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SPECIAL INVESTIGATION 🚨 Read Alan Rusbridger's report on how GB News effectively became Reform TV
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FREE TO READ 🔓️
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Reform’s deputy leader is under pressure over the same kind of allegations he once used to bash Angela Rayner ✏️ Jonn Elledge
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Richard Tice says he’s giving hope to millions - his tax affairs may tell a different story
Reform’s deputy leader is under pressure over the same kind of allegations he once used to bash Angela Rayner
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Corbyn's start-up party - failing to stand any candidate in May's elections - has been hit by yet another blow ✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
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Oh, Jeremy Corbyn! Your Party's entire Scottish leadership quits over 'sidelining of nation'
Corbyn's start-up party - failing to stand any candidate in May's elections - has been hit by yet another blow
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sack-oh-jeremy-corbyn-your-partys-entire-scottish-leadership-quits-over-sidelining-of-nation/
about 4 hours ago
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Orbán spent well over a decade pulling tricks from his sleeve, and he may yet prove to be a nuisance, haunting Parliament like a poltergeist ✏️
@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com
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Orbán’s defeat: The beginning of the end of populism
He spent over a decade tearing up the rules of Hungarian politics and society, and became a model for the new authoritarian global right. And now he’s out, the country is overwhelmed with joy
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-conte-orbans-defeat-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-populism/
about 6 hours ago
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Britain's right wing media are working themselves into a lather over the fate of an obscure fish spread ✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
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Won't somebody please think of the Gentleman's Relish?
Britain's right wing media are working themselves into a lather over the fate of an obscure fish spread
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sack-wont-somebody-please-think-of-the-gentlemans-relish/
about 20 hours ago
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He spent over a decade tearing up the rules of Hungarian politics and society, and became a model for the new authoritarian global right. And now he’s out, the country is overwhelmed with joy ✏️
@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com
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Orbán’s defeat: The beginning of the end of populism
He spent over a decade tearing up the rules of Hungarian politics and society, and became a model for the new authoritarian global right. And now he’s out, the country is overwhelmed with joy
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-conte-orbans-defeat-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-populism/
about 21 hours ago
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LIVE NOW 📽️
@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com
and Lucy Reade unpack the Hungarian elections
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LIVE SOON: Live: Orbán is out. What it means to Hungary and the world
Starting Apr 13 at 12:00 PM EDT
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about 22 hours ago
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Religious leaders are appalled by violent rhetoric over Iran and shocked by a gangsterish threat to the Pope’s authority ✏️ Maria Antonietta Calabrò & Paola Totaro
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MAGA’s unholy war of words with the church is another battle Trump will lose
Religious leaders are appalled by violent rhetoric over Iran and shocked by a gangsterish threat to the Pope’s authority
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/maria-antonietta-calabro-and-paola-totaro-magas-unholy-war-of-words-with-the-church-is-another-battle-trump-will-lose/
about 22 hours ago
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Progressives are lining up to praise the podcaster who criticised the Iran war. But that ignores his appalling views and his own desire to run MAGA ✏️
@eksymons.bsky.social
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He might hate Trump now, but Tucker Carlson is not your friend
Progressives are lining up to praise the podcaster who criticised the Iran war. But that ignores his appalling views and his own desire to run MAGA
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/emma-kate-symons-he-might-hate-trump-now-but-tucker-carlson-is-not-your-friend/
about 24 hours ago
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Paid surrogacy is banned in Australia. But the consequences for women in other, poorer nations are terrible ✏️ Tilly Lawless
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So you want to have a child. Why?
Paid surrogacy is banned in Australia. But the consequences for women in other, poorer nations are terrible, and that raises questions about the nature of parenthood itself
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/tilly-lawless-so-you-want-to-have-a-child-why/
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Hugh Bonneville’s World Cup W1A spin-off founders on flabby dialogue and grating new characters ✏️ Lucy Reade
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Twenty Twenty Six is an own goal that veers towards unwatchable
Hugh Bonneville’s World Cup W1A spin-off founders on flabby dialogue and grating new characters
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/lucy-reade-twenty-twenty-six-is-an-own-goal-that-veers-towards-unwatchable/
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The autocrat’s defeat is a blow to Trump, Putin - and populists like Nigel Farage ✏️
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
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Orbán is out - and now the world knows another way is possible
The autocrat’s defeat is a blow to Trump, Putin - and populists like Nigel Farage
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/alastair-campbell-orban-is-out-and-now-the-world-knows-another-way-is-possible/
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The former academic turned Reform rabble-rouser will today speak at an event for an Orbán-aligned pressure group in Budapest ✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
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What will Viktor Orbán’s landslide defeat mean for poor Matt Goodwin?
The former academic turned Reform rabble-rouser will today speak at an event for an Orbán-aligned pressure group in Budapest
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sack-what-will-viktor-orbans-landslide-defeat-mean-for-poor-matt-goodwin/
1 day ago
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Ben Delo, who is returning to the UK to give millions to Reform, once paid a $10 million penalty after pleading guilty to a financial crime in the US ✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
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The conviction of Farage's latest megabucks donor
Ben Delo, who is returning to the UK to give millions to Reform, once paid a $10 million penalty after pleading guilty to a financial crime in the US
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sack-the-conviction-of-farages-latest-megabucks-donor/
1 day ago
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With Epic Fury’s epic fail, the president has given encouragement to aggressors everywhere ✏️
@paulmason.bsky.social
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The truth about Trump’s Iran downfall? The worst is yet to come
With Epic Fury’s epic fail, the president has given encouragement to aggressors everywhere
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/paul-mason-the-truth-about-trumps-iran-downfall-the-worst-is-yet-to-come/
2 days ago
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Hugh Bonneville’s World Cup W1A spin-off founders on flabby dialogue and grating new characters ✏️ Lucy Reade
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Twenty Twenty Six is an own goal that veers towards unwatchable
Hugh Bonneville’s World Cup W1A spin-off founders on flabby dialogue and grating new characters
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/lucy-reade-twenty-twenty-six-is-an-own-goal-that-veers-towards-unwatchable/
2 days ago
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EXCLUSIVE 🚨 Sir Ian Cheshire will also take on ultimate responsibility for Ofcom’s response to GB News, which employs multiple current Reform politicians as hosts ✏️
@jamesrball.com
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Exclusive: New Ofcom chair appointed - but will he fix Musk and GB News?
Former Channel 4 boss Sir Ian Cheshire beats Margaret Hodge to role as clamour grows to properly regulate right wing channel
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/exclusive-new-ofcom-chair-appointed-but-will-he-fix-musk-and-gb-news/
2 days ago
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The US president is hailing ‘total victory’, but this war has embarrassed and fractured his alliance ✏️
@sanglesey.bsky.social
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Trump has devastated Iran - and damaged himself
The US president is hailing ‘total victory’, but this war has embarrassed and fractured his alliance
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/steve-anglesey-trump-has-devastated-iran-and-damaged-himself/
2 days ago
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Vice president JD Vance and war intern Pete Hegseth, on the other hand, genuinely seem to believe that they are doing God’s work in waging a war which has wrecked historic alliances ✏️
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
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Alastair Campbell’s diary: Here's what Zelensky really thinks of JD Vance
After the madness of MAGA in Iran, meeting Ukraine’s president is a lesson in empathy and emotion
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/alastair-campbells-diary-heres-what-zelensky-really-thinks-of-jd-vance/
2 days ago
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Nigel Farage's party launched a competition to have your energy bills paid for the year - and the winner was a familiar face ✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
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And the winner of Reform's big energy bill competition is... a Reform member
Nigel Farage's party launched a competition to have your energy bills paid for the year - and the winner was a familiar face
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sack-and-the-winner-of-reforms-big-energy-bill-competition-is-a-reform-member/
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After years of misinterpretation, François Ozon’s blank and beautiful movie truly understands the Camus classic ✏️ Matthew d’Ancona 🔗
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Feeling you are right and assuming the public agree is not enough. If you feel strongly, shout very loudly ✏️ Patience Wheatcroft
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Dear progressives, stop being wimpish on Trump
Feeling you are right and assuming the public agree is not enough. If you feel strongly, shout very loudly
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/patience-wheatcroft-dear-progressives-stop-being-wimpish-on-trump/
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Even if he loses the general election, Orbán will retain his grip on the country’s institutions, which he has stacked with his placemen. That could spell disaster for whoever wins – and for Hungary ✏️
@johnkampfner.bsky.social
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Viktor Orbán, the man who broke Hungary
Even if he loses the general election, Orbán will retain his grip on the country’s institutions, which he has stacked with his placemen. That could spell disaster for whoever wins – and for Hungary
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/john-kampfner-viktor-orban-the-man-who-broke-hungary/
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If Polanski can reach beyond the obvious base – not just the students and the activists, but also the centrist dads and white-collar pragmatists – the Green wave might not stop in London ✏️ Lucy Reade
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A Green wave is ready to wash away Labour London - and this is why
Zack Polanski is reaching out beyond the climate-and-Gaza coalition - while Keir Starmer’s party keeps upsetting its target middle-income urban professional voters
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/lucy-reade-a-green-wave-is-ready-to-wash-away-labour-london-and-this-is-why/
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Not everyone at the channel was delighted to see the late-night presenter and Trump cheerleader in their London studios this week ✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
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GB News staff get a visit from Bev Turner
Not everyone at the channel was delighted to see the late-night presenter and Trump cheerleader in their London studios this week
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sack-gb-news-staff-get-a-visit-from-bev-turner/
4 days ago
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The far right CNews channel was following a familiar template to boost extremists. Then came the race row that may see it closed down ✏️
@eksymons.bsky.social
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France’s version of GB News and Fox News is caught in a racist firestorm
The far right CNews channel was following a familiar template to boost extremists. Then came the race row that may see it closed down
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/emma-kate-symons-frances-version-of-gb-news-and-fox-news-is-caught-in-a-racist-firestorm/
4 days ago
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In his only UK interview for Father Mother Sister Brother, the director opens up about his films, his inspirations and why he hates rehearsals ✏️ John Bleasdale
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Exclusive: Jim Jarmusch on psilocybin, Buddhist jokes and turning Tom Waits into an asshole
In his only UK interview for Father Mother Sister Brother, the director opens up about his films, his inspirations and why he hates rehearsals
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/john-bleasdale-exclusive-jim-jarmusch-on-psilocybin-buddhist-jokes-and-turning-tom-waits-into-an-asshole/
4 days ago
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Progressives are lining up to praise the podcaster who criticised the Iran war. But that ignores his appalling views and his own desire to run MAGA ✏️
@eksymons.bsky.social
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He might hate Trump now, but Tucker Carlson is not your friend
Progressives are lining up to praise the podcaster who criticised the Iran war. But that ignores his appalling views and his own desire to run MAGA
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/emma-kate-symons-he-might-hate-trump-now-but-tucker-carlson-is-not-your-friend/
4 days ago
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reposted by
The New World
Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall
4 days ago
Writing in
@thenewworldmag.bsky.social
Joseph Maina noted the complete ignorance displayed by
#Trump
about, say,
#Somalia
. Very different from the
#British
who at least "studied the places they intended to dominate”.
www.rashmee.com/trump-africa...
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Trump is enough to make one African journo miss the British empire! | Rashmee Roshan Lall
It was a freelance journalist in Kenya who came up with an interesting way to understand the grotesque nature of Donald Trump’s imperialist pretensions, dangerously backed up by the lethal toys and bo...
https://www.rashmee.com/trump-african-journo-misses-british-empire/
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The message from the British public is now clear and consistent: they are in favour of having a closer relationship with the EU ✏️ Matt Withers
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Rejoining Europe: the policy which could ironically unite Britain
The message from the British public is now clear and consistent: they are in favour of having a closer relationship with the EU
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/matt-withers-rejoining-europe-the-policy-which-could-ironically-unite-britain/
4 days ago
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Ross Kempsell, appointed lawmaker-for-life by Boris Johnson, has been cavorting topless with a man famous for saying the word "bosh" ✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
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Tory peer holidays with Reform man Skinner
Ross Kempsell, appointed lawmaker-for-life by Boris Johnson, has been cavorting topless with a man famous for saying the word "bosh"
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sack-tory-peer-holidays-with-reform-man-skinner/
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After the madness of MAGA in Iran, meeting Ukraine’s president is a lesson in empathy and emotion ✏️
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
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Alastair Campbell’s diary: Here's what Zelensky really thinks of JD Vance
After the madness of MAGA in Iran, meeting Ukraine’s president is a lesson in empathy and emotion
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/alastair-campbells-diary-heres-what-zelensky-really-thinks-of-jd-vance/
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With MAGA fractured, the Iranian regime still in charge and the country’s ability to enrich uranium and work towards a nuclear weapon still intact, this does not feel like a victory at all ✏️
@sanglesey.bsky.social
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Trump has devastated Iran - and damaged himself
The US president is hailing ‘total victory’, but this war has embarrassed and fractured his alliance
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/steve-anglesey-trump-has-devastated-iran-and-damaged-himself/
5 days ago
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The enormous span of the right wing pundit’s ambition is becoming increasingly clear ✏️ Matthew d’Ancona
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Tucker Carlson, podcaster president?
The enormous span of the right wing pundit’s ambition is becoming increasingly clear
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/matthew-dancona-tucker-carlson-podcaster-president/
5 days ago
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The New World
James Ball
5 days ago
Am just about to go live with
@thenewworldmag.bsky.social
to talk about the meteoric rise and slow decline of BuzzFeed, and what my time there was like – do come join us
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LIVE NOW: Live: I worked at BuzzFeed. Here’s the truth about why it’s on its last legs with James Ball
The New World on Substack
https://substack.com/live-stream/158034
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LIVE NOW 📽️ 'I worked at BuzzFeed. Here’s the truth about why it’s on its last legs' with
@jamesrball.com
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LIVE NOW: Live: I worked at BuzzFeed. Here’s the truth about why it’s on its last legs with James Ball
The New World on Substack
https://open.substack.com/live-stream/158034
5 days ago
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The vice-president is railing at foreign government interfering in Hungary's election while telling the country to vote for Viktor Orbán ✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
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The astonishing hypocrisy of JD Vance
The vice-president is railing at foreign government interfering in Hungary's election while telling the country to vote for Viktor Orbán
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sack-the-astonishing-hypocrisy-of-jd-vance/
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The Your Party leader is said to be considering legal action over a post on social media by the TV show mocking him ✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
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Will Jeremy Corbyn sue Have I Got News For You?
The Your Party leader is said to be considering legal action over a post on social media by the TV show mocking him
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sack-will-jeremy-corbyn-sue-have-i-got-news-for-you/
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The notion that innovation is value-free conceals the political and ideological agendas behind it ✏️ Philip Ball
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The dangerous myth of ‘neutral’ technology
The notion that innovation is value-free conceals the political and ideological agendas behind it
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/philip-ball-the-dangerous-myth-of-neutral-technology/
5 days ago
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Zack Polanski is reaching out beyond the climate-and-Gaza coalition - while Keir Starmer’s party keeps upsetting its target middle-income urban professional voters ✏️ Lucy Reade
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A Green wave is ready to wash away Labour London - and this is why
Zack Polanski is reaching out beyond the climate-and-Gaza coalition - while Keir Starmer’s party keeps upsetting its target middle-income urban professional voters
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/lucy-reade-a-green-wave-is-ready-to-wash-away-labour-london-and-this-is-why/
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The populist PM looks increasingly desperate, yet even a narrow loss in Sunday’s election would see his grip on the country’s institutions continue ✏️
@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com
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Hungary dares to dream - but Orbán has a trick up his sleeve
The populist PM looks increasingly desperate, yet even a narrow loss in Sunday’s election would see his grip on the country’s institutions continue
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/hungary-dares-to-dream-but-orban-has-a-trick-up-his-sleeve/
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The right wing podcaster worries the president, once a staunch ally, is seeking "elevation to some higher office" ✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
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Is Trump the Antichrist, wonders Tucker Carlson
The right wing podcaster worries the president, once a staunch ally, is seeking "elevation to some higher office"
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sack-is-trump-the-antichrist-wonders-tucker-carlson/
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Believe it or not, they are still out there and still arguing that it was a tremendous success. What is wrong with them? ✏️ Matt Withers
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The Brexit hardcore who still think it was right to leave
Believe it or not, they are still out there and still arguing that it was a tremendous success. What is wrong with them?
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/matt-withers-the-brexit-hardcore-who-still-think-it-was-right-to-leave/
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📊 Iran is the first war in recent times that most American voters have opposed from the outset ✏️ Read Peter Kellner's full analysis of the polls
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Polls: Americans hate Trump, his war and what he’s doing to the US
For Trump to stand a chance at the mid-terms, he needs to win over independents. But they hate him – and their dislike is only growing
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellner-polls-americans-hate-trump-his-war-and-what-hes-doing-to-the-us/
6 days ago
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The Reform leader and his GB News colleague Bev Turner have railed against the decision not to allow the controversial rapper into Britain ✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀
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Kanye West, the one hate preacher Nigel Farage doesn't want blocked from entering the UK
The Reform leader and his GB News colleague Bev Turner have railed against the decision not to allow the controversial rapper into Britain
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sack-kanye-west-the-one-hate-preacher-nigel-farage-doesnt-want-blocked-from-entering-the-uk/
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LIVE SOON 🎥 The truth about Trump's 'total victory' in Iran with
@paulmason.bsky.social
and
@jamesrball.com
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LIVE SOON: Live: The truth about Trump's 'total victory' in Iran with Paul Mason
Starting Apr 8 at 7:00 AM EDT
https://open.substack.com/live-stream/157998?utm_source=live-stream-scheduled-upsell
6 days ago
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Voters have fallen out of love with the social security net – which is odd seeing as so many are likely to use it at some point. What went wrong? ✏️ Hannah Fearn
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What’s your problem with the benefits system?
Voters have fallen out of love with the social security net – which is odd seeing as so many are likely to use it at some point. What went wrong?
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/hannah-fearn-whats-your-problem-with-the-benefits-system/
6 days ago
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The US president is hailing ‘total victory’, but this war has embarrassed and fractured his alliance ✏️
@sanglesey.bsky.social
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Trump has devastated Iran - and damaged himself
The US president is hailing ‘total victory’, but this war has embarrassed and fractured his alliance
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/steve-anglesey-trump-has-devastated-iran-and-damaged-himself/
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The new DG’s task is daunting but simple: Replace the license fee, fix news output and double down on YouTube ✏️
@jamesrball.com
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The BBC needs a last-chance strategy - and here’s what Matt Brittin should deliver
The new DG’s task is daunting but simple: Replace the license fee, fix news output and double down on YouTube
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-the-bbc-needs-a-last-chance-strategy-and-heres-what-matt-brittin-should-deliver/
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The contenders to run the country once bombing stops are divided and discredited - and civil war looks a distinct possibility ✏️ Christopher Lord
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Who will be left to clear up Iran when Trump goes home?
The contenders to run the country once bombing stops are divided and discredited - and civil war looks a distinct possibility
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/christopher-lord-who-will-be-left-to-clear-up-iran-when-trump-goes-home/
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