Gallego on what the next Democratic president should do about Trump's ballroom: "To really mess with him, just name it the Barack Obama Ballroom, and I think that will take care of half the problem."

New Labour deputy leader Lucy Powell has one thing in common with Thatcher: they both read chemistry at Somerville College, Oxford University @somervillecollege.bsky.social

Reversing peanut advice prevented tens of thousands of allergy cases, researchers say A decade ago, research said giving young children peanut products can prevent allergies. A new study says that, 10 years later, tens of thousands of U.S. children have avoided allergies as a result.

A decade ago, research said giving young children peanut products can prevent allergies. A new study says that, 10 years later, tens of thousands of U.S. children have avoided allergies as a result.

I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond.

Pay attention and act!

What the critics need to know about why we put graffiti on Canterbury Cathedral Critics think it's 'vandalism', but they couldn't be more wrong

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I sang Jerusalem with Robert Jenrick at school — he’s wrong about race The Conservative MP has complained that, visiting Handsworth in Birmingham, he didn’t see ‘another white face’. You can’t judge whether someone is integrated by skin colour, argues fellow Wulfrunian S...

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Many American Jews sharply critical of Israel on Gaza, Post poll finds Most Jews say Israel is committing war crimes — and 39 percent say genocide — while often distinguishing between the country and its leadership.

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Israel accused of ‘sowing division’ in UK with Tommy Robinson invite Baroness Sayeeda Warsi criticised the ‘deeply dangerous behaviour’ by Israel

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YouTube video by MSNBC Lawrence: Trump was 'on the verge of outright insanity' in deranged speech to military commanders

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‘A tool in the fight against Amazon’: independent bookshops to begin selling ebooks A new platform will be an alternative to Kindle, and bookshops will earn 100% of the profit from sales

Excellent news! 📚#booksky

Security stepped up at the UK's oldest gurdwara based in London Gurdwaras are diverting funds from vital community services to bolster security say Sikh leaders.

"It's not just about being Sikh. It's about being brown. People don't distinguish between Sikhs, Muslims, Hindus... It feels like the 1970s again. I remember the National Front. The difference now is social media is amplifying hate."

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#r4today

YouTube video by The Rest Is Politics Rory Stewart Debunks Trump's Gaza Plan

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BBC getting more excited about Farage’s response to Keir Starmer’s speech than the speech itself #LabourPartyConference

Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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US revokes visa for Colombian president Gustavo Petro after ‘reckless’ actions in New York At a pro-Palestine protest, Petro urged US soldiers to ‘disobey Trump’s order’ and ‘not point their rifles at humanity’

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Israel Is Flattening Areas of Gaza City The city had been spared from widespread demolitions during previous military operations there. This time is different.

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Starmer hides behind articles (often behind paywalls) and speeches (one of which, "an island of strangers" he embarrassingly claimed not to have read before delivery) rather than having the confidence and conviction to engage more spontaneously, unlike Farage et al.

Yep, that's great. Just fantastic. We were told that Starmer would lay out the patriotic case for diversity today. What we got was an article in the Telegraph, behind a paywall, about how the left failed to tackle immigration and now we all have to have ID cards www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09...

If you enjoyed #TheHack tonight here’s why the story mattered….

The Farage ‘mirage’: how the media is warping our politics It is time that the media fulfils its role to critically examine politician’s statements and call them out when they stray from the truth

On the blatant double standards the media - BBC included - deploys while showcasing Nigel Farage. He is constantly given a free pass not granted to other politicians. bylines.scot/news/the-far...

Palestinian flags at Maramia Cafe - The Taste of Palestine - in Portobello Road, Notting Hill. #StateOfPalestine

BBC One - Living Next Door to Putin, Series 1, Episode 1 Katya Adler explores how life is changing for people living on Russia’s border.

ICYMI BBC’s Europe Editor Katya Adler in Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, finds border tension over desperate migrants, a boy racer who’s now armouring cars, and an unusual holiday home hotspot on the Baltic Coast.

The Islamophobic biker gang running Gaza aid sites is just the U.S. empire in a leather jacket Infidels MC, an “anti-Islamic” biker gang turned militia, now mans Gaza’s aid checkpoints. From Blackwater to the Pentagon, Islamophobia is no aberration, but the blueprint.

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I’m a British MP, a doctor and Jewish. This is what happened when I tried to enter Israel | Peter Prinsley Barred from entry on ‘public security’ grounds, I had a moment to reflect on how far the country has fallen, says British MP Peter Prinsley

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This commentary offers a clear, powerful statement of why freedom of speech is at the heart of democracy and must be defended, whether the speaker is Charlie Kirk or Jimmy Kimmel, MAGA supporters or MAGA opponents.

Europe stands with Estonia in the face of Russia’s latest violation of our airspace.

We will respond to every provocation with determination while investing in a stronger Eastern flank.

They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.

48 surreal hours in Damascus — an Israeli reporter’s travelogue from an enemy capital I had no idea what to expect from a visit to Syria, accompanying a US Jewish group to holy sites and meetings with Sharaa government officials. I found a nation poised between healing and fresh chaos,...

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Gaza City faces horror by ’US-endorsed’ Israeli assault From the first light of dawn, Gaza woke to its sky on fire and the earth underneath trembling due to the relentless Israeli airstrikes.

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