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Patrick Thompson

Northern Ireland
As seen in: Medium, NewsBreak, iTWire, BlackDoctor, New Internationalist, Coin Geek, Advisor Perspectives, IT Brief Australia, IT Brief New Zealand, IT Brief UK and
Writer / Copywriter based in London. Covering British politics, current affairs and culture.
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The loneliness of a late night departure lounge

The loneliness of a late night departure lounge

There is something very strange about an airport departure lounge. Sitting on a Tuesday night, surrounded by …

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Night Buses - Old Street on a Sunday Morning.

Night Buses - Old Street on a Sunday Morning.

It's just before three am on a Sunday morning and I'm waiting for a bus. The roads are busy, mostly with taxi…

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One hundred days of misery: a guide to the General Election

One hundred days of misery: a guide to the General Election

There are exactly one hundred days until the general election and they're not going to be pretty. A lot can h…

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A History of Violence: Why investigating historic torture matters

A History of Violence: Why investigating historic torture matters

Today, in a development that should have surprised exactly no one, we all found out that the CIA tortured peo…

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Is #CameronMustGo news?

Is #CameronMustGo news?

There is, in the strange, blue tinted world of Twitter, a furious political campaign being carried out as I t…

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Ed Miliband, a man alone?

Ed Miliband, a man alone?

In politics, the old saying goes; a week can be a very long time. It follows then that the thirty weeks or so…

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There is something far more contagious than Ebola in the air.

There is something far more contagious than Ebola in the air.

Here are some very basic facts about Ebola hemorrhagic fever that you need to know: It was first identified i…

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Am I a public nuisance?

Am I a public nuisance?

What constitutes a public nuisance? Since the late 1990s and the birth of the Antisocial Behaviour Order (ASB…

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Britain's bedroom tax shame

Britain's bedroom tax shame

Housing is a human right. That isn't just my opinion, but also that of the authors of the Universal Declarati…

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Universities are the new battleground for free speech

Universities are the new battleground for free speech

Almost three years to the day after the student protests of 2010 - when the BBC's Ben Bradshaw was seen weari…

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