Politics
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Rise of the far-right: what’s behind the popularity of Vox in Spain?
The Explainer Disillusioned younger voters are being drawn to Santiago Abascal’s party
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Why the UK’s drug pricing scheme is under pressure
The Explainer Eli Lilly says scheme effectively charges pharmaceutical firms ‘for our own success’
By The Week UK Published
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Will recognising Palestine make any difference?
Talking Point Coordinated action is a ‘deliberate tactic to increase the diplomatic pressure on Israel’
By The Week UK Published
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The conditions inside asylum-seeker hotels
The Explainer Investigators have discovered ‘cramped rooms’ and ‘suicidal’ residents
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Trump says Ukraine can win, UN nations ‘going to hell’
Speed Read In a speech to the United Nations General Assembly, the president criticized the UN and renewable energy, plus made a sudden pivot on the war in Ukraine
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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Is Britain turning into ‘Trump’s America’?
Today’s Big Question Direction of UK politics reflects influence and funding from across the pond
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Will billionaires kill France’s proposed wealth tax?
Today's Big Question In Paris, a preview of the debate over Zohran Mamdani’s NYC proposal
By Joel Mathis, The Week US Published
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Behind the ‘Boriswave’: Farage plans to scrap indefinite leave to remain
The Explainer The problem of the post-Brexit immigration surge – and Reform’s radical solution
By The Week UK Published
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‘Narcocorridos’: why Mexico is banning ‘drug ballads’
Under the Radar Authorities prohibit cartel-glorifying music genre – with limited success
By Will Barker, The Week UK Published
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A running list of Marjorie Taylor Greene's controversies
In Depth Exploring the Georgia Republican's long history of incendiary behavior
By David Faris Last updated
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Can the Lib Dems be a party of government again?
Today's Big Question Leader Ed Davey is urged to drop the stunts and present a serious plan for the country
By The Week UK Published
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RFK Jr’s crusade: will he make America healthy again?
Talking Point American health policy rests in the hands of ‘an antivax kook’ who ‘has expressed doubt about the germ theory of disease itself’
By The Week UK Published
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Is free speech under threat in Britain?
The Explainer The Trump administration thinks that free speech is in retreat in Britain. What do we mean by freedom of speech, and is it in danger?
By The Week UK Published
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Charlie Kirk obituary: activist who mobilised the youth vote for Trump
In the Spotlight Former teenage political activist became the ‘standard bearer of religious values by many on the Christian nationalist right’
By The Week UK Published
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