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NEW YORK (AP) – The sinister-sounding term “shadow banning” has been in play recently, mostly thanks to conservatives – including President Donald Trump -… Via: AP EXPLAINS: What is shadow banning?

Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn at PMQsPMQs verdict: Jeremy Corbyn dances rings round May on BrexitHighlights from Met Police’s statement about novichok investigationHighlights from Theresa May’s statement to MPs about novichok case 3.04pm BST Tory MP Richard Drax tells Read more

Sam Gyimah calls on vice-chancellors to continue to embrace ideological diversityBritish universities are “not leftwing madrassas”, the higher education minister Sam Gyimah said in riposte to Toby Young, during a speech to vice-chancellors that was markedly gentler than the government’s recent rhetoric. Related: How Toby Young got where he isn’t Read more

Keep up with all the action across both divisionsAndy Bull: England with a big post-Cook hole to fillYou can email Tanya, tweet her, or leave a comment 2.54pm BST Ok, deep breath. Essex now 66 for five. Hampshire 95 for 6. Oh god and that’s another one at Taunton, Somerset Read more

From council tax to gym membership and from rail travel to milk cartons: why are we penalised for not being in a couple?Ordinarily, we like to scare the bejesus out of our youth, in the hope they’ll turn out even more boring and compliant than we are. (“Sex’ll give you Read more

Labour has been attacked for its stance on racism, but have other parties gone further?Labour faced widespread criticism for its delay in adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism, but where do the other main parties stand?In July the Conservative party claimed it had adopted the definition in Read more

Prime minister says wanted Russian men were spies – but declines to say that Vladimir Putin himself sent them Via: Salisbury poisoning suspects are Russian state assassins, Theresa May tells MPs

Police investigation shares similarities with discovery of polonium trail left by those accused of murdering Alexander Litvinenko Via: A London hotel room, counterfeit perfume and 11,000 hours of CCTV footage: How Russian novichok suspects were found

‘Clearly this was assassination attempt carried out by people involved in this tradecraft,’ says counterterror chief Via: Salisbury attack: Novichok poisoning suspects named as Russian nationals 'Alexander Petrov' and 'Ruslan Boshirov'

Follow live updates from Westminster Via: PMQs- live updates: 'Dancing' Theresa May mocked over Brexit, as PM demands antisemitism apology from Jeremy Corbyn