OUT soon – EDITION 75 – JULY 2025
how we became strangers in a strange land, and what we can do about it
Hardeep Matharu, Danny Dorling, Cory Doctorow, Fintan O’Toole, Eliot Higgins, Saba Salman & Andy Burnham
The BBC and Gaza: A Public Broadcaster Under Fire
‘BLUE LABOUR AND THE MYTH OF MORGAN MCSWEENEY
Byline Festival – 11-13 July, Keele University
in farage’s footsteps
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Reform UK’s ‘Children’s Book Bans’ Could Open The Floodgates for Censorship
The party that claims to champion “free speech” is now trying to crack down on books whose messages they disagree with, reports Katie Dancey-Downs
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BREAKING
Reform UK Tells Prospective Candidates Who Failed Vetting to Reapply Under New ‘Common Sense’ Rules
Individuals previously blocked from standing for Nigel Farage’s party have been told to reapply under new rules prioritising “freedom of expression”
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EXCLUSIVE
Reform’s Darren Grimes Accused of Lying After Police Deny Telling Him Not to Hold Council Surgeries for ‘Security’ Reasons
EXCLUSIVE: Local police have rejected the Reform UK deputy council leader’s claim that they advised him not to meet his constituents
trumpocracy
silent genocide
Back in the News
As the BBC cancel the showing of a documentary about the targeting of Medics in Gaza, its board member Sir Robbie Gibb is once again under scrutiny
reform or deform
the state of journalism
re-arming europe
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‘Trump’s Embrace of Putin Should Push the UK Back Towards the EU’
The UK must accept that its economic and political interests now lean heavily towards Europe, argues Richard Barfield
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‘Blind Rearmament Won’t Counter the Threats from Putin and Trump’
With the US potentially allied to Russia over the fate of Ukraine, there needs to be a root and branch rethinking of British and European security

Exclusive weekend investigations, more US coverage, more long reads, and weekday forums
- Matt Gallagher spoke to astrophysicist and author Adam Becker about the fallacious and bizarre beliefs of some of the world's most powerful people.
- Former British diplomat Alex Hall explains why she's crowd funding for her Gazan friend.
- The Mayor of Greater Manchester will conclude our themes of truth and democracy by talking about the Hillsborough Law and the 'duty of candour' for public servants
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