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Britain isn’t too soft on migrants; it’s too soft on Patriot Platform

Britain isn’t too soft on migrants; it’s too soft on Patriot Platform

Between a Home Office determined to seem tough, and a police force too slow – or too scared – to act against far-right disorder, the country is entering dangerous territory, writes Nick Lowles

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‘Captured by crypto’: Fears grow over Farage’s threat to Bank of England independence – and the economy

‘Captured by crypto’: Fears grow over Farage’s threat to Bank of England independence – and the economy

Reform's biggest donor holds a direct stake in an industry the Bank regulates. A crossbench peer is calling for powers to block a Trump-style influence grab at the top of the institution, writes Ian Tucker

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‘He was doing something amazing’: Jason Arday, by the friend who’s known him since childhood

‘He was doing something amazing’: Jason Arday, by the friend who’s known him since childhood

In the relentless culture war surrounding the professor, the voices of those closest to him were absent. Here, his longstanding friend Sam Clark talks to the Nerve about the kind, warm and remarkable man he remembers

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‘Epstein claimed Andrew was even kinkier than him’: Andrew Lownie on the book that rocked the royal family

‘Epstein claimed Andrew was even kinkier than him’: Andrew Lownie on the book that rocked the royal family

The biographer who knows more royal secrets than almost anyone else talks to Lucia Osborne-Crowley about veiled threats, Fergie and the forces trying to hush up a scandal

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Students remember Jason Arday: ‘People would say how much they were looking forward to his classes’

Students remember Jason Arday: ‘People would say how much they were looking forward to his classes’

A viral article by an anonymous student suggested the academic was a “terrible” teacher. Undergraduates at Durham, where he taught between 2019 and 2022, tell fellow alumna Michaela Makusha that their experience was very different

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Sangita Myska: Is Jason Arday a fantasist or a victim of racism? Actually, he’s both

Sangita Myska: Is Jason Arday a fantasist or a victim of racism? Actually, he’s both

The former professor’s claims about his extraordinary life do not bear scrutiny. But the frenzied and vicious reporting about him is impugning the good name of every black academic

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Farage, George Cottrell and Putin’s friend Abramovich

Farage, George Cottrell and Putin’s friend Abramovich

Source reveals convicted money launderer and Reform leader’s close ally worked as a young man for the now-sanctioned oligarch after becoming friends with his son. Report by Carole Cadwalladr

Reform UK

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Caroline Lucas: The shocking climate reports the UK government didn't want you to see

Caroline Lucas: The shocking climate reports the UK government didn't want you to see

The intelligence services now believe nature collapse is a security threat. For a cabinet determined to sacrifice the environment for growth, was that too uncomfortable a truth, asks the former Green party leader

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Adele Walton: The Online Safety Act is supposed to make Britain’s internet a safe space – yet it can’t touch the site linked to my sister’s death

Adele Walton: The Online Safety Act is supposed to make Britain’s internet a safe space – yet it can’t touch the site linked to my sister’s death

Ofcom says it has used all its powers and can do no more against a pro-suicide forum. For bereaved families like mine, only a public inquiry can explain why

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‘Her silence was more powerful than words’: how I interviewed a Facebook whistleblower who wasn’t allowed to speak

‘Her silence was more powerful than words’: how I interviewed a Facebook whistleblower who wasn’t allowed to speak

The Nerve’s Carole Cadwalladr was all set to talk to Sarah Wynn-Williams, author of the explosive memoir Careless People, at the Hay festival when Meta’s lawyers intervened ... and turned the event into ‘absurdist theatre’

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‘They are weapons of war’: Gisèle Pelicot on the tech platforms that facilitate rape

‘They are weapons of war’: Gisèle Pelicot on the tech platforms that facilitate rape

The woman whose courage at trial transformed the debate around abuse talks to Lucia Osborne-Crowley about survival, reclaiming confidence – and shutting down the tools of sexual exploitation

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‘Women are being believed’: Virginia Giuffre’s ghostwriter Amy Wallace on the global impact of Nobody’s Girl

‘Women are being believed’: Virginia Giuffre’s ghostwriter Amy Wallace on the global impact of Nobody’s Girl

The bestselling memoir by the late Epstein survivor and campaigner has been crowned book of the year – and in her absence, her co-author has become the public face of its powerful legacy. Interview by Lucia Osborne-Crowley

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

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

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‘It’s like they were sharing tips on building a barbecue’: how the ‘rape academy’ teaching men to become Dominique Pelicot was exposed

‘It’s like they were sharing tips on building a barbecue’: how the ‘rape academy’ teaching men to become Dominique Pelicot was exposed

CNN’s Niamh Kennedy was one of a team that made headlines when they uncovered a porn site specialising in abusing drugged women. She talked to Lucia Osborne-Crowley about the impact of her work – and the toll it can take

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Nudification, 'synthetic' rape... online violence against female journalists is an escalating crisis

Nudification, 'synthetic' rape... online violence against female journalists is an escalating crisis

Ahead of World Press Freedom Day on Sunday, the authors of a groundbreaking new study reveal how much abuse women in public life are exposed to in the age of the broligarchs – and the censorship and emotional damage it causes. By Julie Posetti and Kaylee Williams

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Wael al-Dahdouh: ‘Gaza's journalists are forced to tread on our pain, and go out and report’

Wael al-Dahdouh: ‘Gaza's journalists are forced to tread on our pain, and go out and report’

Al Jazeera’s Wael al-Dahdouh, who returned to work within days of his family being killed by an Israeli strike, recalls his grief, determination and sense of isolation at covering a war while being personally attacked

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As a gay man living in Hungary, Orbán’s defeat has changed my life

As a gay man living in Hungary, Orbán’s defeat has changed my life

Novelist Krisztián Marton was contemplating leaving his country under the oppressive Fidesz government. Then came a vote, an agonising wait – and a message of unity from the winner he had hardly dared hope for

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Coventry doubles down on Palantir ties with new £750,000 contract

Coventry doubles down on Palantir ties with new £750,000 contract

The council’s initial children’s services contract with Peter Thiel’s AI firm caused an outcry. Now the deal has been renewed – with a 50% price rise and a new campaign to stop it, reports Max Colbert

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

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

Reform UK

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

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

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

‘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

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

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?

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