Theresa May once described the Conservative Party as the Nasty Party. As Home Secretary and Prime Minister, she went out of her way to prove
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I had planned to cease using Twitter on 20 January in protest at Trump’s election and his promotion of Elon Musk. However, events have overtaken
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As Robert Reich noted yesterday: Within 36 hours [of Vice President Mike Pence commencing the hearing to confirm the election of Joe Biden as US
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This morning Nigel Farage was making a total fool of himself when supporting Elon Musk’s utterly unacceptable comments on Jess Phillips (whether you like her,
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The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is now, as it was in Blair’s days, Labour’s favoured think tank. Half of its leadership from a
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A free press is an essential part of a functioning democracy. If legal threats close that down, what is left? This is the audio file:
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As The Observer reports this morning: Ministers are resisting demands to rush through measures to block Elon Musk from handing millions to Nigel Farage, amid
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I am not sure that this needs additional comment:

Try as I might, I cannot get excited by the Prince Andrew spying story. After all, if China really wanted hot gossip on the inner
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