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All Labour leaders live in the shadow of his postwar triumphs. But he wasn’t perfect – and didn’t face the challenges of today, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The run-up to 2016 shows ‘common sense’ isn’t enough. Even ignorant, reactionary arguments must be properly countered, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

Academic and writer Sarah Churchwell also said that to claim that Joe Biden is as bad as Trump is ‘appalling’ and ‘dangerous’

Short-lived PM also says she anticipated mini-budget ‘turbulence’ and compares herself to Brian Clough

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

From hilarious profiles of Disneyland to awe-inspiringly researched true crime shows – and Gary Lineker’s long-awaited podcasting debut – here are your most-loved shows of the year

Surveying everything from hunter gatherers to Elon Musk, the Cambridge politics professor debates whether our fate is sealed by the machines we’ve created

When it comes to British podcasting, politics seems to be king, said Patricia Nicol in The Sunday Times. Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart’s “The Rest is Politics” consistently tops the charts, and now has an interview offshoot show, “Leading”. “The News Agents” (with Lewis Goodall, Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel)…

The newly empowered supreme court has blown up the long-running debate on youth voting, but parliament has shrugged off its intervention