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The PM sounds like Elon Musk when promising to fight the ‘blockers’, but his government’s plans will weaken the link between peoples and politics, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Last year, South Korea made headlines around the world for two reasons. The first was writer Han Kang’s celebrated Nobel prize for literature win in October; the second was far less positive. Late in the evening of December 3 2024, the country’s President Yoon Suk Yeol unexpectedly declared martial law…

‘You said I could say anything I want out here,’ said the music legend on the debut episode of ‘Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney’

Many analysts have interpreted Trump’s protectionist stance, and the United States’ imposition of tariffs, as economically irrational. If the liberal motto was once that “under free trade everybody wins”, it is now logical to think that, under protectionism, everyone will lose. It would also mean the end of globalisation, which…

Political science professor M. Steven Fish on why the Dems don't need to pander to polls to fight for justice

The Columbia University graduate’s arrest is an attempt to destroy free thinking while murdering due process

Big Tech has taken control of our democracy. The answer is to build decentralized platforms these companies can't control.

Commission president says ‘something fundamental’ has shifted and democracy and rule of law are under threat

Editorial: There is a danger of vital policy getting tangled in ambitious government plans that combine council restructuring with devolution

The ‘unitary executive’ theory – backed by some conservative lawyers – is largely bogus. But it could wreak havoc on democracy

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