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openDemocracy Weekly Newsletter 14 November 2026

‘We have become so utterly dependent on technology’ | James O’Brien – The Whole Show

Laila Cunningham is at her ‘wits’ end’ over Piddington

‘Coining it in the City’: What Starmer’s Aides Did Next

After failing to ‘clean up politics’ as promised, top Starmer advisers have set up advisory firms that experts warn can exploit Lobbying Act loopholes

The Right Words in the Right Order

Cultural elites and educators of the Global North are now in an advanced state of panic surrounding reading, literacy, and the humanities generally.

Permission granted for huge asylum camp in Oxfordshire

Piddington: Asylum camp ‘pushed through’ by Angela Rayner

Meta’s $25B Fine Left Out Accountability for Harm From the Cambridge Analytica Data Privacy Scandal

Meta has largely escaped accountability for the underlying political exploitation of harvested data and is trying to close the door on further scrutiny, argues Emma…

Nvidia: How does a ‘very respected leader’ fall from grace?

“More like Putin in his soul”: Trump, Ukraine’s Drone War, and Russia’s Sabotage in the UK

Sian Norris on her fifth reporting trip to the frontlines of Kharkiv and the streets of Kyiv.

Defence minister Luke Pollard joins Nick Ferrari now

Is it time to break up the UK?

Being Scottish, or for that matter Welsh, often feels a bit like you're sitting in the passenger seat of a car with a driver who's…

‘Habibi’: The Anatomy of an Influence Operation on X

An exclusive six-month investigation by Byline Times has mapped the workings of pile-ons and cancellations of public figures on social media

US midterms: Another state turns blue

Gibraltar Lawyer Named as Owner of Trust Behind Pro-Israel Parliamentary Group as MP Demands Funding Probe

Further questions raised about who is ultimately funding Parliament’s main pro-Israel group and whether it breaks rules on foreign political interference

Flatlining emissions won’t save us from climate crisis – and neither will COP31

While recent election wins and COP31 offer some optimism, they mask a bleak reality. What will it take for real change?

Lewis Goodall joins Shelagh Fogarty

At least four shot in Washington DC

James O’Brien grapples with Reform’s latest ‘philosophical dilemma’

‘What if we cared more about sick OAPs than small boats?’ | James O’Brien