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UK must cap political donations to stop the rich buying influence | Heather Stewart

  • Guardian writer urges a cap on UK political donations to curb mega-donors.
  • Labour's politics bill returns to Commons amid Reform UK funding scrutiny.
  • MPs seek permanent crypto donation ban and campaign spending limits.

In a Guardian comment piece, Heather Stewart argues that the UK must cap political donations to prevent a small group of wealthy mega-donors from buying political influence. The intervention comes as Labour's "clean up politics" bill returns to the House of Commons, amid growing scrutiny of the financing…

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Platner aide hit with brutal timeline check after campaign denied rape claim, then folded days later

  • Platner adviser faces scrutiny over a contradictory rape-allegation timeline.
  • Campaign denied the claim before Platner suspended his run two days later.
  • Platner quit criticising ICE, leaving Democrats seeking a replacement.

An adviser to Graham Platner's suspended Maine Senate campaign has come under scrutiny over an apparent inconsistency in the timeline surrounding a rape allegation against the candidate. The adviser, Morris Katz, stated that the team recommended Platner suspend his candidacy "as soon" as it became aware of the…

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Democrat politicos rerun underhanded leftist playbook in effort to torpedo Trump’s AG nominee

  • Roughly 1,200 DOJ alumni oppose Todd Blanche's confirmation as attorney general.
  • Fox frames the opposition as a partisan Democratic effort.
  • Blanche faces Senate questions over the Comey indictment.

Fox News reports that around 1,200 former Department of Justice officials signed a letter opposing the Senate confirmation of Todd Blanche, President Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, ahead of key confirmation hearings. The article, written from a critical perspective, characterises the effort as a partisan manoeuvre by…

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Nigel Farage is just one strand in the tangle of rightwing politicians and crypto investors | John Harris

  • Farage donor row puts big-money political funding at centre of new bill.
  • Harborne gave Farage u00a35m and over u00a322m to Reform UK.
  • Labour MPs push for donation caps and a crypto-donation ban.

Ahead of the representation of the people bill returning to the House of Commons for its third reading this coming Tuesday, controversy over Nigel Farage and his wealthy donors has pushed big-money political funding to the top of the agenda. The bill, which also extends the vote to…

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Why do free speech debates make us so angry?

This Guardian essay, written by an anthropologist, argues that the ferocity of modern free speech debates stems not from disagreements over rules and principles but from implicit judgments about people's character. The author traces the argument back to the January 2015 al-Qaida attack on the French satirical magazine…

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‘This was a righteous case. A holy war’: the lawyer who took on Meta and Google – and won

  • Lanier won the first case holding social media liable for addictive design.
  • Client Kaley blamed Instagram and YouTube for body dysmorphia and depression.
  • Zuckerberg's Meta glasses in court raised juror-surveillance fears.

An interview with Texas trial lawyer Mark Lanier recounts how he and his 20-year-old client, known as Kaley or KGM, secured a landmark legal victory against Meta and Google in a Los Angeles courtroom earlier this year. The case, KGM v Meta et al, was the first to…

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“There were smears of dried blood around his chin and mouth. His usually perfect clothes and hair were messed up and soaked with gasoline”: The brief life and unsolved death of the cult 60s rocker who inspired The Clash

This feature from Louder revisits the short life and mysterious death of Bobby Fuller, the 1960s rock musician best known for the hit "I Fought the Law" and later cited as an influence on The Clash. Fuller rose to prominence in El Paso, Texas, as a precociously enterprising…

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Labour minister fails to commit to backing Home Secretary’s bid to make migrants wait longer before they settle in Britain as he admits he ‘doesn’t know the specifics’ of the policy

  • Labour minister won't fully back longer settlement waits for migrants.
  • He admitted not knowing the policy's specifics.
  • Hints at possible Government uncertainty over the reform.

A Labour minister declined to firmly endorse the Home Secretary's proposal to make migrants wait longer before gaining the right to settle permanently in Britain, saying he "doesn't know the specifics" of the policy. The reluctance is notable because it suggests possible uncertainty or a lack of coordination…

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John Humphrys criticises his ‘irritating’ successors on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme for carrying out a ‘gushing contest’ with interviewees

Veteran broadcaster John Humphrys has criticised the current presenters of BBC Radio 4's Today programme, which he fronted for more than three decades, accusing them of being "irritating" and overly deferential towards their guests. He claims his successors engage in what he describes as a "gushing contest" with…

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