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Fascism is rare, but its logic isn’t gone.

Understanding its real nature helps us recognise when politics starts drifting towards something far more dangerous than populism.

Prof Paul Kenny explains
The nature of fascism and why it differs from populism
Fascism isn’t populism; it fuses leader-worship with organised violence to crush opposition entirely and decisively at roots
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Fascism isn’t a loose insult – it’s a specific political formula: a leader cult fused with organised violence against opponents. Prof Paul Kenny's analysis, from _The loop_ -- thanks!

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The nature of fascism and why it differs from populism
Fascism isn’t populism; it fuses leader-worship with organised violence to crush opposition entirely and decisively at roots
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November 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Immortality for the rich, austerity for the poor – America’s AI fairy tale is starting to look like a dystopia. Guy Anthony Ayres reports

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Survival of the richest: AI and America’s new order
America faces a new Gilded Age where Social Darwinism meets AI – power concentrated at the top while the poor bear the cost
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November 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Fascism is rare, but its logic isn’t gone.

Understanding its real nature helps us recognise when politics starts drifting towards something far more dangerous than populism.

Prof Paul Kenny explains
The nature of fascism and why it differs from populism
Fascism isn’t populism; it fuses leader-worship with organised violence to crush opposition entirely and decisively at roots
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November 28, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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Fascism isn’t populism; it fuses leader-worship with organised violence to crush opposition entirely and decisively at roots | Prof Paul Kenny
The nature of fascism and why it differs from populism
Fascism isn’t populism; it fuses leader-worship with organised violence to crush opposition entirely and decisively at roots
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November 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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The bishop’s message is blunt – you can’t build community cohesion by stoking fear. And Norfolk, he says, has a long history of doing the opposite. Owen Sennitt reports

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New: Bishop warns asylum plans will fuel division
A senior Church of England bishop has criticised government asylum reforms, warning they will make integration significantly harder
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November 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Fatherhood doesn’t come with a manual – just stories we inherit and ones we choose to rewrite. Matthew Lomas O'Conner shares his experience from two Fatherhood workshops
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Exploring fatherhood: How can dads do better?
Sometimes you need other fathers to help you see what’s going on in your own life as a dad. Two workshops gave me the chance to reflect
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November 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances. A new decade-long Brexit study explains it: a 6–8% hit to GDP means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else. The bill has finally arrived.
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New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
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November 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Families in Norfolk: the University of East Anglia is opening its doors again for festive science with Jingle All the Brain. A brilliant introduction to psychology for young minds. Reserve your spot now before sessions fill up.

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UEA’s Christmas lectures return with a festive journey into the mind
This year’s UEA Christmas lecture invites families to uncover the surprising tricks our brains play during the festive season
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November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Reeves slipped in a line today that left MPs laughing and Nigel Farage looking very uncomfortable.
You’ll understand why when you see it in context.
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Reeves aims a searing ‘Russian assets’ gibe at Farage
Rachel Reeves used her Budget speech to jab at Nigel Farage, invoking Russia amid renewed security concerns
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November 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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The myth: AI will free humanity. The reality: it may free billionaires from needing the rest of us.

Guy Anthony Ayres considers the new Gilded Age

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Survival of the richest: AI and America’s new order
America faces a new Gilded Age where Social Darwinism meets AI – power concentrated at the top while the poor bear the cost
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November 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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As calls grow for prostate cancer screening to be offered to men over a certain age, it’s worth looking again at why it’s so important.
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The trouble with dribbles – a revealing prostate cancer journey
Prostate cancer can develop silently. Some have no classic prostate cancer symptoms. Early checks are vital – sometimes, the signs are hidden
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November 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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The Commons isn’t usually the place for sharp comedy, but today’s Budget delivered a moment that made even the frontbench blink.
Let’s just say Russia came up… and Farage was the punchline.
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Reeves aims a searing ‘Russian assets’ gibe at Farage
Rachel Reeves used her Budget speech to jab at Nigel Farage, invoking Russia amid renewed security concerns
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November 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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The first Gilded Age had railroads and robber barons. The new one has AI / LLMs and tech oligarchs. Same script, new machines.

Guy Anthony Ayres reflects on the utopia being promised

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Survival of the richest: AI and America’s new order
America faces a new Gilded Age where Social Darwinism meets AI – power concentrated at the top while the poor bear the cost
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November 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Nigel Farage didn’t speak during the Budget – but somehow he still ended up the punchline.
Worth reading why.
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Reeves aims a searing ‘Russian assets’ gibe at Farage
Rachel Reeves used her Budget speech to jab at Nigel Farage, invoking Russia amid renewed security concerns
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November 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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America’s new Gilded Age isn’t gilded at all – it’s wired. AI at the top, austerity at the bottom. Survival of the richest, writes Guy Anthony Ayres
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Survival of the richest: AI and America’s new order
America faces a new Gilded Age where Social Darwinism meets AI – power concentrated at the top while the poor bear the cost
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November 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Starmer’s doing real work but losing the argument. A government that can’t communicate its successes won’t keep them. Yesterday’s budget won’t destroy the government, but it may decide the fate of Reeves and Starmer.

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The budget: Starmer and Reeves’ fight for survival
Today’s budget will matter for all of us. But it may seal the fate of Rachel Reeves and perhaps Keir Starmer. So, what should we look for?
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November 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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If you thought the Budget was chaotic already, wait until you hear the line Rachel Reeves dropped near the end.
Nigel Farage won’t have liked it.
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Reeves aims a searing ‘Russian assets’ gibe at Farage
Rachel Reeves used her Budget speech to jab at Nigel Farage, invoking Russia amid renewed security concerns
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November 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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The debate about net-zero gets noisier every year, but underneath the noise sits one unavoidable truth: the cost of not acting is far greater.
Marc Ainge's article lays out the evidence clearly.
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Climate change: an expensive myth or a question of survival?
Calls to end decarbonisation efforts threaten to undermine a thriving economic sector and our chance of a safer planet
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November 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Some politicians want to scrap the Climate Change Act. We'd get rising flood risks & ballooning insurance, & lose a net-zero sector that’s powering jobs and growth. It would torch investment and make our world more dangerous. Marc Ainge reports
Climate change: an expensive myth or a question of survival?
Calls to end decarbonisation efforts threaten to undermine a thriving economic sector and our chance of a safer planet
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November 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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What stands out is how personal this issue is becoming for clergy. From Norwich to Chelmsford to Canterbury, there’s a growing sense that the human impact is being flattened. Owen Sennitt reports

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New: Bishop warns asylum plans will fuel division
A senior Church of England bishop has criticised government asylum reforms, warning they will make integration significantly harder
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November 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Parenting exposes your relationship. Being a “husband with children” is a whole story of its own. Being an emotionally present dad is something many of us have to invent from scratch writes Matthew O'Conner Lomas
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Exploring fatherhood: How can dads do better?
Sometimes you need other fathers to help you see what’s going on in your own life as a dad. Two workshops gave me the chance to reflect
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November 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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The Bear doesn’t hold back. His new article tears through Reform UK’s chaotic budget claims and shows exactly why they fall apart. It’s deliciously savage. 🔥
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The truth behind Reform UK’s reckless budget
£25bn of imagined savings, real-world cruelty and mathematics that should come with a trigger warning
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November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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From the Open University to women’s sport the BBC has been an innovator. Public broadcasters take risks commercial ones never would. We need it. Stephen McNair comments

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Defending our national treasure: the voice of the nation
Politicians see the BBC through the lens of TV news, but those who want to undermine it threaten a central plank of our national culture
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November 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Prostate cancer mainly affects men over 50, symptoms may vary. In Ben's case it was a urinary tract infection.

This is his journey & shows early checks are vital for a cancer affecting 1 in 8 men.
The trouble with dribbles – a revealing prostate cancer journey
Prostate cancer can develop silently. Some have no classic prostate cancer symptoms. Early checks are vital – sometimes, the signs are hidden
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November 13, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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“We are ramping up sanctions on Russia…

We are freezing known Russian assets…

But let me be clear, I don’t actually mean the right honourable member for Clacton.”
Reeves aims a searing ‘Russian assets’ gibe at Farage
Rachel Reeves used her Budget speech to jab at Nigel Farage, invoking Russia amid renewed security concerns
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November 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM