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Tue 1 Sept 2026

Today's debates

Notting Hill carnival 2026 in London, 31 August 2026.
quote  Happy 60th anniversary, Notting Hill carnival – a symbol of all that London can be
Sadiq Khan
Palace of Westminster, home to the Houses of Parliament in London.
quote  The rich and powerful are already trying to sway the next election – I have a plan to stop them
Stella Creasy
Two men walking through sludge past the shells of homes
quote  The Nepal and Tibet flood is a warning: melting snow and ice will bring more disasters around the world
Bill McGuire
A satellite image of Crews Hill and Chase Park in Enfield, north London, April 27, 2026.
quote  Nimbys can’t stand in the way of Labour’s legacy: a 21st-century new town boom
Polly Toynbee
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Employees at work on a semiconductorEmployees in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, at work on a semiconductor lithography tool for Dutch tech company ASML in 2019. lithography tool for Dutch tech company ASML in 2019.
quote  From Bill Gates to Bernie Sanders, most agree the AI arms race is disastrous. Only Europe can make it stop
Alexander Hurst
Mark Zuckerberg presents Meta’s smart glasses at a company event in Menlo Park, California, on 17 September 2025.
quote  The law won’t save us from Meta’s ‘pervert glasses’. The only solution is mockery
Jonathan Liew
Aftermath of flash floods in Nepal's Nuwakot district, 29 August 2026.
quote  The Nepal floods seem a world away – but make no mistake, climate breakdown will affect us all
Nesrine Malik
Chancellor John Healey during Andy Burnham's first Cabinet meeting in Downing Street, 21 July 2026.
quote  Defence spending is an insatiable beast. John Healey is right to tame it
John McTernan
A young female university student studying on her laptop computer in her messy bedroom at home
quote  More and more undergrads are living at home. That’s a crying shame – here’s why
Rohan Sathyamoorthy
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