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Wed 14 Oct 2026

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The then defence secretary, John Healey, with the Palantir CEO, Alex Karp, after signing an investment deal in London, September 2025.
quote  Palantir is worming its way into the British state – it’s time to curb this controversial US company’s influence
George Monbiot
Kemi Badenoch is congratulated by Robert Jenrick after winning the Conservative party leadership contest, 2 November 2024.
quote  This civil war on the British right is a charade – its politics are more united than ever
Jonathan Liew
Flooded streets in Brechin, Scotland, in the aftermath of Storm Babet, October 2023.
quote  I work for a major insurer. Much of my industry is fudging the numbers in the face of the climate crisis
Anonymous
Liv Lisa Fries as Charlotte Ritter and Volker Bruch as Gereon Rath in Babylon Berlin. Charlotte Ritter (Liv Lisa Fries, re.) und Gereon Rath (Volker Bruch, li.) tanzen auf dem Berliner Presseball. © Christine Schroeder/X Filme Creative Pool/ARD Degeto Film/WDR/SWR/HR/Radio Bremen/Beta Film, honorarfrei - Verwendung gemäß der AGB im engen inhaltlichen, redaktionellen Zusammenhang mit genannter Degeto-Sendung und bei Nennung "Bild: Christine Schroeder/X Filme Creative Pool/ARD Degeto Film/WDR/SWR/HR/Radio Bremen/Beta Film" (S2+). ARD Degeto/Programmplanung und Presse, Tel: 069/1509-335, degeto-presse@degeto.de
quote  In Germany the mood is dark. But the Weimar narrative is a far right trap
Klaus Brinkbäumer
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Trump gives a thumbs up as Putin rolls white paint over an EU flag
quote  Brexiters can’t cope with the fact that Putin was cheering them on
Rafael Behr
Casey speaking at a different care home in north London in July.
quote  In Liverpool I saw the tough choices Louise Casey faces on social care – starting with who will pay?
Polly Toynbee
Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens in the 2006 Disney Channel movie High School Musical.
quote  Cheesy? Yes. Cringe? Absolutely. That’s why High School Musical is still our secret passion
Rachel Chang
Burnham-War
quote  One thing must now be clear to Andy Burnham. The rightwing press is on a war footing – and he’s the enemy
Jane Martinson
A Houthi soldier watching a protest against Saudi Arabia, in Sana'a, Yemen, 9 October 2026.
quote  The Gulf has entered a new era of instability. If its leaders think they can rely on old alliances, they are wrong
Nesrine Malik
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