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openDemocracy Weekly Newsletter 31 October 2026

‘Blindsided’ Burnham ‘furious’ as Treasury U-turns on miners’ pension boost

PM ‘clashed’ with Healey over 11th-hour decision that may mean thousands of ex-miners never see promised cash

$6.3bn has just been stolen…is this question too stupid to ask? | James O’Brien – The Whole Show

What is going on with Donald Trump’s obsession with arses?

Ben Kentish on LBC

UK Pushes Bulgaria to Sell Lukoil Refinery to British-Linked Buyer

Letters seen by Byline Times show the UK Government urging Bulgaria to engage with London- and Washington-linked bidders for Lukoil’s refinery as the Russian company’s…

Advertising industry must stop funding online hate, whistleblowing execs warn

‘We’re partially responsible,’ ad insiders tell openDemocracy, as report finds YouTube makes millions on hate speech

Reform UK Named ‘Authoritarian-Leaning’ Party in Index of Far-Right Cooperation Across Europe

Experts say Farage’s pact with Marine Le Pen’s National Rally is part of a pattern of far-right parties lending each other legitimacy before taking power

UAE’s Candidate for Top UN Post, Lana Nusseibeh, Lobbied for Epstein Associate

Lana Nusseibeh used official UAE letterhead to back the son of a man who called Jeffrey Epstein his “best friend” – any credible vetting of…

Big talk, small promises: Experts’ verdict on ‘underwhelming’ Budget

Academics, politicians, and campaigners tell openDemocracy of disappointment in the first Burnham Budget

What is Britain bracing for? | UK households urged to stockpile

Defence Secretary Wes Streeting joins Nick Ferrari

EU Satellite Imagery Delayed Over Gaza and Parts of West Bank by 24-hours

Sign up here to receive Bellingcat’s biggest investigations by email as soon as they are published. Become a member and support our work here. Imagery…

Rupert Lowe and Restore Britain Figures Listed as Backers of Europe-Wide Far-Right ‘Remigration’ Campaign

The Save Europe Act was founded by Austrian white nationalist Martin Sellner, and its activist chatrooms contain antisemitic conspiracy theories and anti-Muslim slurs

Obama ‘completely rinses’ Trump | James O’Brien reacts

Local Reform Deputy Accused of Misleading Councillors Over Poll Used to Defend £150,000 Security Patrols Near Asylum Site

Exclusive: The councillor who suggested there was strong support for private security patrols told a committee to “take our word for it”. So we got…

Burnham promised a much-needed rupture. Healey delivered gentle tinkering

Mild bank levies and one-off handouts won’t undo decades of damage to places like Makerfield

The Chancellor refuses to make ‘crude cuts’ to welfare bill

What did the budget ever do for us? | James O’Brien – The Whole Show