In an extreme display of demagoguery even by his standards, Trump drew cheers from an audience in Erie, Pennsylvania, with a picture of an out-of-control crime spree that he said could be ended “immediately” with one “real rough, nasty day”, or “one rough hour”. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Trump condemned for suggesting ‘one really violent day’ to combat crime

Republican nominee’s proposal at Pennsylvania campaign rally compared to dystopian horror film The Purge

The Guardian view on this summer’s riots: courts can’t solve these problems alone. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Guardian view on this summer’s riots: courts can’t solve these problems alone | Editorial

Editorial: The UK’s counter-extremism strategy isn’t working – and prison sentences won’t change that

“At the last election, only 8% of 18- to 29-year-olds voted for the Tories. Only 12% of those in their 30s backed the Conservatives. The Tories remain irrelevant for large swathes of the population because they appear unwilling to find new solutions for our time” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Guardian view on the Tory leadership contest: stuck in the past, not focused on the future | Editorial

Editorial: The Conservative party remains irrelevant because it appears unwilling to find new solutions to today’s problems

At a pair of weekend speeches, former President Donald Trump continued to escalate the insults, threats and lies that have become hallmarks of his political campaigns. www.npr.org/2024/09/30/g...

Trump turns to darker rhetoric as voting begins

In a pair of weekend events in key swing states, Trump claimed Harris is "mentally disabled" and went on to suggest police violence could curb crime.

What’s the word? Delusional, that’s it!

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I would have done better than Rishi Sunak at the general election and could even have won if I'd stayed as leader, says Liz Truss, who was the most unpopular Prime Minister since records began and was even booted out by her own constituents

The French far-right presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen and a slew of fellow National Rally chiefs will go on trial on Monday over allegations they embezzled money from the European parliament with fake jobs. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/s...

Marine Le Pen and other RN party figures go on trial over EU fake jobs allegations

Far-right French presidential hopeful, who will go on trial on Monday, allegedly embezzled money from EU

Far right in Austria 'opens new era' with election victory - A small consolation is that 70% didn’t vote for them plus because they have #PRwww.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Austrian election: Kickl's far right 'opens new era' with unprecedented victory

The Freedom Party wins its first election, but building a coalition will be difficult.

Fact check: 12 election lies Trump is using to set the stage to dispute a potential 2024 defeat. www.cnn.com/2024/09/30/p...

Fact check: 12 election lies Trump is using to set the stage to dispute a potential 2024 defeat | CNN Politics

Former President Donald Trump has escalated his long-running assault on the integrity of US elections as the 2024 presidential campaign enters its final stretch, using a new series of lies about ballo...

Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter. www.theguardian.com/books/2024/s...

Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter review – the ego has landed, just not on Mars

New York Times reporters Kate Conger and Ryan Mac paint a damning portrait of the billionaire who turned the social media platform into a smaller business and a larger cesspool

British universities are urging the government to find a way to restart the flow of EU students to Britain after Brexit, including a return to the Erasmus student exchange programme. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

UK universities urge government to restart flow of EU students after Brexit

Universities UK ‘holding back’ on requests to restart Erasmus programme, but hopeful amid talks on youth mobility