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From Trump to Fox News, Johnson to Fleet Street, misinformation is not a series of isolated failures. It’s a business model, one that rewards outrage, punishes accuracy and treats the public not as citizens to be informed, but as audiences to be manipulated.
Erasmus returns, and with it, the familiar sound of Brexiteer outrage
Even readers of the Express, often dubbed the Brexpress, were not entirely convinced by their paper’s fury.
Reform’s Chris Parry found to have repeatedly questioned ‘loyalty’ of MPs who aren’t white
The Reform mayoral candidate made the comments about Sadiq Khan, Zarah Sultana, Dawn Butler and others
Why councillors should pledge for Palestine
Alexi Dimond makes the case for councillors pushing to ensure their councils aren’t complicit in Israel’s crimes
Almost one in ten MPs have called for David Lammy to intervene to ensure hunger strikers’ human rights are upheld
62 MPs have added their names
UK’s decision to rejoin EU’s Erasmus scheme is supported by majority of Britons, poll finds
The government says that up to 100,000 people of all ages could benefit in the first year.
Nigel Farage faces second investigation over claims he broke electoral law
Anna Turley, the Labour party chair, has called on Farage to “urgently come out of hiding” and explain whether his party spent more than the £20,660 limit for campaigning.
Depoliticising the elections regulator is a no-brainer for Labour
Democracy depends not just on rules, but on confidence that those rules are enforced without fear or favour.
Keir Starmer roasts Reform UK at PMQs over Russian bribes
The Prime Minister’s comments caused much laughter across the Commons, with Farage and his deputy Richard Tice looking annoyed.