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James Astill

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Deputy director at @IMFNews, working on comms, strategy, climate. Formerly at @TheEconomist in DC, Delhi, Nairobi, elsewhere. Writer on India and cricket
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The Great Tamasha: cricket, corruption and the turbulent rise of modern India

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By James Astill
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James Astill speaks about his new book and his encounters with cricketers, fans, businessmen, bookies, Bollywood stars and slum kids. James Astill is the political editor of The Economist.
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Who Can Stop the Trump Juggernaut? Original

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By James Astill
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IF THE AMERICAN election due on November 5 were held tomorrow, Donald Trump would probably be a shoo-in. Even to those hardened to the excesses of American democracy that might seem amazing. Trump has never been more divisive or reviled. This week he was forced to post a $175 million bond in order to avoid having his Manhattan skyscrapers seized over a fraud conviction.
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Can Anyone Stop Him? Original

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By James Astill
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GRINDINGLY, SEEMINGLY INEXORABLY, America is heading towards a political rematch that hardly any American wants. Joe Biden, an 81-year-old who seems old for his years, is the most unpopular president at this point in the cycle since surveys began. Yet, defying advice from his fellow Democrats that he should retire, he will, his health allowing, seek re-election in November. His Republican opponent, in a repeat of the Covid-19-blighted and violent contest held in 2020, will be Donald Trump.
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