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Does the world need another comment about Russell Brand? Whatever, it's getting one. And with special regard to that period between, roughly, 2013 and 2015 when Brand assumed a left wing persona and was variously feted by the radical and mainstream sections of the labour movement. Following Brand's convictions for rape and sexual assault, point scoring has been the order of t...

It is increasingly preposterous to produce a countdown of the five most popular posts when the previous month only saw six or seven, but I do have a taste for the absurd. Here's what did the business in October.

1. Evading the Simple ...

This month saw 49,764 votes cast in 26 local authority contests. All percentages are rounded to the nearest single decimal place. 15 council seats changed hands. For comparison with September's results, see here.

Apart from stiffing recent graduates and dragging more people into higher tax bands, Martin Lewis was quite pleased with John Healey's budget statement. Which fits the label

If there were doubts about Reform's political character, ITV's undercover documentary has put them to bed. In encounter after encounter, its reporters were witnesses to unprompted, off-the-cuff racism. But we're not talking about the casual dropping of slurs. Instead, a parad...