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Frank Field saw benefit in the Lib Dems. In this election year, Labour would be wise to do the same

David Marquand and Frank Field, both of whom died this week, never sat on the Labour benches together. The professor of politics and the...

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Martin Kettle

Lies, confections, distortions: how the right made London the most vilified place in Britain

I have been reading about the most abysmal place. It is a land where children, red-faced with their own radicalism, march alongside bearded...

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Aditya Chakrabortty

Smacking a child is just an act of violence. Why do England and Northern Ireland still allow it?

When a child is scared of their parents, they can spend a long time plucking up the courage to talk. I learned this during a decade of volunteering...

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Frances Ryan

Why we need to stop using ‘pro-Palestine’ and ‘pro-Israel’

In reporting on the encampments springing up on college campuses across the US, the media seem to have convened a terminology confab and agreed on...

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Judith Levine

Fair to say America isn’t gripped by Liz Trussmania. Here’s what she can learn from Mr Bean

‘I know the name,” texts a friend when I ask if she knows who Liz Truss is, but like most Americans can’t quite put her finger on why. “Like...

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Emma Brockes

Elected mayors have made their mark, but still Westminster hogs power. That’s a national embarrassment

All the bigger British political parties are in favour of devolution, yet it proves oddly difficult to deliver. England is a remarkably centralised...

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Tony Travers

Can we really trust AI to channel the public’s voice for ministers?

What is the role of AI in democracy? Is it just a volcano of deepfakes and disinformation? Or can it – as many activists and even AI labs are...

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Seth Lazar

In Portugal, we’re celebrating 50 years of freedom. So why is the far right creeping back?

Fifty years ago, on 25 April 1974, a military-led movement in Portugal took down the rightwing authoritarian regime that had governed the country...

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Vicente Valentim

The Trump family’s latest side hustle: Melania’s selling $245 Mother’s Day necklaces

If your husband was a legally adjudicated sexual predator who cheated on you with an adult film star shortly after you gave birth to his son, and...

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Arwa Mahdawi

Conan O’Brien is going viral for all the right reasons – hot wings and spewed milk

With every advance in human technology comes an advance in weird new emotional situations. For example, the Germans should invent a word for the...

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Rebecca Shaw

I started using heroin decades ago. The rejection of a Melbourne CBD injecting room feels like a rejection of me

I’ve used heroin off and on for decades now. I still do. Throughout my twenties, I had used drugs in ways that were often destructive to me. Back...

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Anonymous

Rishi Sunak has staked his premiership on Rwanda – but the electorate will punish him for it

The government’s current position on the Rwanda scheme is unlikely to boost its electoral hopes – and to understand why, we should look to...

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Henry Hill

Do you speak a ‘big’ global language? Here’s what my tiny language can teach you

A couple of years ago, I received an invitation from a German cultural institution to present my debut short story collection, which was translated...

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Ana Schnabl

Everyone laughed at Hitler in the 1920s. A century on, are we making the same mistake?

There’s something I heard that I can’t get out of my mind. It’s one line in a very long book full of other very good lines. This was the...

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Adrian Chiles

Hate crime against east Asian people in the UK rocketed during Covid – and it hasn’t gone away

I was elected a member of parliament in December 2019, just months before the Covid pandemic changed all of our lives. As Britain’s first MP of...

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Sarah Owen

We need an exodus from Zionism

I’ve been thinking about Moses, and his rage when he came down from the mount to find the Israelites worshiping a golden calf. The ecofeminist in...

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Naomi Klein

Britons don’t like culture wars, but that doesn’t mean the ‘woke mob’ messaging will stop

There was a time in the UK when “culture war” conjured up a certain ugliness that disfigures political discourse across the Atlantic. Particular...

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Owen Jones

King Charles looked for heroes to honour – and picked William, Kate and Camilla. Laugh? Cry? You choose

I wonder if I should award myself an honour, something grand-sounding. How about Most Excellent Keeper of the Belfry? It has a nice ring about it,...

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Norman Baker

Trump’s hush-money case might finally show him what accountability feels like

Donald Trump, who once bragged that he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and not lose any voters, has gotten away for years with unimaginable...

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Margaret Sullivan

I tried to become a local hero by rescuing a cat. I failed comprehensively

A couple of weeks ago I went to go see a woman about a cat. The woman was my neighbour (we’ll call her L) and she had lost her tabby, Karma....

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Arwa Mahdawi

Grogonomics The government shouldn’t boast about Australia’s latest CPI figures, but it shouldn’t panic either

Despite what the fearmongers would have you believe, the latest inflation figures showed that inflation remains well under control. Not only is...

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Greg Jericho

Horses are medicine – they’re helping give young Aboriginal people the love and support they need

I have seen horses soothe even the most troubled of souls, with cognitive and neurological issues, to be able to be completely still for the first...

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Juli Coffin

Guardian Opinion cartoon Martin Rowson on Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda mission accomplished – cartoon

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Arwa Mahdawi

I worry that hugging people could come across as creepy. So, from now on, all you’re getting is a handshake

I gave up hugging people just before Christmas; I thought it was for the best. I’m in my mid-50s, possibly a bit smelly and live in fear of...

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Adrian Chiles

On Anzac Day you’ll hear stories of courage and mateship. It’s a way to rationalise war

Commemoration, and what has increasingly become an almost ecclesiastic celebration of Australia’s short martial history, on Anzac Day relies on a...

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Paul Daley

First Dog on the Moon Last year Voyager 1 started sending ‘gibberish code’. It was broken! In space!

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Ana Schnabl

Starmer must drain the poison from the immigration debate – it’s what the public wants

“Look, if people don’t like the mug, they don’t have to get the mug,” Ed Miliband said, exasperated. We were on a train to Manchester for a...

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Rafael Behr

A brutal rape case convulsed Spain. We made a film to let survivors know they are not alone

For three and a half years, we worked in secret. Our families didn’t know what we were doing. Neither did our friends. We were making a film about...

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Almudena Carracedo And Robert Bahar

‘Miss AI’ is billed as a leap forward – but feels like a monumental step backwards

Meet Madame Potato. She doesn’t actually exist, but, if things go my way, she’s going to be the world’s first “Miss AI”. I recently created...

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Arwa Mahdawi

It’s St George’s Day, and England needs a reset. Here are three ways to do it

Most people probably won’t pay much notice to their calendars showing this is St George’s Day, a celebration of a long-dead Roman soldier whose...

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Tom Baldwin

Elon Musk’s battle over the Sydney church stabbing video is not about freedom of speech. It’s to titillate his followers

This battle was never about the removal of a single violent video for Elon Musk – it was always going to turn into a glib culture war fought with...

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Belinda Barnet

Sunak and his cabinet think one packed Rwanda flight will save them. It won’t

There will be a sigh of relief in No 10 with the passing of the Rwanda bill, as well as a degree of frustration. Having to steward another...

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Enver Solomon

The expansion of free childcare has been a Tory-fied mess of a bright Labour idea

Panic and a screeching U-turn. The prime minister dismissed claims there were too few nursery places for every two-year-old in England (with...

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Polly Toynbee

Was it Angela Rayner who was fined millions by HMRC? No, that was a Tory

I went past parliament last week and saw Angela Rayner. She is one of those politicians you couldn’t miss anyway, but she was also dressed in...

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Zoe Williams

Trump has dodged financial calamity – for the time being

Donald Trump dodged financial calamity on Monday. The office of Letitia James, the New York attorney general, and lawyers for Trump reached...

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Lloyd Green

On trial, Trump is a shadow of the superhero his supporters crave

Donald Trump is already in jail. He is pressed into confinement every weekday, except Wednesdays, beginning bright and early, no excuses, at 9.30...

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Sidney Blumenthal

Our leaders seem determined to give war a chance. Their thirst for conflict endangers us all

“The protagonists of 1914 were sleepwalkers, watchful but unseeing, haunted by dreams, yet blind to the reality of the horror they were about to...

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Jeremy Corbyn

The Guardian Essential report Here’s the truth: energy transition is hard. Not everyone gets a pony

The climate crisis has long been defined by its lies: From the original sin of science denial, to Tony Abbott’s confected carbon tax panic, to...

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Peter Lewis

Britain is sicker and poorer than it used to be. Sunak’s response? Attack disabled people

When a prime minister knows he is heading for electoral wipeout, he has one of two options. He can choose dignified statesmanship, using his...

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Frances Ryan

It’s clearer than ever that Brexit has failed – let’s not inflict its miseries on young people

Only those born before 1998 could vote on Brexit, so there is no conceivable way of knowing which way today’s 18- to 30-year-olds would have felt...

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Zoe Williams

Why are celebrities destroying multimillion dollar mansions?

Looking for a bargain beach house? Then you’re in luck. Kanye West has just lowered the price on his minimalist mansion in Malibu, California, to...

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Arwa Mahdawi

Protesting slaughter – like students in the US are doing – isn’t antisemitism

The most important thing I teach my students is to seek out people who disagree with them. That’s because the essence of learning is testing...

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Robert Reich

Australia’s new national cancer plan is brimming with good ideas – here are my top three picks

“I can’t thank you enough for your help.” This gratitude from a cancer survivor surprises me since I recall doing little of the sort. Some years...

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Ranjana Srivastava

Why I quit Life as a YouTube creator was great, but 12 years in, I felt like I was trapped on a hamster wheel

I was one of the first people in the UK to make YouTube videos about sex and relationships. I started in 2011 when I was 19 years old. But at the...

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Hannah Witton

Ravaged by austerity, chastened by Brexit: how can Britain have influence abroad when it’s broken at home?

Deciding on what the UK’s place in the world should be has been like watching politicians spin a wheel. Then spinning it again when the option...

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Nesrine Malik

Let’s hear it for the true geniuses: the people who name paints

Recently, I went on an adventure to an alien and intimidating place, a real no-go area: Belgravia’s interiors shops. My best friend is trying to buy...

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Emma Beddington

Iran seems like it’s in escalation mode – but all-out war with Israel is the last thing it wants

Tit-for-tat confrontation between Israel and Iran has sparked concerns about escalation dragging the Middle East into all-out war. Such a scenario...

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Lina Khatib

My twin babies didn’t survive their premature birth – and I’m left to wonder why

One, two, three, four, five, breathe, breathe. One, two, three, four, five, breathe, breathe. Lying on the cold tiles of my bathroom floor, I had...

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Sara Mussa

The rural network, Victoria If Australia has reached ‘peak milk’, what does that mean for our food security?

If the last thing you remember about Australian dairy farmers is the $1 milk price war, it is worth thinking a little more deeply about the white...

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Gabrielle Chan

My parents were taken hostage on 7 October. This Passover, we pray for leaders who bring dignity and peace

Passover has an intensity I have always cherished. I love the sense of community, family, tradition, inclusivity and togetherness. We mark it with...

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Sharone Lifschitz

Being back in the beach house that witnessed much of my 20s feels strange and wondrous – like a sort of time travel

Many years ago, a friend from university invited some of us to his mum’s beach house at Walkerville South. His mum had bought the house super...

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Nova Weetman

No matter how bad the Rwanda bill is, a bunch of unelected peers shouldn’t decide its fate

Almost everyone agrees the government’s Rwanda bill is a bad idea. Its effects on deterring immigration will be trivial. It fails to show that...

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Simon Jenkins

As an actor, I know the value of culture. As West Yorkshire’s mayor, I’ll use it to enrich lives and provide jobs

I grew up in a council flat in Batley, West Yorkshire, on free school meals. I was the first in my family to go to university and the first to forge...

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Tracy Brabin

What do I want for Posh at 50? Happiness. She and the Spice Girls deserve it

The Spice Girls are like German biscuits in reverse. They don’t remind you of the seasons – the seasons remind you of them. On the eve of St...

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Zoe Williams

Did Boris Johnson really sabotage peace talks between Russia and Ukraine? The reality is more complicated

The war in Ukraine will be a source of fascination and study for historians for decades to come. Even today, two years in, we’re starting to see...

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Emma Ashford

The west defends Israel’s skies. Not doing the same for Ukraine is a deadly mistake

The value of an effective air defence system and of unwavering international support was crystal clear the night of Iran’s massive attack on...

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Nathalie Tocci

Sports gambling in the US is addictive, under-regulated, and far from progressive

On Wednesday, the NBA announced that Jontay Porter, a center for the Toronto Raptors, was banned from the league for life. An investigation found...

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Bhaskar Sunkara

Left silences right, right silences left. But censorship stops us pushing for change

Two conferences in two European cities. Two attempted bans (though only one successful). Two different responses from politicians and the media....

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Kenan Malik

The Tories are playing a risky game with their relentless pursuit of Angela Rayner

James Daly, the Tory MP who pestered the Greater Manchester police into reopening inquiries into Angela Rayner, rather gave the game away when he...

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Andrew Rawnsley

A radical British politics rooted in nature is spreading – and the establishment doesn’t like it

Something very interesting is happening in the UK, to do with nature, the expanses of land we think of as the countryside, and where all those...

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John Harris

Mental health is a measure of success, not a reason for politicians to sneer

There’s more to life than money, but societies can struggle to express it. When we talk about the state of nations and their citizens, we tend...

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Martha Gill

Andrew Neil needs to be more Vorderman, less Voldemort

The discredited television personality Andrew Neil, formerly the laughing launch-face of the seemingly Ofcom-untouchable, fun-packed, fact-averse,...

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Stewart Lee

David Cameron is making great strides. No, he really is, you can watch them on video

Trotters up, or down? Even if you once admired Danny Dyer’s immortal summary of post-Brexit David Cameron – “He’s in Europe, in Nice, with...

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Catherine Bennett

Britain was wise to cleave to Europe as the empire began to disintegrate. It’s time to do it again

There were fateful choices in the autumn of 1931 and the months that followed whose consequences affect us today. The beliefs still current in...

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Will Hutton

Republic of Parenthood I’ve always been untidy. Nothing prepared me, however, for the mess having a child would make

Our flat is a mess. I write this looking at a pile of laundry taller than I am, besides which are two semi-unpacked suitcases and a Fisher-Price...

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Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Seven things you really don’t need to worry about, from ‘straw wrinkles’ to sitting too much

I don’t like to blow my own trumpet but I’m really good at worrying. If a family member fails to answer my message within 30 seconds, they’re...

21.04.2024 5

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Emma Beddington

Making sense of it Looking for role models among the spiritual leaders of history? Look to the women in their lives

Sometimes I think the entire point of religion is to help men behave more like women. Members of a religious community are supposed to get along...

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Jackie Bailey

The staggering suicide crisis billows unabated through our First Nations communities

Australia has recorded its youngest apparent suicide in child protection custody – a 10-year-old boy, who had been in the custody of the state of...

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Megan Krakouer And Gerry Georgatos

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