Capitalist politics now militates against good ideas in politics

A toxic debate over anti-Zionism leaves the Green leader looking like a passenger in the movement that carried him to the top, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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* Burnham also urged to declare City stadium hospitality * PM said he would be concerned if owners forced to sell Andy Burnham is facing calls from the Liberal Democrats to publish details of all his meetings with Manchester City’s owners, the Abu Dhabi United Group (ADUG), and declare all hospitality he has accepted at the Etihad Stadium. The prime minister was widely criticised this week for saying he would be “really concerned” if ADUG were forced to sell City after being found guilty of breaching the Premier League’s financial regulations, which led to Downing Street issuing two clarifications of his position on Thursday. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Martha Dalton worked closely with Burnham’s team on byelection that secured his return to parliament A recent lobbyist for the controversial $450bn US tech company Palantir played a senior role in helping Andy Burnham become prime minister, it has emerged. Martha Dalton, whose company Lodestone worked for Palantir in 2024 and 2025, campaigned for Burnham in the Makerfield byelection that secured his return to parliament. She worked closely with his team on strategic communications and rebuttals, and was among supporters who clapped him into Downing Street in July. Continue reading...

The prime minister said he would be "really concerned" if the club's owners sell up after Premier League rule breaches.

The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press

The prime minister compares the allegations against Man City to the plight of his own club Everton.

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The Israeli government believes an incident on a flight from the United Arab Emirates to Israel, which diverted ‌to Saudi Arabia after transmitting emergency signals on Wednesday, may have been an att...

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Convincing the British public to pay higher taxes for something they wrongly assume the state provides will not be easy

Exclusive: Instructors at tech training company Multiverse hit out at ‘remorseless’ and ‘unnerving’ monitoring system

A total of 781 migrants arrive on Wednesday, but the yearly total is below the same point in 2025.

The proposals would also see benefits cut for people who are able to work but have failed to hold down a job.