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openDemocracy Weekly Newsletter 07 November 2026

Abolish Westminster | With Adam Ramsay

From Andy Burnham’s northern devolution to the electoral rise of Reform, Britain's political consensus is coming apart at the seams. Longtime openDemocracy contributor Adam Ramsay…

Russell Brand’s rape case: the cost of speaking out | James O’Brien – The Whole Show

Ten days of elections around the world may shape future of climate debate

From the US to Brazil, Israel and Serbia, the far right have been delivered a number of mammoth blows

‘Why I turned down an interview with Trump’ | Chris Williamson

Russell Brand’s victims: How hard is it to come forward? | James O’Brien

The Migrant Care Workers Left ‘Living In Limbo’ by Shabana Mahmood’s Immigration Reforms

The Home Secretary's partial climbdown this week will still leave thousands of care workers open to exploitation and abuse, reports Jessica Bradley

How Silicon Valley lobbied to put delivery robots on UK pavements, and won

Revealed: Ministers allowed our streets to become ‘test ground’ for robots amid lobbying from Starship Technologies

Russell Brand – the fallout

Lula Won. The Markets Want a Third Round

Brazil’s voters rejected austerity, and its candidate fled to Florida. The markets that backed him stayed, and Lula’s finance minister has begun to give them…

Why won’t young people fight for Britain?

UK Government, Amazon and eBay Investigate AI Chatbot Toy Bunny Marketed for Toddlers Which Gave Sexualised Responses to Questions

Plush toy sold on Amazon and eBay is one of at least 28 AI chatbot toys found on sale in UK with no evidence of…

JD Vance vs Trump: Simon Marks’ analysis

‘Nice face of the devil’: Google whistleblower on AI, Gaza, and breaking NDA

Sofia Liguori tells openDemocracy about Project Nimbus and resignation that led to Google U-turn on silencing ex-staff

Russell Brand faces years behind bars after guilty verdict

Andy Burnham Could Make Wealthier Households Pay More to Cut Poorer Families’ Energy Bills

Energy Independence Bill will create a framework for ‘progressive’ support schemes, which would transform the current system

Russell Brand found guilty of rape and three sexual assaults

Russell Brand found guilty of rape

American-Run European Far-Right Platform Books UKIP Leader Who Wants Reform and Restore United

The Republican founder of the new Rome think-tank oversees a global far-right group whose English co-ordinator ran as a Reform candidate

Who will be the next Democrat President?