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Alex Hern

Website Alex graduated St Peter's College, Oxford, in 2011 and is a former Parliamentary researcher. He is currently working as Left Foot Forward's intern. Alex is an avid comic aficionado and critic. You should follow him on twitter.

Romney bizarrely pleased that Donald Trump has endorsed him

Alex Hern
3 February, 2012

Alex Hern reports on the news that Donald Trump, the tupée himself, has endorsed Mittens Romney.

Excuses, excuses, excuses: The Eurozone crisis, weakness in the US, or the wrong type of snow?

Alex Hern
3 February, 2012

Alex Hern rebuts the FTs claim that the low growth the UK is experiencing is due to matters outside Osborne’s control.

Anonymous expose Ron Paul’s racist links

Alex Hern
2 February, 2012

Alex Hern writes on the latest email dump from the hacktivist group Anonymous, featuring more revelations about racist Republican Ron Paul.

“Free Pale*****”: BBC tries to settle censorship row

Alex Hern
2 February, 2012

Alex Hern reports on the BBC Trust’s assessment of the validity of BBC 1Xtra’s censorship of the phrase “Free Palestine”.

We’re all in this together… But they aren’t

Alex Hern
2 February, 2012

In just one day, there have been two cases of better treatment for those at the top than at the bottom. Are we really all in this together, asks Alex Hern.

USA 2012: Mitt spends four times as much as Gingrich, gets 1.4 times the votes

Alex Hern
1 February, 2012

Alex Hern covers the Florida primary, where Mittens’ money secured a victory – but at what cost?

“She calls her town a ‘s***hole'”: Irish newspaper smears Polish migrants

Alex Hern
1 February, 2012

Alex Hern covers the ballsy attempt by the Irish Independent to smear a pair of Polish migrants by mistranslating an article that was freely available for all to check

Miliband: “With this PM, a veto’s not for life, it’s just for Christmas”

Alex Hern
31 January, 2012

Alex Hern runs through Cameron’s U-turn on Europe

As National Libraries Day nears, our libraries remain under threat

Alex Hern
30 January, 2012

Alex Hern reports on the launch of “Vision for a 21st-Century Library” by the shadow culture minister Dan Jarvis Labour culture team.

The markets don’t care about Hester’s bonus

Alex Hern
30 January, 2012

Alex Hern counters Guido Fawke’s spin that stopping Hester’s bonus cost the taxpayer £320 million.

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