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Move civil servants out of London: fine. But that won’t curb Whitehall’s grip on Britain

16.05.2025 4

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Simon Jenkins

MPs are voting on the next stage of the assisted dying bill. This is their chance to create a legacy

16.05.2025 5

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Polly Toynbee

Trump’s Middle East tour tells us he has forgotten about Gaza, much to Netanyahu’s delight

16.05.2025 40

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Yossi Mekelberg

Why is Maga-land so obsessed with Kai Trump turning 18? Do you really need to ask?

16.05.2025 10

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Arwa Mahdawi

A jolt back to life: after years of avoiding risk, I have decided to dive in and say yes

16.05.2025 6

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Nova Weetman

Stephen Miller is wrong: the president can’t just suspend habeas corpus

16.05.2025 10

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Austin Sarat

Labour has denounced me as ‘deeply misleading’ on its planning reform. I wish that were true

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George Monbiot

It can be hard to end a phone call. But ‘Okaybye’ is not the way to do it

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Adrian Chiles

Just ignore all the myths about low-traffic neighbourhoods: they’re popular, effective and here to stay

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Izzy Romilly

Do you trust Mark Zuckerberg to solve your loneliness with an ‘AI friend’? No, me neither

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Emma Brockes

Democrats are failing against Trump. We need a new generation in 2026

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Alexandra Rojas

You might live to be 100. Are you ready?

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Andrew J Scott

Romania might be about to make a Trump-admiring former football hooligan its president. This is why

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Andrei Popoviciu

What on Earth is happening with Australia’s political parties?

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It’S Been A Helluva Week

A fluff ball with a monster face: what explains the luxury appeal of Labubu dolls?

Labubu dolls first hit the market in 2019, but in 2025 they’re sustaining a viral moment. We should ask ourselves why. News.com.au reports that...

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Van Badham

Australia’s wage growth remains solid. But now the recovery needs to be sustained

Labor swept to victory on 3 May after a campaign dominated by concerns about the cost of living. But the latest wage and home lending data should...

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Greg Jericho

What Trump’s ‘palace in the sky’ gift from Qatar reveals

It certainly looks as if policy is for sale in the Trump administration. After all, the president’s primary domestic policy deputy, Elon Musk,...

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Moira Donegan

I went to the pub with an old friend – and headed home at 9.30pm. Is anyone still there for last orders?

There was a time when I never left a pub before last orders. Whether or not I was enjoying myself – and on reflection I often wasn’t – I’d be...

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Adrian Chiles

Ben Jennings on Trump’s $145bn arms deal with Saudi Arabia – cartoon

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Zoe Williams

After 35 years, the Menendez brothers have a chance for parole. Was that the Netflix effect?

When the true-crime documentary Menendez Brothers: Misjudged? aired in 2022 on Discovery , its impact was not immediate, except on TikTok, where –...

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Zoe Williams

Having risked my life in war zones for the BBC, I know this: cuts to the World Service will be disastrous

In a short space of time, the British government has made two decisions that will negatively affect the lives and livelihoods of millions of people...

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Martin Bell

Keir Starmer is caught in yet another trap of his own making

Keir Starmer is embattled but not threatened. It is a strange combination. He is not challenged by Kemi Badenoch, who is weak in parliament and...

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Rafael Behr

The good news from Kyiv: with or without a ceasefire, Ukraine has a newfound confidence

My train rolled into Kyiv last week as Russian ballistic missiles and drones hit the city, killing a mother and her son. I had last been in Ukraine...

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Nathalie Tocci

The Liberal party’s appointment of Sussan Ley is a historic moment – but not the one that matters

In 2018, Scott Morrison addressed the Liberal party room with an evangelical Trumpian fervour. Having just blown up Malcolm Turnbull’s government...

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Julia Banks

Opposing LTNs doesn’t make you a ‘culture war’ petrol-head. Just look at what happened in Lambeth

Should cars be illegal? Are drivers evil? The way some councils have been imposing “low-traffic neighbourhoods” over the past five years, it seems...

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Joseph Harker

Who would win in a fight between 100 Brits and 100 Americans? I know how to find out

Shall we take a brief moment to forget the hellworld outside and focus on something utterly inane? That was a rhetorical question, because you’re...

yesterday 4

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Arwa Mahdawi

Israel is annihilating Palestinian children. Amer Rabea was one of them

Amer Mohammed Rabea was 14 years old. He was a US citizen. On 7 April 2025, he was shot and killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank city...

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Ahmad Ibsais

The assisted dying lobby isn’t being honest with you – disabled people are at risk from this bill

You’ve been deceived by the campaign for assisted dying. It has told you who the proposed law is for: people on their metaphorical deathbeds, no...

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Lucy Webster

Real or flake? Experts weigh in on whether TikTok’s viral ‘caveman method’ skin care routine actually works

The latest viral skincare routine involves no skincare at all. Dubbed the “caveman method”, it involves shunning any kind of skincare products, as...

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Natasha May

Poor Trump: you can’t even accept a luxury jet from Qatar without being called corrupt these days

If you’re familiar with your folklore, you’ll know the story of The Emperor’s New Plane, in which some barely-even-wily out-of-towners turn up...

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Marina Hyde

Trump’s border intimidation is coming for US citizens too – ask streamer Hasan Piker

Where are all the free speech warriors on the right now? Hasan Piker, a popular streamer with 4.5 million followers across YouTube and Twitch, who...

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Owen Jones

Ivanka Trump is now a food waste entrepreneur – but there’s just one glaring problem

Ivanka Trump has had her manicured fingers in many pies. She’s designed jewellery and shoes. She’s written a book called Women Who Work, marketed...

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Arwa Mahdawi

Trump’s Middle East trip isn’t just about diplomacy. It’s about the family business

On his first day back in the White House, reporters asked Donald Trump where he might go on his maiden overseas trip. The US president saw it as an...

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Mohamad Bazzi

Ice has become Trump’s private militia. It must be abolished

On Friday, the Democratic mayor of Newark was arrested and detained in his own city by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents. His crime?...

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Mehdi Hasan

There’s only one problem with Labour’s immigration plans: they’re completely untethered from reality

How do you reduce immigration while at the same time boosting growth? Labour’s recent immigration white paper sets out a supposedly clear answer....

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Jonathan Portes

I was secretary of labor. Trump’s bizarre tariff scheme won’t revive American jobs

On Sunday night, the US announced that it was cutting tariffs on Chinese imports from 145% to 30%, for 90 days, and the Chinese are dropping...

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Robert Reich

Australia chose the nice guy over the tough guy. But Labor is going to need momentum to meet the challenge

Australia has consummated a second man date with the prime minister. Now it’s time to clear the air about what we have consented to and the nature...

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Peter Lewis

The Liberal party has a new leader, but is it really a win?

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Peter Lewis

A worshipper is murdered in a French mosque. How can this be ‘just another crime’?

Friday is a holy day for practising Muslims – a time to observe the faith more deeply and, where possible, attend prayers at the mosque. That’s...

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Rokhaya Diallo

We told young people that degrees were their ticket to a better life. It’s become a great betrayal

It’s boomerang season again. Or to put it another way, the time of year when adult children you imagined might be flying the nest come home instead...

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Gaby Hinsliff

Trump risks driving Europe into China’s embrace. Xi Jinping will be delighted

How does Xi Jinping view the circus Donald Trump is ring-mastering in Washington? There is no denying that the new president has created an...

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Orville Schell

The toxic debate about obesity rages on. But at least we know if Mounjaro or Wegovy is better for weight loss

‘Why you might be given the ‘second-best’ weight-loss drug”, ran the i’s coverage of the most recent research findings: Mounjaro is officially more...

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Zoe Williams

The new pope is the internet’s biggest meme. What does that say about us?

While most good Catholics spent the early days of this week in solemn contemplation, praying that the church’s new leader would be a person of...

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Tayo Bero

It’s the great immigration experiment. But will Starmer test Labour to destruction?

Immigration is a tinderbox. No one listening to voters on doorsteps in recent local elections could deny this. Nothing Labour does will satisfy...

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Polly Toynbee

Is Britain breaking international law over Israel to avoid offending Trump? We may find out in court this week

On Tuesday, the British government will be in the high court defending the indefensible: its continuing approval of arms exports to Israel. As the...

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Yasmine Ahmed

Conservatives are trumpeting a new abortion-pill study. One problem: it’s bogus

Almost two-thirds of US abortions are induced with pills. The drug mifepristone blocks the pregnancy hormone progesterone, ending the growth of the...

previous day 20

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Moira Donegan

To the new environment minister, Murray Watt: it’s time to get reforms right

Long overdue reform of national environment laws is unfinished business for the 48th parliament and the re-elected Albanese government. Senator...

previous day 8

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Lyndon Schneiders

‘Cheap foreign labour’ – this is how Keir Starmer denigrates the migrant carers looking after your loved ones

I would love to know what exactly happens, in the top-level meetings where the prime minister decides to be even tougher on immigration. Is there...

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Zoe Williams

If Jacinta Nampijinpa Price becomes Liberal deputy it will be a wild ride for the party – and whoever is leader

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s confirmation she will run for Liberal deputy has put the members of an already shell-shocked party into a new spin....

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Michelle Grattan For The Conversation

Greece is booming again. This time, will it last?

Cranes are finally whirling over a long-blighted stretch of wasteland on the Athens Riviera, just 6 miles from the Acropolis, which has been a...

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Paul Taylor