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  • Was Burnham right to talk about Russian interference in Brexit?

    October 12, 2026 · 24 min

    Andy Burnham has started an almighty row by claiming that Russia interfered in the 2016 Brexit referendum. He also says he wants the UK to have closer ties to the EU. The row is one of three major headaches for the prime minister ahead of…

  • ‘Gaza is a moral tear in the universe’: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty

    October 10, 2026 · 50 min

    Are we really living through ‘end times fascism’? Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor think so. In a new series from the Guardian, the pair speak to Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty in an extended interview. From Trump 2.0 and the rise…

  • Did the Zionism row lose it for Zack Polanski?

    October 9, 2026 · 17 min

    Zack Polanski has lost the Holborn and St Pancras byelection to Labour’s Sagal Abdi-Wali. Despite the Greens increasing their vote share from 2024, Polanski had the cloud of the ‘Zionism is racism’ row hanging over his head. Now there are…

  • M&S Kemi: can the Tory leader win over core vote?

    October 7, 2026 · 41 min

    Kemi Badenoch has promised to ditch inheritance tax on family homes if elected as prime minister, leading to criticism that she is prioritising the rich over the poor. Plus, the pollster and UK director of More in Common, Luke Tryl, joins…

  • Why Kemi Badenoch embraces being the leader of the ‘nasty party’

    October 5, 2026 · 24 min

    Kemi Badenoch is kicking off Conservative party conference with a little bounce in her step and her personal poll ratings improved. But critics will say that as she embraces the nasty party accusations she is at risk of alienating some…

  • 'There’s no such thing as democracy': Yanis Varoufakis | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty

    October 3, 2026 · 53 min

    Who is really in charge – the people or the markets? In the first episode of Radical Thinking, a new series from the Guardian, senior economics commentator Aditya Chakrabortty speaks to the former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis…

  • Burnham’s triple lock gamble

    September 29, 2026 · 14 min

    Andy Burnham has delivered a powerful and emotional speech to the Labour conference. He announced policies on pensions, social care and electoral reform. He said he was willing to talk about the things politicians usually avoided. But…

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Guardian columnist John Harris, political editor Pippa Crerar, and policy editor Kiran Stacey analyse the week's politics news