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      Burnham says ‘public will be the boss’ in any future decision about closer relationship with the EU – as it happened

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      The prime minister tells MPs the next summit with the EU will be held on 20 NovemberBurnham to urge MPs to embrace closer ties with EUZia Yusuf, Reform UK’s home affairs spokesperson, is speaking now. He started his speech with an account of a 73-year-old woman dying in North Wales after having to wait 23 hours for an ambulance, and he sought to link this to immigration.He said:The Royal College of Emergency Medicine estimates that 15,000 people across Britain died last year due to excess wait times for emergency treatment. That’s 300 people a week, 300 lives destroyed, 300 families devastated.And that number has increased tenfold over the last decade. This is a moral outrage, and it is a direct result of decisions made by Tory and Labour governments.I don’t think that’s because he wants to have a fight over the European Union. I think that’s because he knows what we’re talking about today impacts hard in what is known as the red wall. Continue reading… More

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      Cyborg Manifesto: Bodies, Data and Power in the Age of AI

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      The cyborg is not a distant fantasy — it is already embedded in everyday life. In 2024, the Delhi High Court ruled that a deceased cancer patient’s cryopreserved sperm was inheritable property, allowing his parents to have a child using his genetic material after his death — a process known as posthumous reproduction. A similar… Continue reading Cyborg Manifesto: Bodies, Data and Power in the Age of AI
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      New Delhi 2026: The Summit of the Disunited BRICS

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      On September 12 and 13, New Delhi hosted the 18th BRICS summit under the solemn theme “Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability.” It was a fine formula, but what reality did it cover? For the first time in their history, the BRICS met with members waging war on one another, members who had just signed military… Continue reading New Delhi 2026: The Summit of the Disunited BRICS
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      ‘Gaza is a moral tear in the universe’: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty – podcast

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      Are we really living through ‘end times fascism’? Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor think so.In a new series from the Guardian, the pair speak to Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty in an extended interview. From Trump 2.0 and the rise of the tech billionaire to Gaza and the climate emergency, Klein and Taylor argue we are not just lurching from crisis to crisis but are in a new and dangerous moment in history. But they haven’t given up hope of a fightbackRadical Thinking will be published every Saturday in the Politics Weekly feedYou can watch the full interview with Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor here.
      Aditya’s suggested reading:Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor’s End Times Fascism is out now and available here. It began life as a special essay in the Guardian, which you can read here.A different take on whether Trump 2.0 is fascist comes from the economist Branko Milanović on his brilliant Substack.Elon Musk gives Donald Trump millions, and Trump gives Musk vast access to power. To read more, look at Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff’s Long Read for the Guardian and their recent book Muskism: a Guide for the Perplexed.For some sensational reporting on Trump’s second term, look at Regime Change by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan.How did the business class learn to love Trump and embrace chaos? Paul Heideman gives a lucid analysis in his recent book Rogue Elephant.If you want more on the new tech bros of Silicon Valley, here are four recommendations:- In their book, Klein and Taylor regularly cite Karen Hao’s Empire of AI.- There’s also The Nerd Reich, just out from Gil Durán. Continue reading… More

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      Pakistan’s Red Book and the Limits of Counterterrorism Compliance

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      There is something almost surreal about Pakistan’s latest wanted notice for Masood Azhar, the founder and current leader of the anti-India Salafi-Jihadist group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM). When you open the Federal Investigation Agency’s 2026 “Red Book” of most-wanted terrorists, the JeM founder appears as expected. The document mentions his crimes and a reward for information leading… Continue reading Pakistan’s Red Book and the Limits of Counterterrorism Compliance
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      American Gladiators: MMA, Trump and the Politics of Masculinity

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      US President Donald Trump built a chunk of his political identity on being embraced by the hardest men in America: Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) champions, cage fighters, action stars built like tanks. That embrace is starting to break, and it’s breaking loudest from the men who are supposed to be its most reliable messengers. This… Continue reading American Gladiators: MMA, Trump and the Politics of Masculinity
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      Big Tobacco to the Rescue? FDA Delays Fuel Illicit Market and Stifle Innovation

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      As a society, we have been conditioned to believe “Big Tobacco” is out to get everyone addicted to dangerous, toxic products. Many picture a boogeyman using its money and influence to skirt the barriers the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has put in place to keep us safe. But what if the FDA is… Continue reading Big Tobacco to the Rescue? FDA Delays Fuel Illicit Market and Stifle Innovation
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      Rule, Cool or Cruel Britannia? A Nation Abused by Politicians, Corporates, Extremists and the Establishment

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      The days are long gone when (according to the old unofficial anthem “Rule Britannia”) Britain should rule the waves, and many Britons believed that the “sun never set” on their Empire. The voluntary systematic dissolution of the British Empire began as far back as 1867 with Canada becoming a self-governing dominion, followed by Australia and… Continue reading Rule, Cool or Cruel Britannia? A Nation Abused by Politicians, Corporates, Extremists and the Establishment
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