NEW! ICE IN MINNESOTA IS "THE MODEL" Historian Robert Kagan tells Carole Cadwalladr that the US administration is deliberately provoking people so they can invoke Insurrection Act & scupper midterms - and it needs just 4 Rep senators to stop this but he sees "no prospect' of that

When your most vocal British supporter is a stupid boy with one GCSE you just know that you’ve lost the PR war. #ICEboy #Reformoron

It tells you everything you need to know that Reform are parachuting in a rent-an-extremist - this isn't about representing the people of Gorton and Denton, it's about using this place as a platform for their careers. Manchester will show him the door.

This is the moment. The Gorton and Denton by-election is a battle for the soul of our country — community power versus billionaire backers, hate versus hope.

🏮REVEALED: Peter Thiel’s spyware firm Palantir have over £630m in UK Government contracts. They’re laced through the NHS, the Home Office, and the military: including our nuclear weapons. By @carolecadwalladr, Max Colbert and myself for THE NERVE

The Final Expulsion of Palestinians Is Underway – and Your Indifference Enables It haaretz.com/opinion/2026-0…

It is difficult to describe what kind of morally depraved, malignantly narcissistic mindset you have to have to only ‘feel bad’ for dead people based on whether their parents voted for you. He may be the worst person to ever feature in American public life.

CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) on the latest 3 journalists murdered by Israel. As Palestinian journalist Shams Shana'a says, Israel kills journalists in Gaza to stop them reporting Israels crimes

This week the Right To Food UK Commission gets to work, holding a Citizens Assembly in Liverpool and hearing evidence from expert panellists in Knowsley. Over the next six months, we’ll travel across the UK to develop a roadmap for enshrining the right to food in law. Hunger is a

Cuba is a Socialist country and one of the poorest in the world suffering under a 60+ year economic blockade by the richest country in the world. Guess which one has better healthcare, life expectancy, literacy, lower infant mortality and every type of crime. It ain't the USA.

More and more Americans are voicing their outrage at the tactics being deployed by federal agents in Minnesota. But it’s important to understand the broader implications of what this administration is doing, and the threat it poses to the basic freedoms of every American.

Here’s a podcast that does a good job of laying out what’s at stake, and why all of us need to get off the sidelines to demand change. nytimes.com/2026/01/23/opi…

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Barack Obama Condolences to Renee Good and Alex Pretti's families. Federal agents killed these unarmed Americans in 20 days while Trump's "law and order" admin militarized Minneapolis streets. Video proved Pretti held only a phone. By seizing evidence and blocking state probes, Trump

Barack Obama I’m glad that people around the United States are speaking out about this issue that’s happening in Minnesota!

OFSTED have today cleared the school in Bristol that cancelled Damien Egan’s visit. When I told Tom Swarbrick it was nothing to do with discrimination, he insisted otherwise. I wonder what he thinks now and if he’ll be correcting the record.

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This looks deeply concerning…

If an MP changes their party, they should face the voters. Simple as that. 🗳️ I’ve signed the petition calling for mandatory by-elections when MPs switch sides. Let's protect our democratic voice! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/requ… via 38 Degrees