When Mohamed Salah joined Liverpool "hate crimes in the Liverpool area dropped by 16% compared with a synthetic control, and Liverpool fans halved their rates of posting anti-Muslim tweets relative to fans of other top-flight clubs." Paper in American Political Science Review

Politico reports that the Harris campaign wants to remove the 'no mics' rule from the Sept 10 debate. Rationale = get Trump to interrupt and look aggressive. I wrote in June about how Biden's push for the rule in the first place was a major mistake: next-america.com/p/joe-biden-ma…

Ah yes, apols all, will get onto it this week!

Silly stuff from the Albo government. Learn from our census and get it in

UPDATE on #Telegram CEO Pavel Durov's detention: Statement from the French President Emmanuel Macron just now.👇 Editorializing: appears France may have been caught by surprise by the immediate & global reaction and pressure. It will be important to hear a lot more from the

Oliver, not the time

"You have muted my voice indefinitely and trapped me in my home simply for being a woman." A courageous woman from my country recites from behind the four walls of her home, shrouded in the shadows of oppression. Jahanzeb Wesa

🇺🇲 model update, 29 Aug: 54% chance of victory for Kamala Harris 45% for Donald Trump 1% chance of a tie 3pt lead for Harris over Trump on the popular vote 3pt lead for Trump over Harris on the economy Drilldown: newstatesman.com/politics/polli…

You literally announced a bill to make smoking completely illegal a few months ago?!

Another break with the New Labour years theguardian.com/politics/artic…

David Gauke I’m just waiting for the launch of the DCMS £1bn Oasis Ticket Price Guarantee. This will give households the certainty they need for two years during the unprecedented and unforeseen Oasis reunion crisis, a global phenomenon and not the fault of the present administration.

Washington needs to learn that they do not dictate British foreign policy, and that they should feel isolated diplomatically when they fail to move with their allies on this issue.

Tossup

Senedd constituency proposals a case of playing it safe. Stupidly long names. But it's either that or some historic/mythical concoctions picked from dubious sources that'd rile up both village idiot and council clerk. At any rate I don't like Gwynedd going with Glyndwr, so. 👎

Oh NOW we're a global laughing stock telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09/0…