3 hours ago Faced with Trump and Farage, Britain’s natural ally is Europe | William Keegan

The Labour party’s determination to stick to Brexit simply condemns the UK to fight a lone hand against the far-right forces ranged against itThe sight of other world leaders toadying up to the US president-elect – the criminal Donald Trump – and his henchman Elon Musk is distasteful enough, but in the world of realpolitik they probably feel they have no option.The great American journalist HL Mencken did not live to see the fulfilment of his 1920 prophecy that “one day the White House will be occupied by a downright fool and complete narcissistic moron” but he is no doubt turning in his grave. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Mark Cuban uses Elon Musk’s own AI chatbot to shoot down his praise of far

Musk said that ‘only the AfD can save Germany’ in a post on X on Friday night that provoked widespread backlash from politicians at home and overseas

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4 hours ago Scottish political establishment writes off Nigel Farage and Reform at their peril

The removal from his post of a Scottish organiser of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK was par for the course.

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13 hours ago Tesla issues major recall of almost 700,000 vehicles as key warning system fault identified

Elon Musk's Tesla vehicles have been hit by another recall after it was found a key warning system may not work properly on around 700,000 cars, including the Cybertruck

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16 hours ago Chris Riddell on how Peter Mandelson’s meeting with Donald ‘Jabba the Hut’ Trump might go – cartoon

The Labour peer, who has been appointed Britain’s US ambassador, greets Trump as Elon Musk and Nigel Farage look on Continue reading...

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16 hours ago Elon Musk’s Tesla forced to recall cars because of fault that ‘increases crashing’

Elon Musk's luxury electronic vehicle company has been forced to recall almost 700,000 units after the fault was identified, with owners now having to wait for a resolution

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18 hours ago Stephen King posts ‘scary’ warning about Elon Musk’s control over Trump

King’s fans said that the statement was more disturbing than any of his novels

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18 hours ago Voices: Labour fears Nigel Farage – but he’s Keir Starmer’s secret weapon against the Tories

The Reform leader is one of the most important politicians of recent British history. He ought to be taken seriously, writes John Rentoul

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18 hours ago Elon Musk says Magdeburg Christmas market slaughter would not have happened if hard

The billionaire Tesla boss retweeted a post on X by a German activist claiming 'only the AfD would have prevented' Friday's attack which saw at least five people killed after a car rammed into a crowd.

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