3 d. ago A desperate, opportunist press and vicious politicians: no wonder the debate on refugees is so awful | Jane Martinson

Migration is one of the most important issues of our time and needs serious consideration. History will damn much of the UK media for failing to do thatAt the end of August the Sun put a picture of a pink poodle-shaped balloon on its front page, not to illustrate the last dog days of summer but the latest migrant hotel scandal, a story that has dominated the UK news agenda for weeks. In this case, the “balloonacy” of teaching hobbies to asylum seekers.The silly season, in which the press seeks to entertain readers with lighter news during the summer, is cancelled this year.Jane Martinson is professor of financial journalism at City St George’s and a member of the board of the Scott Trust, which owns the Guardian Media Group Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Brawl breaks out in Mexican senate over US military intervention against drug cartels

A brawl broke out in the Mexican Senate between two of the chamber's most senior politicians after a heated debate over US military intervention in Mexico.

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6 d. ago The ten WORST politicians in Britain... by DAN HODGES who isn't afraid of upsetting anyone. Yes they'll be furious when they read this but considering their actions it's well deserved...

The famous adage 'all political careers end in failure' isn't actually true. All politicians are, by definition, successful.

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7 d. ago STEPHEN GLOVER: At last! A politician who sees the enormity of the problems caused by mass uncontrolled immigration

Nigel Farage's press conference yesterday was an extraordinary political event. The leader of Reform UK did not so much tear up the rule book as incinerate it.

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2 w. ago How dare the public be told to tackle criminals... when politicians have left them to roam with impunity: By retired policeman NORMAN BRENNAN

Last week, Donald Trump deployed National Guard soldiers to Washington DC, to enact his promise of 'historic action to rescue our nation's capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam and squalor and worse'.

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2 w. ago Highlands renewables debate set for Westminster and Holyrood after 11 politicians back 'urgent calls'

Momentum is building to put pressure on the UK and Scottish Governments to debate the future of renewable projects in the Highlands.

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4 w. ago We must have transparency over migrants and crime. The politicians who lose control of our borders cannot be allowed to hide the consequences from us

24 hours before as part of Reform's Britain is lawless campaign, Farage called for ethnicity of suspects charged with rape and sexual assaults be made public. Now Cooper was in a hurry to oblige.

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