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David Lammy is right to slash the use of juries – it’s an open-and-shut case

David Lammy is right to slash the use of juries – it’s an open-and-shut case

Juries are an archaic and inefficient feature of Britain’s collapsing justice system. They survive only in some English-speaking countries as...

yesterday 10

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Simon Jenkins

Congratulations, everyone! Starmer survives another week, and it’s only cost us £26bn

Congratulations, everyone! Starmer survives another week, and it’s only cost us £26bn

Thanks to Labour’s incredible Black Friday deal, breaking manifesto policies is buy-one-get-one-free. As part of its all-promises-must-go drive,...

yesterday 9

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Marina Hyde

Jury trials are flawed and unwieldy – but vital for justice being seen to be done

Jury trials are flawed and unwieldy – but vital for justice being seen to be done

For the sake of British justice, something has to give. Everyone knows that the courts are in crisis, that we can’t go on like this. Traumatised...

yesterday 9

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Gaby Hinsliff

Arthur Miller? Snore! Audiences want new plays – why are theatres too scared to stage them?

Arthur Miller? Snore! Audiences want new plays – why are theatres too scared to stage them?

Crisis? What crisis? British Theatre Before and After Covid, a report released this week, is like a comedy-tragedy mask rendered in academic form....

yesterday 50

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Brian Logan

Australia finally acknowledges environment underpins all else. That’s no small thing

Australia finally acknowledges environment underpins all else. That’s no small thing

The passage of long overdue reforms to the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act demonstrates powerfully that...

yesterday 30

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Ken Henry

Press freedom is being destroyed from Gaza to America. Don’t think it can’t happen here

Press freedom is being destroyed from Gaza to America. Don’t think it can’t happen here

First things first. It would be remiss of me not to refer specifically to the appalling and outrageous casualty list of Palestinian journalists and...

yesterday 30

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Kerry O&x27Brien

How does Black Friday show your true colours?

yesterday 20

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Brian Logan

The 28-point ‘peace plan’ for Ukraine may be dead – but Trump still won’t stop Putin

The 28-point ‘peace plan’ for Ukraine may be dead – but Trump still won’t stop Putin

Europe breathed a deep collective sigh of relief on Monday, as the crisis triggered by Washington’s presentation of a new 28-point plan for ending...

yesterday 20

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Dmytro Kuleba

Kerry O’Brien sounds the alarm for Australian media in thunderous Walkleys address

Kerry O’Brien sounds the alarm for Australian media in thunderous Walkleys address

The former ABC broadcaster Kerry O’Brien got a standing ovation at the 70th Walkley awards on Thursday night for a rousing speech that reminded...

yesterday 10

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Amanda Meade

The genocide in Gaza is far from over

The genocide in Gaza is far from over

On 10 October, following two years of Israeli genocide that have turned Gaza into the new benchmark of total destruction, after Israel has killed...

yesterday 8

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Raz Segal

Why Starmer’s desire to govern as ‘Mr Rules’ is bound to fail

Why Starmer’s desire to govern as ‘Mr Rules’ is bound to fail

This Labour government loves rules. Fiscal rules, stability rules, investment rules, immigration rules and rules restricting protests: this...

yesterday 10

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Andy Beckett

Germany raised its citizens to hate war. Now it wants us to enlist in the army – but we say no

Germany raised its citizens to hate war. Now it wants us to enlist in the army – but we say no

When I was growing up, the most German sentence imaginable was: “We’ve lost two world wars and we’re proud of it.” We were so anti-military,...

yesterday 10

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Mithu Sanyal

Barnaby Joyce’s scandals have damaged politics. Maybe it’s time for a change of scenery

Barnaby Joyce’s scandals have damaged politics. Maybe it’s time for a change of scenery

The 30 minutes before question time in federal parliament don’t usually warrant much media attention. A laundry list of members deliver 90-second...

yesterday 4

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Tom Mcilroy

Martin Rowson on a besieged Labour party – cartoon

yesterday 0

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Jonathan Freedland

Antisemitism allegations against the teenage Farage matter – look at what he went on to do

yesterday 0

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Jonathan Freedland

Rachel Reeves’s budget has inflamed, not calmed, Britain’s febrile mood

Rachel Reeves’s budget has inflamed, not calmed, Britain’s febrile mood

Rachel Reeves’s chancellorship was already balanced on a knife-edge, even before the 2025 budget. After she delivered her second budget statement,...

previous day 40

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Martin Kettle

Labor’s nature law overhaul contains wins – but we should watch for gremlins in the details

Labor’s nature law overhaul contains wins – but we should watch for gremlins in the details

We should start at the beginning in assessing the Labor-Greens deal to revamp Australia’s national environment law. And the beginning is that,...

previous day 10

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Adam Morton

The rewriting of Australia’s nature laws comes as a relief, yet I can’t help feel a sense of foreboding

The rewriting of Australia’s nature laws comes as a relief, yet I can’t help feel a sense of foreboding

I got a text from a biodiversity advocate around midday on Thursday asking me: are you glad, or sad? I wasn’t sure how to reply. The Australian...

previous day 10

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Georgina Woods

The two-child limit is abolished at last. Watch out for the narrative that will follow

The two-child limit is abolished at last. Watch out for the narrative that will follow

And just like that, the two-child benefit limit was finally abolished. “I don’t intend to preside over a status quo that punishes children for the...

previous day 10

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Frances Ryan

The Guardian view on Labour’s budget: real gains for children and struggling families are a welcome shift

The Guardian view on Labour’s budget: real gains for children and struggling families are a welcome shift

Rachel Reeves’s budget contains many measures to make any social democrat cheer. Scrapping the two‑child benefit cap, putting up gambling taxes,...

previous day 8

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Editorial

Zohran Mamdani is rewriting the political rules around support for Israel

Zohran Mamdani is rewriting the political rules around support for Israel

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be quaking in his boots at the decisive victory of Zohran Mamdani in the 4 November New York City...

previous day 30

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Kenneth Roth

The Guardian view on the peers lobbying scandal: Lords reform is a vital step for restoring trust in democracy

The Guardian view on the peers lobbying scandal: Lords reform is a vital step for restoring trust in democracy

Not much about the House of Lords is defensible on principles of democratic representation. One plausible merit of an appointed chamber is that...

previous day 4

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Editorial

Food is medicine, and that’s a fact. Why we all need Native American foodways

Food is medicine, and that’s a fact. Why we all need Native American foodways

Within Indigenous communities across North America and beyond, we have long known that food is medicine. This isn’t just theory; it’s fact. We...

previous day 20

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Kate Nelson

London has plenty of posh breakfast options – but give me a greasy spoon any day

London has plenty of posh breakfast options – but give me a greasy spoon any day

Early some mornings, when I’m working in London, I go for breakfast with two good friends. So that’s me, a fabric dealer and a psychotherapist....

previous day 20

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Adrian Chiles

How Amazon turned our capitalist era of free markets into the age of technofeudalism

How Amazon turned our capitalist era of free markets into the age of technofeudalism

For the past six years, every Black Friday – that made-up carnival of consumption – Amazon workers and their allies have mobilised across the...

previous day 10

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Yanis Varoufakis

I’m always on my phone, my girlfriend would rather communicate via woodland creatures. Somehow we make it work

I’m always on my phone, my girlfriend would rather communicate via woodland creatures. Somehow we make it work

There are some pretty big differences between me and my girlfriend. She is from Aotearoa, I’m from Queensland. She is 10 years younger than me. She...

previous day 10

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Rebecca Shaw

To halt the far right, Europe’s progressive parties must fix its housing crisis. Our research shows how

To halt the far right, Europe’s progressive parties must fix its housing crisis. Our research shows how

Housing costs across Europe have become a growing burden for many households, both for those trying to buy and those trying to rent. Over the past...

previous day 5

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Tarik Abou-Chadi

This was Rachel Reeves’s ‘live now, pay later’ budget. The big question is: what happens when ‘later’ arrives?

This was Rachel Reeves’s ‘live now, pay later’ budget. The big question is: what happens when ‘later’ arrives?

Some budgets are important but quickly forgotten. Some budgets are trivial but linger long in the memory. The package of measures Rachel Reeves has...

previous day 4

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Larry Elliott

Eating Thanksgiving dinner at dinnertime is ludicrous. Here’s why

Eating Thanksgiving dinner at dinnertime is ludicrous. Here’s why

Without question, my favorite holiday is Thanksgiving. I relish the opportunity to appreciate all the wonderful things about life. I also love that...

previous day 4

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Dave Schilling

By ending a cruel Tory social experiment, this budget clearly set out how Labour will fight the battle to renew Britain

By ending a cruel Tory social experiment, this budget clearly set out how Labour will fight the battle to renew Britain

Yesterday the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, delivered a Labour budget. People have been asking for Labour’s purpose and values to be more clearly...

previous day 2

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Lucy Powell

This French judge approved Netanyahu’s arrest warrant. Now Trump is targeting him

This French judge approved Netanyahu’s arrest warrant. Now Trump is targeting him

The fate of one French judge is a case study in the west’s long unravelling. Nicolas Guillou cannot shop online. When he used Expedia to book a...

wednesday 100

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Owen Jones

Why on earth would Meghan still want to be called the Duchess of Sussex?

Why on earth would Meghan still want to be called the Duchess of Sussex?

Meghan may be a resident of Montecito, California, but she is still the Duchess of Sussex, and she won’t let us commoners forget it. Despite their...

wednesday 10

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Arwa Mahdawi

Rachel Reeves has many problems. She’s realising that her Brexit bind may be the biggest of all

Rachel Reeves has many problems. She’s realising that her Brexit bind may be the biggest of all

Rachel Reeves has approached this week’s budget like a reluctant swimmer inching into freezing water, trying to ease the unpleasantness by...

wednesday 10

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Rafael Behr

To defeat the global Goliaths devastating our planet, we must raise an army of Davids

To defeat the global Goliaths devastating our planet, we must raise an army of Davids

The Cop30 climate talks have ended in Brazil with a collective shrug of the shoulders after the Goliaths of the fossil energy industry once again...

wednesday 2

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Peter Lewis

‘We’re a bit jealous of Kneecap’: how Europe’s minority tongues are facing the digital future

‘We’re a bit jealous of Kneecap’: how Europe’s minority tongues are facing the digital future

There’s an Irish saying, tír gan teanga, tír gan anam: a country without a language is a country without a soul. Representatives of some of...

wednesday 3

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Stephen Burgen

Hannah Clarke was failed by police before she was murdered. It shouldn’t be up to whistleblowers to demand better

Hannah Clarke was failed by police before she was murdered. It shouldn’t be up to whistleblowers to demand better

I remember watching the news and seeing the smoke rising from a car as emergency services tried to put out the final flames that had already killed...

wednesday 6

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Regina Featherstone

Why do we find our pets so cute? Bold, bin-raiding raccoons may have a surprising answer

Why do we find our pets so cute? Bold, bin-raiding raccoons may have a surprising answer

I have kept many pets over the years. Some, like my current canine companion, have been both adoring and adorable, but others have been less...

wednesday 10

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Helen Pilcher

Has Rachel Reeves made the right calls in this budget? Our panel responds

Has Rachel Reeves made the right calls in this budget? Our panel responds

Polly Toynbee Guardian columnist This budget will be remembered for finally abolishing the monstrous two-child benefit cap. That’s what Labour...

wednesday 8

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Polly Toynbee

A budget to save Britain’s finances? More like Operation Save Our Skins

A budget to save Britain’s finances? More like Operation Save Our Skins

Imagine it: you are the chancellor of a government in mortal peril. Poll ratings are down the U-bend; backbenchers are mutinous and colleagues are...

wednesday 20

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Aditya Chakrabortty

Is Queens the new political bellwether of America?

Is Queens the new political bellwether of America?

As the extraordinary Oval Office meeting between Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani shows, there’s a new bellwether in American politics. For years,...

wednesday 7

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Michael Massing

If Epstein’s victims don’t receive justice that is a ticking timebomb

If Epstein’s victims don’t receive justice that is a ticking timebomb

It began as I finished Nobody’s Girl, the torturous and devastating account of Virginia Giuffre’s life. It was what I can only describe as a kind...

wednesday 4

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Michael Massing

The latest inflation figures offer no joy – except to the gas producers whose windfall profits remain largely untouched

The latest inflation figures offer no joy – except to the gas producers whose windfall profits remain largely untouched

The latest inflation figures showed a jump in the growth of average prices from 3.6% to 3.8%. But they also indicate just how much our economy is...

wednesday 3

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Greg Jericho

Teenage dreams are never practical. But where would we be without the people who chased theirs?

Teenage dreams are never practical. But where would we be without the people who chased theirs?

Who wants to crush a kid’s dreams? Not me. But what to say when asked by a teenager about a career in the media? With tens of thousands of media,...

wednesday 3

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Adrian Chiles

At last, TV about influencers that isn’t cringe – I Love LA is my show of the year

At last, TV about influencers that isn’t cringe – I Love LA is my show of the year

It’s been a while since a TV show came along that people leaned into losing their minds about, but finally, and after a year of otherwise mediocre...

wednesday 1

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Emma Brockes

Ella Baron on Rachel Reeves’s autumn budget – cartoon

25.11.2025 5

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Peter Ettedgui

The shameful attacks on the Covid inquiry prove it: the right is lost in anti-science delusion

The shameful attacks on the Covid inquiry prove it: the right is lost in anti-science delusion

That number will stay fixed for ever in public memory: 23,000 people died because Boris Johnson resisted locking the country down in time. As Covid...

25.11.2025 20

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Polly Toynbee

An uncomfortable truth for our leaders: there’s a limit to how ‘human’ we want you to be

An uncomfortable truth for our leaders: there’s a limit to how ‘human’ we want you to be

The camera catches Jacinda Ardern in her pyjamas, bleary-eyed with exhaustion. It follows her wiping crumbs off the worktops, breastfeeding, trying...

25.11.2025 2

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Gaby Hinsliff

I went to an M&S opening and it was mobbed. Why are people so weird about shops?

I went to an M&S opening and it was mobbed. Why are people so weird about shops?

I’m a very staunch fan of the Marks & Spencer crisp combo mix, in every flavour (ready salted is the obvious exception, and the Christmas maple...

25.11.2025 10

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Zoe Williams

Is the Democratic party embracing Bernie Sanders-style politics?

Is the Democratic party embracing Bernie Sanders-style politics?

Since the Democrats’ sweeping victories on 4 November, a strange thing has happened among the party factions: a semblance of unity has emerged. At...

25.11.2025 10

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Dustin Guastella

Is British politics immune to US-style rightwing Christianity? We’re about to find out

Is British politics immune to US-style rightwing Christianity? We’re about to find out

Earlier this year, not long after Tommy Robinson embraced evangelical Christianity while in prison, the then Conservative MP Danny Kruger spoke in...

25.11.2025 1

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Lamorna Ash