How far must UK go to fend off threat of foreign interference in its elections? | Party funding

Russia has been attempting to meddle with western democracy for years, but successive governments led by Boris Johnson and others have insisted that the UK’s electoral system can withstand its influence. That argument was recently blown apart by the conviction of former Reform politician Nathan Gill, jailed for 10 years for accepting bribes to advance…

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Robert Redford, A House of Dynamite, Foreign Oscar Race — Screen Talk

Much like “Screen Talk” podcast co-host Ryan Lattanzio felt after leaving Kathryn Bigelow’s nuclear missile thriller “A House of Dynamite” at Venice — which he rave-reviewed — Anne Thompson left a recent L.A. screening of the movie with her heart pounding in her chest. Written by Noah Oppenheim, Bigelow’s real-time thriller about the banalities and…

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