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The way to tackle obesity in the UK is to make healthy food affordable. But the government won’t admit it

The government’s policy on obesity, announced on Sunday, sounds as though it’s tough on the supermarkets: they really must do better on the health...

yesterday 7

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Zoe Williams

Carers like me connect patients and doctors – so why are we so often made to feel invisible?

It’s autumn 2024 and I’m talking to an A&E doctor. We’re on the refreshment break at a conference about care. He tells me that he and his...

yesterday 20

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Emily Kenway

One way or another, it’s time to stick up for Keir Starmer and the art of the big, fat U-turn

Our lesson today is taken from St Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians, chapter 14, verse eight: “ For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound,...

yesterday 10

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Stefan Stern

How can Australians make sure AI delivers on its hype? By proudly embracing our inner luddite

If I hear another well-intentioned person justifying their support for the regulation of AI with the qualifier “I’m no luddite, but …” I’m going to...

yesterday 10

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Peter Lewis

I was a big orca fan – but their skincare regime is giving me the ick

I’ve thought for a while that it would be nice to be an orca. Not because I hate boats and they sink them (though I get it – the briny depths are...

yesterday 8

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Emma Beddington

Are rents affordable in Amsterdam? Not if you are a newcomer

When I moved to Amsterdam, I felt incredibly lucky to find an illegal six-month sublet 15 minutes by bike from the centre, secured through a friend...

yesterday 30

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Amber Howard

Peter Thiel’s Palantir poses a grave threat to Americans

Draw a circle around all the assets in the US now devoted to artificial intelligence. Draw a second circle around all the assets devoted to the US...

yesterday 300

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Robert Reich

Zohran Mamdani won by being himself – and his victory has revealed the Islamophobic ugliness of others

Zohran Mamdani’s stunning win in New York’s mayoral primary has been a tale of two cities, and two Americas. In one, a young man with hopeful,...

yesterday 100

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Nesrine Malik

Dear PM, thanks for the welfare concessions, but I still won’t vote for your bill. Scrap the whole thing

In the face of growing opposition, the government finally stopped ignoring the warnings from its own backbenchers and made changes to its...

yesterday 40

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Richard Burgon

Palestine Action spraying paint is not terrorism. As ministers abuse their powers, I feel a duty to speak out

Strongly worded emails are not doing it. Appeals to MPs are not doing it. Taking to the streets in our hundreds of thousands with banners and...

yesterday 1

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Juliet Stevenson

What’s it like to be 23 and starting a new life? I’m unpacking a lot of emotions as my son heads to the US

What’s it like to be 23 and starting a new life? I’m unpacking a lot of emotions as my son heads to the US

There’s an accurate, if snide, thing I’ve seen online that reads “No parent on Facebook can believe their child has turned any age”, and yes,...

previous day 10

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Emma Beddington

Don’t count on the Iran-Israel ceasefire lasting. What Netanyahu really wants is a forever war

Don’t count on the Iran-Israel ceasefire lasting. What Netanyahu really wants is a forever war

The war is over! Except it’s not, not by a long chalk. The verbally agreed Iran-Israel ceasefire could be ripped to shreds at any moment. An...

previous day 60

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Simon Tisdall

Labour could find the money it wants without raising taxes. This is austerity by amnesia

Labour could find the money it wants without raising taxes. This is austerity by amnesia

This summer’s “rebuild, rebuild, rebuild” campaign by the government feels less like a policy programme than a seance. Promising renewal, Keir...

previous day 50

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Randeep Ramesh

It’s true that my fellow students are embracing AI – but this is what the critics aren’t seeing

It’s true that my fellow students are embracing AI – but this is what the critics aren’t seeing

Reading about the role of artificial intelligence in higher education, the landscape looks bleak. Students are cheating en masse in our assessments...

previous day 30

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Elsie Mcdowell

Palestine Action is part of Britain’s proud history of protest. Proscribing it is an assault on democracy

Palestine Action is part of Britain’s proud history of protest. Proscribing it is an assault on democracy

The facts are not disputed. On 20 June, two activists spray-painted two RAF Voyager aircraft at Brize Norton, where flights regularly leave for RAF...

previous day 10

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Suresh Grover

As a visibly physically disabled MP, my view on the welfare bill is clear: we need a reset and fast

As a visibly physically disabled MP, my view on the welfare bill is clear: we need a reset and fast

In March 2020, when the Conservative government looked like an outlier in appearing to pursue a Covid strategy centring on herd immunity, for the...

previous day 30

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Marie Tidball

The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s China deal: rare earths pave the green road to militarisation

The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s China deal: rare earths pave the green road to militarisation

It’s an irony that the minerals needed to save the planet may help destroy it. Rare earth elements, the mineral backbones of wind turbines and...

previous day 20

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Marie Tidball

What if the world’s religions aren’t competing but rather one unfolding truth?

What if the world’s religions aren’t competing but rather one unfolding truth?

I was born in Iran after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, when religion became the architecture of public life. But it was precisely this fusion of...

previous day 10

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Kat Eghdamian

The Guardian view on Wimbledon: the tennis commands attention, but so should the abuse of players

The Guardian view on Wimbledon: the tennis commands attention, but so should the abuse of players

With temperatures forecast to be as high as 34C, spectators as well as players must arrive at the All England Lawn Tennis Club on Monday prepared...

previous day 9

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Marie Tidball

Nicola Jennings on Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer’s £22bn ‘black hole’ – cartoon

previous day 10

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Marie Tidball

A dreadlocked rebel soldier kept me alive in Bougainville 28 years ago. Reuniting with him was an emotional experience

A dreadlocked rebel soldier kept me alive in Bougainville 28 years ago. Reuniting with him was an emotional experience

Time dims even the most vivid memory. Like a well-loved family black-and-white album, the memories of my experiences during an assignment in...

previous day 8

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Mike Bowers

Trump dropped an F-bomb this week – and just for a moment, I warmed to him

Trump dropped an F-bomb this week – and just for a moment, I warmed to him

I did not get out of bed this morning expecting to praise the public use of an expletive, but such is 2025. If any president was going to break...

saturday 10

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Gary Nunn

The US supreme court has dramatically expanded the powers of the president

The US supreme court has dramatically expanded the powers of the president

Those of us who cover the US supreme court are faced, every June, with a peculiar challenge: whether to describe what the supreme court is doing,...

saturday 100

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Moira Donegan

Struggling in politics? Consider a war – the media will help

Struggling in politics? Consider a war – the media will help

“You furnish the pictures. I’ll furnish the war,” was the storied response of the newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst to Frederic Remington...

saturday 50

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Margaret Sullivan

An entire village in Dorset is facing eviction – proof that private money holds all the power in rural England

An entire village in Dorset is facing eviction – proof that private money holds all the power in rural England

Power hides by setting us against each other. This is never more true than in the countryside, where the impacts of an extreme concentration of...

saturday 200

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George Monbiot

Just when the world desperately needs wise elders, its fate is in the hands of old and ruthless patriarchs

Just when the world desperately needs wise elders, its fate is in the hands of old and ruthless patriarchs

Let’s attempt something delicate: talking about age without slipping into ageism. Never before in modern history have those with the fate of the...

saturday 60

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David Van Reybrouck

Will I get deported for sharing this meme of JD Vance?

Will I get deported for sharing this meme of JD Vance?

I have a very important public service announcement to make. Do not, under any circumstances whatsoever, make fun of Vice-President JD Vance by...

saturday 9

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Arwa Mahdawi

What’s missing from the perfect child-friendly summer? Generous public spaces

What’s missing from the perfect child-friendly summer? Generous public spaces

There’s nothing like a boiling hot summer with an energetic small child to make you acutely aware of the need for outdoor space. We are lucky to...

saturday 10

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Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Becky Barnicoat on the dangerous allure of preloved clothes on Vinted – cartoon

saturday 2

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Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Zohran Mamdani has the Palestinian protest movement to thank for his win

Zohran Mamdani has the Palestinian protest movement to thank for his win

In a tremendous upset of politics as usual, Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old brown, Muslim, Democratic socialist who had little name recognition in...

saturday 5

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Heba Gowayed

Australia’s had two more years of gambling ad harm since the Murphy report. It’s time for Labor to show some courage

Australia’s had two more years of gambling ad harm since the Murphy report. It’s time for Labor to show some courage

Two years ago this week the Murphy report was delivered to the government, recommending the banning of gambling ads. And for two years the Albanese...

saturday 4

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Zoe Daniel

Another tragic fact about this disastrous welfare bill: it proves Labour hasn’t learned and doesn’t listen

Another tragic fact about this disastrous welfare bill: it proves Labour hasn’t learned and doesn’t listen

Will this disaster bill pass on Tuesday? The dangerous obduracy of the prime minister and chancellor confirms precisely what Labour MPs say: they...

27.06.2025 10

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Polly Toynbee

Zohran Mamdani has struck a blow to the Democratic party’s passivity

Zohran Mamdani has struck a blow to the Democratic party’s passivity

We’re told that the Democratic party is at a crossroads, that leaders have lost their identity and their way. We’re told that they must spend...

27.06.2025 30

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Moira Donegan

Anna Wintour has spent decades dictating a certain look for the super-rich. Then along came Lauren

Anna Wintour has spent decades dictating a certain look for the super-rich. Then along came Lauren

How neat that Anna Wintour’s resignation as editor-in-chief of American Vogue should occur bang in the middle of Lauren Sánchez and Jeff Bezos’s...

27.06.2025 20

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Marina Hyde

As a carer, I’m not special – but sometimes I need to be reminded how important my role is

As a carer, I’m not special – but sometimes I need to be reminded how important my role is

When I started watching the Disney show Dying for Sex, I was wary that the cancer storyline might hit a bit too close to home, after our teenage...

27.06.2025 10

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Natasha Sholl

The Guardian view on Labour’s disability benefits rethink: concessions suggest strategy not a change of heart

The Guardian view on Labour’s disability benefits rethink: concessions suggest strategy not a change of heart

The humbling of a prime minister by his own side is rarely an edifying spectacle, but it does at least suggest a pulse in the parliamentary system....

27.06.2025 20

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Editorial

The Guardian view on annihilation in Gaza: the deaths mount, but the pressure has ebbed

The Guardian view on annihilation in Gaza: the deaths mount, but the pressure has ebbed

“We cannot be asking civilians to go into a combat zone so that then they can be killed with the justification that they are in a combat zone.” It...

27.06.2025 50

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Editorial

I’m glad we have rules. I just don’t expect people to follow them

I’m glad we have rules. I just don’t expect people to follow them

Rules are great. I think most of us over the age of five will agree that having them is preferable to not. Perhaps there are a few stragglers out...

27.06.2025 4

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Dave Schilling

Nicola Jennings on Keir Starmer’s spending choices – cartoon

27.06.2025 3

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Dave Schilling

Will Trump’s bunker bombing have a Hollywood ending?

27.06.2025 3

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Dave Schilling

If the Liberals want to appeal again to aspirational Australians, they could start by taxing wealth

If the Liberals want to appeal again to aspirational Australians, they could start by taxing wealth

The Liberal party is facing an existential crisis. In her address to the National Press Club on Wednesday Sussan Ley promised a fundamental review...

27.06.2025 1

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Judith Brett

Labour has improved its welfare bill. I still won’t be voting for it

Labour has improved its welfare bill. I still won’t be voting for it

Reading the news you could be forgiven for thinking a week of drama in Westminster had finally concluded on Friday morning, with a deal between the...

27.06.2025 8

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Peter Lamb

If Britain is broken, what is to blame – big money and big tech, or graffiti on your train?

If Britain is broken, what is to blame – big money and big tech, or graffiti on your train?

Britain, let’s face it, is crap. Crap, I mean, in quite a specific sense: we might not be teetering on the brink of civilisational destruction, as...

27.06.2025 7

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Tom Whyman

‘Gaza must be eliminated’: Israel’s airwaves are filled with pro-genocide propaganda

‘Gaza must be eliminated’: Israel’s airwaves are filled with pro-genocide propaganda

“Strikes on Iran ease pressure on Israel to end starvation in Gaza.” That, in case you missed it, is a recent headline from the Guardian from...

27.06.2025 200

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Arwa Mahdawi

Germany urgently needs to attract migrant workers – it just doesn’t want them to feel welcome

Germany urgently needs to attract migrant workers – it just doesn’t want them to feel welcome

Friedrich Merz’s government has sent a clear message to anyone thinking about coming to live in Germany: don’t. Yet its message to those who want...

27.06.2025 30

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Chris Reiter And Will Wilkes

Here is the single thing Labour can do to see off Reform and make British politics work

Here is the single thing Labour can do to see off Reform and make British politics work

Look at the coverage of any general election opinion polling recently and what you are likely to see is a map of Britain divided into its...

27.06.2025 100

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Will Hayward

Antoinette Lattouf judgment underlines role of News Corp’s deadline in ABC management’s ‘panic’

Antoinette Lattouf judgment underlines role of News Corp’s deadline in ABC management’s ‘panic’

There was another source of pressure on the ABC content chief when he hastily removed Antoinette Lattouf from air, the federal court has found....

27.06.2025 8

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Amanda Meade

Over at the men-only Savage Club, they are having an emergency meeting – it’s bad news chaps!

27.06.2025 20

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Will Hayward

The Guardian view on Labour’s welfare revolt: ministers should take MPs more seriously

The Guardian view on Labour’s welfare revolt: ministers should take MPs more seriously

MPs and the parliamentary process rarely get a good press. Most citizens do not trust either of them much. As a result, the decline of parliament’s...

26.06.2025 9

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Editorial

Without dignity, leaders fell at Trump’s feet in The Hague – and for what? All Nato’s key problems remain

Without dignity, leaders fell at Trump’s feet in The Hague – and for what? All Nato’s key problems remain

Nato’s Hague summit was an orchestrated grovel at the feet of Donald Trump. The originally planned two-day meeting was truncated into a single...

26.06.2025 60

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Martin Kettle