Up to 30,000 alleged drug users and dealers were slaughtered in the Philippines’ so-called drug war, but on Manila’s streets some of their killers still believe they did the right thing The kills were easier to swallow after a few drinks. After each operation the police death squads would haunt […]
Year: 2025
Jack Thorne’s lacklustre script – full of cringe-making lines, strange dreamlike sequences and a recurring dung beetle – fails to capture the drama of the Guardian’s landmark investigation into media corruption Before reviewing in the Guardian newspaper a programme about a famous Guardian investigation, a few disclaimers are probably in […]
In the acclaimed new film about boys written off by the system, Murphy drew on his own past as a troublesome schoolboy while Little Simz played a teacher – and wrote a 90s-style banger of a song Months before the publication of his latest book, Max Porter went on holiday […]
From immigrants eating the king’s waterfowl to sharia law in London, it’s all there in our Nige’s relativist world UK politics live – latest updates “Attention all swans! Attention all swans! You are not safe! Immigrants from inferior cultures have been seen loitering with intent to kill in royal parks. […]
Morgan McSweeney under spotlight over late declarations of donations to thinktank when he was its director Labour says Starmer’s 2020 leadership campaign paid McSweeney salary History is littered with the resignation letters of those who have tried to drive a wedge between Keir Starmer and Morgan McSweeney. But that relationship […]
Leader’s conference speech at Bournemouth shows a bullish party ready to be key player in any centre-left coalition These are Happy Days for the Liberal Democrats. A year ago in Bournemouth they had appeared to be caught in the spotlight of their own electoral success. Unsure quite where they would […]
US president’s claims around painkiller also known as Tylenol contradict scientific consensus Donald Trump has urged pregnant women not to take acetaminophen, also known as Tylenol or paracetamol. He claimed it raises the chances of children being autistic. But the US president has been condemned by experts from across the […]
As more gushing emails emerge, Sarah Ferguson is once again rethinking her ‘supreme’ friendship with the super-rich sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein Last night I found an incredible archive interview with Jeffrey Epstein, conducted by the New York Times on the eve of his surrendering himself to his 2008 prison sentence. […]
Organisers of event urge fathers to push for more equal parental rights in face of Britain’s current poor offering “Who’s in your team?” asked Elliott Rae, pumping up the crowd in central London at what he billed as the world’s first Working Dads’ summit. “Who’s your goalkeeper, your defender, your […]
Yes, the Democratic congresswoman is flawed – but she’s a fighter. Let’s not write her off as too young or too female Quiz time, and the category is American gerontocracy. Here goes: how many sitting Democratic members of Congress have died in office since November 2022? The answer is a […]