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The newspaper has waged a culture war on anyone spreading awareness of verifiable truths about the British Empire and its legacies

Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth Doctor is getting a wax figure in the Doctor Who attraction at Madame Tussauds London's' new film and TV-themed zone.

I found my sister’s diary seven years after her death. It was in my parents’ storage room.

I felt weird about the encounter, but I really wanted to read the diary. Plus, it’s not like my sister could walk in to bust me.

After my sister died, my parents had to pack up her apartment. I imagine the task felt like climbing a mountain when you really don’t want to climb a mountain.

My dad said the apartment looked like my sister was plucked from her life. Her cat was pacing and needed water. Dishes filled the sink. My mom found birth control under the bed (horrifying for a Catholic parent).

My sister’s unfinished business was everywhere. The whole thing was upsetting. My parents did their best to be respectful.

For years, I’ve wondered: How do you respect a dead person’s privacy while packing their things?

The Greater Manchester Mayor has called for a "rewiring" of British democracy ahead of Prime Minister Keir Starmer's King's Speech

Prior to the election, British billionaire John Caudwell revealed why he would be supporting Keir Starmer’s Labour Party in the upcoming general election: ‘What Keir has done… is taken all the Left out of the Labour Party, and he’s come out with a set of values and principles in complete alignment with my views as […]

James McMurdock's LinkedIn profile and Reform Party UK bio details "roles at prestigious institutions" - a former colleague tells a very different story

The D-Day landings turned the tide of war, but their success rested on the uncertain calculations of Allied meteorologists

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Alongside love, sleep and play, awe is precious for children. There are small, everyday ways to make it a part of their lives

- by Artemisia O’bi & Fan Yang

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Joel Mundy and Matt Roberts-Sklar When markets are volatile, liquidity tends to worsen. This makes it harder to intermediate buyers and sellers. We saw this during the 2022 liability-driven investment (LDI) stress, when the UK government bond (gilt) market exhibited extreme volatility. This illiquidity was also evident in gilt futures, derivatives that support functioning in … Continue reading Futures under stress: how did gilt futures behave in the LDI crisis? →

I am briefly in the UK (arrived Tuesday and returning to Melbourne early Friday). We are officially launching our new book – Modern Monetary Theory: Bill and Warren’s Excellent Adventure – later this morning at the UK MMT Conference in Leeds, England. I am avoiding many of the sessions to reduce Covid risk, given the…

The Boris Kagarlitsky International Solidarity Campaign calls on the left around the world to demand an end to the unlawful imprisonment of Russians who oppose the war on Ukraine.

The post Defend Boris Kagarlitsky and the Russian anti-war movement first appeared on Solidarity Online.

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You have to watch this to understand how funny that is: That’s worth sharing.

Construction bosses and both state and federal Labor governments have seized on the opportunity to launch an attack on one of the strongest unions in the country.

The post Defend the CFMEU—no government administration, end the union bashing first appeared on Solidarity Online.

I can’t say I’m surprised. Choosing Vance was very dumb and it’s the kind of dumb I didn’t expect from Trump whose feral instincts are usually better than this: MILWAUKEE — With the clock ticking to the Republican National Convention last week, Donald Trump met privately to discuss his running mate search with two of his closest advisers: his sons.  The conversation quickly turned tense when the former president indicated that he was leaning toward Doug Burgum, until recently the largely unknown governor of North Dakota — but someone whose low-maintenance, no-drama personality would never threaten to outshine Trump. That’s when Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump chimed in. “Don Jr. and Eric went bats— crazy: ‘Why would you do something so stupid? He offers us nothing,’” a longtime Republican operative familiar with the discussion told NBC News. “They were basically all like ‘JD, JD, JD,’” the operative said. Trump ratified his sons’ recommendation here Monday, selecting Sen. JD Vance of Ohio as his vice presidential candidate.

Sex obsessed middle-aged creep, Kyle Sandilands, famous for once talking to a teenage rape victim on-air about her sex-life, has been appointed Australia’s official moral compass. In a move that’s been celebrated in Sydney but ignored in Melbourne. ”Kyle’s a... Read More ›

In 1941, Harper’s Magazine published a piece by Dorothy Thompson called “Who Goes Nazi?” It is an interesting and somewhat macabre parlor game to play at a large gathering of one’s acquaintances: to speculate who in a showdown would go Nazi. By now, I think I know. I have gone through the experience many times—in Germany, in Austria, and in France. I have come to know the types: the born Nazis, the Nazis whom democracy itself has created, the certain-to-be fellow-travelers. And I also know those who never, under any conceivable circumstances, would become Nazis… Let us look round the room. It’s a fascinating piece, highly recommended, even if it shows its age in certain respects. I had not read it until someone on twitter pointed out that one character in particular describes J.D. Vance. “Mr A” is a pillar of the community, a WASPy type who doesn’t have money but is well educated and cultured. He would never in a million years become a Nazi. “Mr. B” is similar but would probably go along to get along if it meant power and money but he wouldn’t be a true believer. “Mr.