Man dialled 999 before he and four others were arrested near military base in Gloucestershire, it has emerged

by Chris Bertram on September 21, 2026

The outcry over the rapper’s calls for a ‘Free Palestine’ at the Met Life stadium shows that economic power is far more effective at policing free speech than ‘woke’ activists

Ed Davey must project a more accommodating face to make the most of the anti-Reform vote

The fact that some migrants pay people smugglers thousands of pounds makes them well off, MP claims

Senior Labour MP Liam Byrne has warned that the UK must not repeat the mistakes it made with North Sea oil when it comes to the potential wealth ge...

Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.

The military and government say the risk of conflict is growing, but we may not be mentally ready for it

From arse to elbow. A blog about politics, economics, football, films, music and various other stuff that catches my fancy. Dave Timoney.

The author of Generation Maybe, Camilla Cavendish, explains the many reasons people are having fewer children, from dating apps to unaffordable housing and the climate crisis

The danger is that other parties just channel the far right – and that will make them vulnerable. Better to fully commit to a progressive agenda, says Cas Mudde, author of The Far Right Today

On the Delusions of the Normalizers

The growing use of artificial intelligence for tasks usually done by junior staff is raising concerns about how we nurture the experts of the future

As more researchers come forward to warn of the existential danger posed by the technology, governments must act now to ensure humanity maintains the upper hand

Fiscal crisis and firewalls.

Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

It seemed like yesterday when the towers fell. Everyone who was alive at that moment has/had a September 11th story - where they were, what ...