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Marina Hyde on Trump, tech bros and Taylor Swift - podcast

Guardian columnist Marina Hyde on the release of her new book What a Time to be Alive! “I think increasingly the way to survive the news is to say things like: ‘I find it fascinating from a human behaviour point of view,’” says Marina Hyde . “It’s like a firewall against actually thinking: ‘My God, I mean, what are we living through?’” On the publication of her new book, What a Time to Be Alive! , The Guardian’s award-winning columnist talks to Nosheen Iqbal about Donald Trump, AI, Taylor Swift’s wedding … and her chance, tragic encounter with Keir Starmer. Continue reading...

The Guardian·18m ago

Polanski heckled at Jewish community hustings after saying that Zionism is a form of racism – UK politics live

The Green leader, who is Jewish, made the remarks as part of his campaign in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection Zack Polanski is reportedly backing two amendments that would tone down the ‘Zionism is racism’ motion, according to Sky News. As reported by the Guardian’s senior political correspondent, Peter Walker , the motion calls for “a single democratic Palestinian state in all of historic Palestine with Jerusalem as its capital, equal rights for all, and the right of return for Palestinians and their descendants”, and says the Palestinian people have the full right to “resistance and liberation from Israeli occupation, domination and subjugation” within international law. Foreign secretary Ed Miliband told his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, that Britain will “not tolerate intimidation, threats or hostile activity on UK soil”. The comments were made during a face-to-face meeti

NPR Politics·2h ago

As election enters its final stretch, some Republicans are distancing from Trump

With less than six weeks until Election Day, a growing number of Republicans are breaking from Trump on key issues. It comes as the party is scrambling to hold onto a slim majority in Congress.

NPR Politics·2h ago

As election enters its final stretch, some Republicans are distancing from Trump

At a moment when President Trump is asking GOP voters to pretend he is on the ballot, some Republican lawmakers have started to push back on different parts of his agenda.

The Guardian·4h ago

Plans are under way to finally help Britain’s unemployed young people – will Labour pull it off? | Polly Toynbee

Alan Milburn is preparing to implement his report to bring young people back into work. Let’s hope the government will see it through As certainly as the moon pulls on the tides, Labour governments improve the lives of the poorest children. Just as surely, Conservative governments pull back and reverse the good done. Here we go again: despite the social devastation caused by George Osborne’s cuts last time, Kemi Badenoch announces that she wants to impose cuts to universal credit for the poorest if she gets the chance. She doesn’t do subtle, none of Iain Duncan Smith’s cruel-to-be-kind routine, but goes straight for populist rabble-rousing, stirring up fact-free contempt for anyone on benefits, with a proposed ban on buying cigarettes and alcohol, or gambling, with benefit money. Welfare, she says, must not be “a lifestyle choice for those who can’t be bothered”. As with all crude rightw

The Guardian·4h ago

Sagal Abdi-Wali: Labour’s candidate in Starmer’s former seat zeroes in on local issues amid Green challenge

Camden council leader’s message is clear: she’s ‘visible, committed and local’, and has been for a long time Sagal Abdi-Wali does not want to be the prime minister. She doesn’t even want to lead her party. Labour’s candidate for Holborn and St Pancras laughs and shakes her head with unusual vigour when asked if she would like to follow in the footsteps of the last member of parliament for the constituency, Keir Starmer. “No, no, no, no, that’s not at all, in any way, what I’m trying to do,” she says during a break in campaigning in the Primrose Hill cafe in Regent’s Park. “I’m literally trying to get through the next few weeks and trying to be the member of parliament for this constituency, and that’s all I care about.” Continue reading...