Trilogy. And I also post at the excellent Bearly Politics from time to time.

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