@ThePlumLineGS: Reforming the Electoral Count Act as a key safeguard against a future stolen election [ungated] – “Democrats should push for ECA reform, and I expect they will. But nothing will pass as long as the filibuster remains.” (via; previously)…
We argue over statues, yet history shows they’re really all about power | Mary Beard
Today it’s ‘culture wars’ – but from Caesar to Colston, public art has long been reviled and reinterpretedMary Beard is a professor of classics at Cambridge UniversityTwo thousand years ago the ancient Romans had some imaginative solutions to the probl…
Welsh government calls on Westminster to help fund safety of coal tips
Rhondda valley residents fearful after recent landslip and UK government pushed to share responsibilityEvery time it rains heavily, Cllr Robert Bevan’s phone starts ringing and his social media feed is busy with people worried the coal tip that looms a…
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Brexit Crisis Worsened By Rampant Capitalism A Different Bias is a channel started in 2018 by then-teacher Phil Moorhouse to turn his “ranting about politics in the staffroom” into videos about Brexit era Britain. Over the past year the “socialist, Pr…
Health workers should be given priority access to fuel in UK, says senior doctor
Dr Chaand Nagpaul tells No 10 there is ‘real risk’ NHS staff will not be able to do their jobs as pumps run dryNo 10 is facing calls to give ambulance drivers, healthcare staff and other essential workers priority access to fuel after panic buying caus…
Proportional representation would spell disaster for Labour. Party members should reject it | Richard Johnson
PR would make Labour majorities all but impossible, yet give the Lib Dems a permanent foothold on powerRichard Johnson is a lecturer in politics at Queen Mary University of LondonAt Labour’s annual conference this week, a motion is to be put forward ca…
Labour promises to spend £28bn a year on tackling climate crisis
Rachel Reeves aims to be ‘first green chancellor’ as she announces party’s biggest spending pledge to dateLabour would invest £28bn a year in climate measures to protect Britain from disaster, Rachel Reeves has announced in by far the party’s biggest s…
Race to the bottom: the disastrous blindfolded rush to mine the deep sea
One of the largest mining operations ever seen on Earth aims to despoil an ocean we are only barely beginning to understandA short bureaucratic note from a brutally degraded microstate in the South Pacific to a little-known institution in the Caribbean…
Home Office planned speedy removal of Vietnamese trafficking victims
Documents seen by Guardian refer to fast-track system not intended to be used in trafficking casesThe Home Office detained more than 100 Vietnamese nationals who arrived on small boats in May but planned to speedily remove them from the UK despite them…