20 h. ago Mythmatch – taking on ancient Greek tech bros to rebuild a broken world

Low-budget puzzle game is also about building communities and challenging capitalism – while still looking cute and approachableOne of the most interesting trends in game design is the use of familiar mechanics and genres to explore real-world power systems and how to challenge them. Forthcoming deck-building game, All Will Rise, seeks to interest players in political activism, Compensation Not Guaranteed aims to educate players about south-east Asian politics, while MythMatch is ostensibly a puzzle game set in ancient Greece, but is also about building communities and challenging capitalism – while still looking cute and approachable.You play as Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, who is having to navigate the institutionalised sexism of Mount Olympus, here represented as a corporation infested with tech bros. In defiance, she decides to help the mortals of Ithaca build a new, more progressive world – and you do this by running around the little environments, merging items and animal...

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30 h. ago Starmer criticises Reform and Tory ‘scaremongering’ as MPs return to Westminster

Sir Keir has promised a ‘national renewal’ after a summer of anti-migrant protests and troubling Labour poll ratings

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31 h. ago Keir Starmer slams Nigel Farage's 'scaremongering' as he makes pledge to British families

Keir Starmer has slammed the 'scaremongering' tactics of Reform UK and the Tories and said he is rolling up his sleeves to make a genuine difference to British families’ lives

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3 d. ago Interview at Riverside Studios review: glib, overcooked, and with zero chemistry

Robert Sean Leonard is a washed-up political journalist interviewing an influencer played by Paten Hughes in this glib two-hander

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5 d. ago ED MILIBAND: 'Reform and Tories will put UK at Putin's mercy over energy'

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband says: 'What is keeping bills high is that wholesale gas prices are still 75% higher than before Putin’s invasion of Ukraine'

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5 d. ago ‘It’s a betrayal’: Playing domestic games abroad faces new threat as key political figure criticises move

The European Commissioner for Sport says it would be “a betrayal” to play domestic league matches overseas

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5 d. ago Voices: When it comes to Reform, Labour and the Tories are making the same mistake

In directing their fire at Nigel Farage, Reform’s opponents risk building him up, helping him seize the agenda – and further exposing their own limitations and failures over immigration, says Andrew Grice

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5 d. ago Tories and Reform offer only ‘easy answers and snake oil’ on UK

Nick Thomas-Symonds also accused Nigel Farage of ‘dividing communities and stoking anger’Responding to Ofgem announcing that the energy price cap will rise by 2% (see 8.47am BST), Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey said:The last thing struggling families and pensioners need is higher energy bills this winter. The government should cancel this rise and take up our plan to halve energy bills instead.Ministers should be cutting bills by making sure energy firms pass on the benefits of cheap renewables, not putting up bills yet again. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Tories would ‘potentially’ strike returns deal with Taliban, says party chairman

Kevin Hollinrake’s comments come after Nigel Farage raised the possibility of Reform UK negotiating a returns agreement with the Afghan government.

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7 d. ago Russell Findlay will not quit if Tories fall behind Reform as he breaks silence on second defection

Russell Findlay has insisted he will not quit if the Scottish Tories finish behind Reform at next ear’s election - stressing it will “take time” to win back public support.

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7 d. ago Should people be fined for playing music on public transport? Take our poll and have your say

After the Tories 'copied' the Lib Dems' plan to introduce fines for 'headphone dodgers' who play music out loud on public transport, we want to know your thoughts on the idea

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7 d. ago Public losing confidence in Starmer over migration new poll reveals as Labour vows to fast

Yvette Cooper promised to take measures to slash the backlog and move migrants out of hotels but seven out of 10 voters think issue is being handled ‘badly’ by Labour

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8 d. ago Starmer's asylum court overhaul 'will not stop the boats landing': Critics accuse PM of 'tinkering around the edges' as tensions flare at hotel rallies

The Tories and Reform UK said the proposals are designed to see off public anger over migrant hotels but are nothing more than 'tinkering at the edges' of the asylum system.

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8 d. ago Netflix fans are just realising where they've seen Hostage star before

Hostage follows British prime minister Abigail Dalton, played by Suranne Jones, as she navigates a political crisis involving the kidnapping of her husband

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9 d. ago Tories and Reform 'playing politics' on migration, Labour say

Labour’s Border Security Minister Angela Eagle pointed out both the Conservatives and Reform UK had voted against Labour’s tough border security bill at second reading

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1 week ago ‘If I felt Zuckerberg and Sandberg were monsters, I wouldn’t have worked at Meta’: Nick Clegg on tech bros, AI and Starmer’s half measures

When Britain’s former deputy PM took a job at Meta, nothing could have prepared him for the ‘cloying conformity’ of the tech world. So why does he still think social media is a force for good?• Read an exclusive extract from Nick Clegg’s new book hereThe rain is just starting to fall from a grey London sky as Sir Nick Clegg arrives, duckingthrough the traffic and carrying what looks like his laundry. C lean shirts for the photoshoot, he says, before apologetically wondering if he might possibly get a coffee. Within minutes he has further apologised for wanting to swap the leather club chair he is offered for a hard plastic one; and then, in horror, for any impression inadvertently given that my questions might send him to sleep.Impeccable English manners should never be mistaken for diffidence – at 58, Clegg remains the only British political figure who could convincingly be played by the equally posh but self-effacing Colin Firth, whose old London home Clegg recently bought – but t...

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1 week ago Desperate Scottish Tories face oblivion at hands of Reform if they don't change course

Record View says everyone can see the Conservatives are desperately trying to ape Reform UK as they plummet in the polls.

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1 week ago WASPI women feel 'totally abandoned' after 10 years as poll shows election threat

A snap poll of 5,000 1950s-born women found 80% feel Labour and the Tories take them for granted and 85% think Nigel Farage's Reform 'don't care'

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1 week ago Playing politics gets dangerous for Julie Delpy and Suranne Jones in ‘Hostage’

Julie Delpy and Suranne Jones found filming scenes as politicians terrifying for new Netflix thriller show “Hostage.”

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2 w. ago Nigel Farage mocked over launching Reform FC football shirts after Southgate rant

The Reform UK leader, 61, is selling the teal tops for £39.99 a pop — or £99.99 for signed editions — despite previously demanding "keep politics out of football". Who's going to play left-wing?

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