Yesterday, I went to 11 Downing Street (the office and home of the Chancellor of the Exchequer) to find out the details about John Healey and Andy Burnham's first Budget.

Will they end the 40 years of neoliberalism like Burnham promised or do they fall short?

Come along with me to find out on Slow News Day!

(We also met Larry the Cat!)

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A new conspiracy theory is haunting the online right. They have found, in the clutches of this insidious group, an explanation for everything wrong with the world. This group controls every Labour Prime Minister ever elected, including Andy Burnham, and who knows how many other politicians, thinkers, business leaders, etc.

This conspiracy has had an airing on Joe Rogan, as well as basically every other weird right-wing podcast at this point. Also, I ran into a purveyor of this conspiracy theory whilst on the way to interview the Prime Minister at Labour Party conference recently.

It all centres on a group known as... The Fabian Society. Dun Dun Duuuun!

Is this group really where the true power lies, or is it an absolutely nuts conspiracy theory? Let’s find out.

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So it's (still) all kicking off in France. Youth protests hit boiling point this weekend, with over 2,000 people arrested across the country. And yet, it’s not just France. Back in Spring, we saw, in India, the emergence of the Cockroach Janta Party. Originally nothing more than an online meme, the Cockroach movement soon grew into a thriving youth movement, which caused the resignation of the education minister and has genuinely threatened Narendra Modi’s grip on power…

The housing protests in Spain have also caused the government to call a snap election amidst a general strike. All of this not long after youth-led protests in Nepal and Madagascar both brought down governments. It really is kicking off everywhere. And, while young people aren’t the only people protesting, they do appear to very much be at the front of the pack. Today, I want to look at why the kids aren’t okay and where this could all be going next.

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