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Lifting the curtain on the biggest stories in the UK, U.S. & beyond. With Emily Maitlis, Jon Sopel & Lewis Goodall. Listen on Global Player. .

“It feels like a mistake for him to compare himself to Donald Trump, especially on abuse allegations.” Has Trump set the blueprint for Max Miller, who is still standing for the Republican party in Ohio, despite abuse allegations?

"Some Conservatives, including Badenoch, have become so suspicious about the idea of cancellation, and so desperate to stick it to 'the libs'." Is Kemi Badenoch so afraid of cancel culture, that she supports the former neo-Nazi standing for the Tories? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/is-d...

Is defending a former neo-Nazi a new low for Kemi Badenoch? | The News Agents

Kemi Badenoch is backing a former neo-Nazi standing to become a Tory councillor in Somerset. She claims he has been rehabilitated in prison, but is she just too scared to “cancel” someone on her side?

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“As soon as you make the exception here after public pressure, you just know there’ll be scores of similar cases.” Pressure is building to block the early release of PC Harper’s killers, but would conceding set a politically dangerous precedent?

“There’s a difference between being let back into society and being allowed to stand for public office." How has Kemi Badenoch found herself in the surreal position of defending a convicted Neo-Nazi standing as a Tory councillor?

“You can be in Trump’s tent, as long as you accept his version of events.” Is Jeanine Pirro out of Trump's favour after going against the president's claims that the reflecting pool was 'vandalised'?

"European governments are terrified about the political implications of these images - it's a content war as much as anything. "They know the right-wing online ecosystem will use the images for their own purposes." How Spain's migrant crisis is emboldening the hard right.

"Trump was glued to Infantino's side throughout the entire World Cup. Now he's f**ked up - and Trump doesn't like losers." Will FIFA dump Infantino as quickly as Donald Trump has?

“I’m not sure how well these two guys would run a party together if they can't organise a phone call!” Will Farage and Lowe - Reform and Restore - team up, or tear each other apart?

"Iran has a superpower patron in the Russians, goading them to continue this conflict." “They are using that relationship to target US troops, and try to get the US locked in a quagmire in Iran." Why Trump can't see Russia's influence on his war in Iran www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...

Why Donald Trump is blind to Russia’s ‘revenge’ attempts on America | The News Agents

Donald Trump has softened his stance on Ukraine, but does his love for autocrats still leave him vulnerable to the Russian threat, and is it also thwarting his war effort in Iran?

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"Reform repeatedly tells us we are a police state, that the police try to sanction us for what we put on social media," says @lewis_goodall. "They are now reporting Zack Polanski to the police, and expect him to be arrested for his social media" www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...

Why Reform wants Zack Polanski arrested | The News Agents

Reform UK has reported Green Party leader Zack Polanski to the police for a post he shared on social media. But after making Lucy Connolly a guest of honour at a Reform conference, is the party…

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"The conservative press were toying with Farage and flirting with the idea of backing him as PM. "The right-wing press have run stories which have not been favourable to him, and it's had an impact." Polls are down. Support drying up. Has Nigel lost it? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/how-...

How Nigel Farage lost the support of the UK’s right-wing media | The News Agents

The UK’s right-wing press were “flirting” with the idea of pushing Nigel Farage as the next prime minister, but that now seems to have changed. Have the British public lost interest too?

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Did the 2008 financial crash cause a spike in populism? "There's the idea we bailed out the banks, but did it selectively. That moment crystalised a disbelief in experts and institutions."

“We're at this inflection point where – and I hate to say it – but the oligarchy has taken over. “Policies are being driven by big money, and who's got the money? The wealthiest in the country.”

“I’m glad we live in a country that is deferential to expertise - but at times in the pandemic, that did go too far.” “I’m not sure school closures were a price worth paying.” Lewis on how ‘legitimate questions’ have emerged - and should be asked - about how we handled Covid.

"Trump's top national security officials cannot figure out why he keeps capitulating to a man who is avowedly one of America's greatest adversaries." Putin wants revenge on America – and Donald Trump loves powerful men so much he’s too blind to see it www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...

Why Donald Trump is blind to Russia’s ‘revenge’ attempts on America | The News Agents

Donald Trump has softened his stance on Ukraine, but does his love for autocrats still leave him vulnerable to the Russian threat, and is it also thwarting his war effort in Iran?

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"He comes across every bit as vain and narcissistic as Donald Trump himself". Anthony Fauci has "given his life to public health", but do his Covid diaries reveal he was enjoying what he was experiencing?

“If he gets rejected, it'll be humiliating” “If he wins, he'll be asked to do things that will test his conscience, the limits of the law." Todd Blanche waits to see if he will be Trump’s attorney general. But will this be the worst week of his life either way?

Does higher education still offer social mobility? Lewis: "Millions have accessed social and economic worlds that would've been unavailable to them without HE". Jon: "For years, I’ve said your degree is your passport to the future. I wonder whether it still is"

"Reform repeatedly tells us we are a police state, that the police try to sanction us for what we put on social media," says Lewis Goodall. "They are now reporting Zack Polanski to the police, and expect him to be arrested for his social media" www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...

Why Reform wants Zack Polanski arrested | The News Agents

Reform UK has reported Green Party leader Zack Polanski to the police for a post he shared on social media. But after making Lucy Connolly a guest of honour at a Reform conference, is the party…

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