Chris Philp goes GONZO in the English Channel | Weekly roundup
The best day of Andy Burnham's life, Chris Philp goes gonzo in the Channel, and more climate change denial in a burning country.
Anoosh Chakelian and Will Dunn round up some stories you might have missed this week.
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The investigation into “Farage Fest”
The investigation into Nigel’s “Farage Fest” election party, Andy Burnham’s Ukrainian jam session and Pope Leo XIV making it onto Vanity Fair’s best dressed list.
Anoosh Chakelian and Will Dunn round up the stories of the week.
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Andy Burnham can’t explain the economy
Labour’s missing money metaphor, the millionaires still getting benefits and Dyson’s £420 toothbrush.
Anoosh Chakelian is joined by Will Dunn to round up the stories of the week.
READ: https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/bursting-the-bubble/2026/09/andy-burnham-cant-explain-the-economy
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Farage’s fan club doesn’t care about scandal
The fallout from Reform’s latest scandal, John Healey’s first major speech as Chancellor and Ukraine’s plan to tax porn stars.
Anoosh Chakelian and Will Dunn discuss the stories of the week.
Read: https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/09/the-gospel-according-to-nigel-paul-farage
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Will AI kill us all?
Are tech companies turning apocalypse into profit?
In 2022, we were all having fun with a new chatbot called ChatGPT. Meanwhile, ministers and civil servants of the British government were imagining how it might go horribly wrong.
Four years ago, AI experts were concerned about what people might d…
Is Ed Davey too nice?
The rise of balaclava Britain, Kemi Badenoch’s billionaire baloney and Donald Trump’s AI rebrand.
Anoosh Chakelian and Will Dunn discuss the stories of the week.
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Is Burnham brave or naive?
At this week’s Labour conference, Andy Burnham announced bigger and bolder policy ambitions than anyone expected. Was this too big a swing? Or the grand vision the country needs?
Elsewhere, next Thursday, there is a by-election happening in Holborn and St Pancras, the seat vacated by Keir Starmer.
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Reform clears its own officials over donations sting
Reform clearing its own officials of breaking party funding law, Kemi Badenoch’s inheritance tax gambit and was Britain really better off in the 1980s?
Anoosh Chakelian is joined by Will Dunn for our weekly round up.
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Reform slips to third in the polls
Reform falls behind Labour and the Tories for the first time since the general election, how animals shape our voting patterns and 100 years of Winnie-the-Pooh.
Anoosh Chakelian and Will Dunn round up the stories of the week.
READ: https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/bursting-the-bubble/2026/10/o…
Martin Lewis is "on speed dial to Number 10"
Martin Lewis's direct line to the government, Burnham's parking fine crackdown, and do the British public prefer picky bits or holly bobs?
Anoosh Chakelian and Will Dunn round up the stories of the week.
READ: https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/economy/2026/10/martin-lewis-i-get-criticised-that-…
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