In Australia, Labor won the general election this weekend by opposing anything that looked vaguely aligned with the thinking of Trump. Mark Carney did the
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Farage’s German allies are now officially classified as far-right extremists
The Guardian carried this story on Friday, and I think it is worth sharing in full, using their own summary box: Remember that we are
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People, politics and despair
Young people, most especially, are struggling to find reasons for hope in the world neoliberal politics has created, and who can blame them? This is
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Where will Reform find cuts?
Reform says that it will cut the spending of the local authorities it now controls. I asked ChatGPT to provide a breakdown of English local
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Is democracy over?
As I noted in this morning’s video, we had to record before we knew the true scale of Reform’s gains in the local council elections
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Some good news: the Tory-created anti-protest laws are illegal
I think this press statement from Liberty is worth sharing, as they posted it yesterday, because it is potentially very good news: Liberty defeats Government
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One chart to tell Labour all it needs to know
This chart is telling. It covers all the local authority election results and comes from The Guardian: The message is clear. Tory votes and seats
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Explain this….
I noted this result in the mayoral election where I live, yesterday: Then, later in the day, came this election result for the council covering
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Could the two-party, Labour and Tory-dominated, political system be over?
Labour’s been knocked for six. The Tories face oblivion. And Reform are threatening politics as we know it. Did Thursday represent a political earthquake? This
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