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POLITICS


Timothy Snyder: We are watching the US attempt a superpower suicide

May 26, 2026

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5 min read

Timothy Snyder: We are watching the US attempt a superpower suicide

From the abandonment of its alliances to the dismantling of its education system, Trump’s administration is tearing down the institutions that really made America great, writes the historian

Timothy Snyder
Timothy Snyder
Billionaire Christopher Harborne donated millions to Farage and Johnson. Then the pro-crypto announcements began. Is there a connection?

May 22, 2026

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10 min read

Billionaire Christopher Harborne donated millions to Farage and Johnson. Then the pro-crypto announcements began. Is there a connection?

The crypto investor’s £5m gift to Reform’s leader coincided with the party’s new-found advocacy for digital assets – part of a pattern of significant political donations that also included £1m to the former Tory prime minister. Report by Charlie Young and Lucia Osborne-Crowley

Charlie Young
Lucia Osborne-Crowley
Charlie Young, +1
‘They can shape the outcomes they claim to forecast’ – could Polymarket influence an election?

May 15, 2026

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9 min read

‘They can shape the outcomes they claim to forecast’ – could Polymarket influence an election?

A platform backed by Peter Thiel and advised by Donald Trump Jr. is taking anonymous crypto bets on UK elections, missile strikes and the death of world leaders. In Britain no regulator will touch it, writes Ian Tucker in this in-depth guide to so-called "prediction markets"

Ian Tucker
Ian Tucker
Contact? Source? Or friend? The curious connection between Michael Wolff and Jeffrey Epstein

May 12, 2026

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11 min read

Contact? Source? Or friend? The curious connection between Michael Wolff and Jeffrey Epstein

The New York media insider has 100 hours of interviews with the dead sex offender. But the Epstein files also reveal an intimate 20-year history of emails between the two men that seems far more than journalistic, writes Ellie Leonard

Sangita Myska: Starmer can’t go on – but he can’t leave yet either

May 12, 2026

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5 min read

Sangita Myska: Starmer can’t go on – but he can’t leave yet either

The PM’s position is untenable, and his time in office has been a string of unforced errors, but Labour is even more badly served by the current chaotic infighting. The only way forward is an orderly transition to a candidate that both wings of the divided party can respect

Sangita Myska
Sangita Myska
I made Labour Together angry. Here’s how it feels when a political party targets you

May 1, 2026

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17 min read

I made Labour Together angry. Here’s how it feels when a political party targets you

Paul Holden had been reporting on the thinktank at the heart of Keir Starmer’s rise to power when he was told he was the subject of a national security investigation. This is the twisting story of what happened next

Paul Holden
Paul Holden
Pete Hegseth's Crusader tattoos aren’t just symbols – they're a battleplan

Apr 28, 2026

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5 min read

Pete Hegseth's Crusader tattoos aren’t just symbols – they're a battleplan

The US secretary of war has ‘God wills it’ inked on his right arm and a Jerusalem cross on his chest. Now he is directing hostilities against a Muslim country, writes Kat Tenbarge

Palantir's social media manifesto is a blueprint for technofascism

Apr 24, 2026

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5 min read

Palantir's social media manifesto is a blueprint for technofascism

The surveillance firm’s viral X post calls for hard power, conscription and the end of pluralism. AI expert and academic Mark Coeckelbergh on what happens when technology becomes the gateway to authoritarianism

Iran is winning the propaganda war against Trump – brick by brick

Apr 17, 2026

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3 min read

Iran is winning the propaganda war against Trump – brick by brick

Tehran’s viral videos satirising a Lego-style president have harnessed the power of AI – and Maga’s debasing of political discourse – and turned it against the US, writes disinformation expert Nina Jankowicz

With Orbán gone, has the British far right lost its magic money tree?

Apr 14, 2026

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7 min read

With Orbán gone, has the British far right lost its magic money tree?

Hungary’s new PM has described his predecessor’s funding of propaganda bodies as criminal and vowed to investigate. This could be bad news for ultraconservatives in the UK – and around the rest of the world, writes Alice McCool

Alice McCool
Alice McCool
The five ways Trump could attempt a coup, by fascism expert Timothy Snyder

Apr 12, 2026

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9 min read

The five ways Trump could attempt a coup, by fascism expert Timothy Snyder

Despite the debacle in Iran, a president at war has several pressure points at his disposal to postpone, restrict and ultimately cancel democracy, writes the historian

Timothy Snyder
Timothy Snyder
John Simpson: Today, governments can get away with anything. Israel is getting away with journacide

Apr 10, 2026

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9 min read

John Simpson: Today, governments can get away with anything. Israel is getting away with journacide

There used to be some sense that killing a reporter would mean serious consequences. Now that understanding has vanished, writes the BBC’s world affairs editor

John Simpson
John Simpson
Israel is waging war on Lebanon. Why is the world calling it a "ground operation"?

Apr 8, 2026

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8 min read

Israel is waging war on Lebanon. Why is the world calling it a "ground operation"?

I’ve known Lebanon for three decades. What’s happening there now is an invasion. This is Gaza 2.0 – and the world is barely paying attention. By Carole Cadwalladr

Carole Cadwalladr
Carole Cadwalladr
Nigel Farage wants to build a British ICE. Keir Starmer may have handed him the tools

Apr 8, 2026

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11 min read

Nigel Farage wants to build a British ICE. Keir Starmer may have handed him the tools

Reform’s proposed "Deportation Command” would integrate NHS, police and financial data into a single surveillance database. Meanwhile, Palantir has signalled it won’t stand in their way, and campaigners say Labour’s new data law opens the door. By Rei Takver

Rei Takver
Rei Takver
Election day is coming for Orbán and Hungary – and this time we dare to dream he may be toppled

Apr 2, 2026

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9 min read

Election day is coming for Orbán and Hungary – and this time we dare to dream he may be toppled

The prime minister has swept all before him for 16 years. But now his authoritarian facade is crumbling – and a challenger is offering a hope we had all but abandoned, writes novelist Krisztián Marton

Fake quotes, factual errors and ChatGPT links – my bizarre journey into Matt Goodwin’s new book

Mar 24, 2026

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8 min read

Fake quotes, factual errors and ChatGPT links – my bizarre journey into Matt Goodwin’s new book

The Reform UK candidate’s polemic Suicide of a Nation claims to expose a toxic elite leading Britain to annihilation, but my close reading revealed a mix of phantom sources and falsehoods. Then MattGPT answered back... By Andy Twelves

Andy Twelves
Andy Twelves
In a world of war, abuse and rising fascism, ‘woke’ was never the enemy

Mar 20, 2026

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15 min read

In a world of war, abuse and rising fascism, ‘woke’ was never the enemy

Mainstream conservatives and even centrists rounded on progressive culture as though it were a threat to society. Now they see where the real threat lay, writes Dorian Lynskey

Dorian Lynskey
Dorian Lynskey
General Sir Richard Shirreff: Trump is trapped in a doomed war. What should Britain do now?

Mar 17, 2026

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6 min read

General Sir Richard Shirreff: Trump is trapped in a doomed war. What should Britain do now?

The US is deploying tactics without strategy in its hubristic attack on Iran. The UK cannot afford to join it in its mistake, writes the former senior Nato commander

‘It beggars belief’: MoD sources warn Palantir’s role at heart of government is threat to UK’s security

Mar 13, 2026

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10 min read

‘It beggars belief’: MoD sources warn Palantir’s role at heart of government is threat to UK’s security

Experts say that claims UK data remains under government ownership miss the point that the company has the capability to build its own detailed picture of the British population, and even infer state secrets. Report by Charlie Young and Carole Cadwalladr

Charlie Young
Charlie Young
This is Netanyahu’s war. Trump was just afraid of missing out

Mar 13, 2026

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7 min read

This is Netanyahu’s war. Trump was just afraid of missing out

For four decades, the Israeli premier has wanted to attack Iran but could never persuade a US president to join him. Former diplomat Arthur Snell asks: what’s changed?

Arthur Snell
Arthur Snell
The public remembers Iraq. Why doesn't the press?

Mar 10, 2026

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7 min read

The public remembers Iraq. Why doesn't the press?

Seven in 10 Britons are sceptical about UK involvement in Iran, but their newspapers have other ideas. Some of us recall the last time Fleet Street was so disastrously in favour of war, writes former Observer home affairs editor Martin Bright

Hooked on dopamine, fuelled by testosterone, powered by AI: this is the broligarchs’ war

Mar 10, 2026

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10 min read

Hooked on dopamine, fuelled by testosterone, powered by AI: this is the broligarchs’ war

Three weeks ago, briefly, the world was focused on Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of women and girls. Now, as conflict rages, the tide of hyper-masculinity has risen again, writes Carole Cadwalladr

Carole Cadwalladr
Carole Cadwalladr
Parliament: this House urgently needs more plumbers

Mar 10, 2026

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8 min read

Parliament: this House urgently needs more plumbers

Britain’s ailing construction industry should be embracing high-profile figures like builder-turned-MP Hannah Spencer. And why is the built environment media largely ignoring this positive news, asks architecture writer Phineas Harper

For GB News’s funders, a £130m loss is a small price to pay for vast influence

Mar 6, 2026

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8 min read

For GB News’s funders, a £130m loss is a small price to pay for vast influence

The channel of “reactionary rage bait” has just released its latest accounts, which are yet another demonstration that there’s no shortage of funds on the right of British politics, argues Sam Bright

Sam Bright
Sam Bright

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