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Welcome to my blog, Poliecult! The name means Politics, Economics and Culture. Put honestly, there will be more politics than anything, with the other two weaved in. I'll try my best to let facts trump opinion and cover a wide range of topics and views. Blogs will either mainly be opinion based or analytical pieces. There's not much of an upload schedule at present but I hope to keep them fairly frequent. Your best bet for updates of when I have posted is to follow me on Twitter (@OliJHall.)

Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy!

Oli

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