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2026-04-08

AI-generated Lego videos and Trump’s poo-bombing: welcome to the Iran-US slopaganda wars: ‘When it’s hard or impossible to identify trustworthy sources, you can choose to believe whatever you find comforting, invigorating or infuriating’.

2026-04-08: The incomprehensible events of contemporary times

2026-04-07: Legislation punishing citizens of specific nationalities for actions they didn't take is absolutely unacceptable

2026-04-05

The Guardian view on Britain’s religious right: using and abusing faith in the pursuit of power: The twisted and disrespectful abuse of faith by Reform et al in order to sow cultural division for political gain - nothing more, nothing less.

Welcome to the MrBeastification of British politics: the latest trick up Nigel Farage’s sleeve: Flashy stunts that don’t solve any of the country’s underlying problems.

2026-04-04: Policy reactions so far to the oil crisis

2026-04-03: The British Home Secretary's lust for the panopticon

2026-03-22: Timothy Snyder on why the No Kings protests are important

2026-03-21

Britain is sliding towards billionaire politics: Is Labour too timid to stop it?: ‘The conditions that allow extreme wealth to dominate politics, such as rising campaign costs, sophisticated digital campaigning, and weak transparency rules, are present here too’.

GB News has become Reform TV and no one stopped it: Yet another example of Britain’s regulators proving entirely inadequate.

2026-03-21: A short visual history of US interference with Iran

2026-03-08

New Employment Rights Act ā€˜a huge boost for women in the workplace’: A rare bright spot in the smorgasbord of disappointment from the UK’s Labour government.

2026-02-27: The Greens win the Gorton and Denton by-election by a whopping 12 percentage points

2026-02-22: From NPR: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is urging broadcasters to air more …

2026-02-22: Our American friends continue with their gratifying propensity to name their legislative bills with …

2026-02-19: Researchers find that using X's algorithm shifts people's political views to the right

2026-02-17: $15 million of USAID's former budget seized to provide protection for 1 Trump official

2026-02-17

The left is missing out on AI: ‘…ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right.’

2026-02-16

Where are all the ā€˜Don’t tread on me’ Americans?: ‘If you oppose tyranny, the people of Minneapolis are your brothers and sisters in arms, regardless of what you think about immigration.’

2026-02-07: The Spanish Prime Minister outlines the urgent moral and pragmatic case for warmly welcoming immigrants to our shores

2026-02-05: Despicable sex crimes aside, Jeffrey Epstein aimed to orchestrate 'the downfall of the global order'

2026-02-04: The enshittification of the United States of America

2026-02-01

The enshittification of American hegemony: Countries as platforms.

U.S Proxy Warfare: Patterns in Middle Eastern Conflicts

2026-01-30

How liberals lost the internet: ‘cutting-edge propagandists now focus less on policy messaging and more on massaging vibes.’