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Datacentres – why are they so thirsty? Let’s ask a shark!

yesterday 30

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George Monbiot

Give credit where it’s due: Labour is finally doing things its supporters actually want

Give credit where it’s due: Labour is finally doing things its supporters actually want

What does it take for a small child not to recognise their own name? I’ve been thinking about that for days, since reading the Local Government...

yesterday 30

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Gaby Hinsliff

Labour has a groundbreaking plan for child poverty. Finally, this government has found its mission

Labour has a groundbreaking plan for child poverty. Finally, this government has found its mission

Once Labour set up a child poverty taskforce, it was predestined that the two-child benefit limit would be abolished. Every authority consulted...

yesterday 9

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Polly Toynbee

The Great European Bake-Off: if the EU wants closer integration, how about using pop culture?

The Great European Bake-Off: if the EU wants closer integration, how about using pop culture?

It was both enjoyable and strange to see the EU enlargement commissioner, Marta Kos, present the news on Moldovan TV a couple of months ago. For...

yesterday 10

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Paula Erizanu

Daily Telegraph unveils Sydney’s Power 100 list. You won’t believe who’s on it

Daily Telegraph unveils Sydney’s Power 100 list. You won’t believe who’s on it

Sharri Markson has been named one of Sydney’s most influential players for her “extraordinary advocacy on behalf of the Jewish community”. “The Sky...

yesterday 20

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Amanda Meade

I don’t care if Reform calls me a bad word on WhatsApp. But the story behind its gaffe is far more worrying

I don’t care if Reform calls me a bad word on WhatsApp. But the story behind its gaffe is far more worrying

Last week saw one of the proudest moments of my journalism career. Leaked messages from a WhatsApp group containing several senior members of...

yesterday 20

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Will Hayward

Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture

Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture

It felt like walking up a mountain during a temperature inversion. You struggle through fog so dense you can scarcely see where you’re going....

yesterday 200

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George Monbiot

The Liz Truss Show will confront the big issues of the day. For example: who on earth would watch Liz Truss?

The Liz Truss Show will confront the big issues of the day. For example: who on earth would watch Liz Truss?

Will you be seeing a pantomime this year? Birmingham’s got Gok Wan and Biggins in Robin Hood, Bradford has Sinitta in Snow White, while Bromley...

yesterday 10

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Marina Hyde

Labour wants to ramp up facial recognition. What if our data ends up in the wrong hands?

Labour wants to ramp up facial recognition. What if our data ends up in the wrong hands?

One thing to remember about the modern world is that nothing online is ever secure. M&S and Jaguar taught us that. Edward Snowden taught us that....

yesterday 5

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Simon Jenkins

Rosa Parks’ vacant former home is an emblem of racist housing policies

Rosa Parks’ vacant former home is an emblem of racist housing policies

Friday is the 70th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott, which began because Rosa Parks refused to relinquish her seat to a white person, as...

yesterday 20

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Bernadette Atuahene

What has the ceasefire actually accomplished?

yesterday 9

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Tom Mcilroy

If Labor won’t deal with the low-hanging fruit of jobs for mates, how can it be trusted against louder vested interests?

If Labor won’t deal with the low-hanging fruit of jobs for mates, how can it be trusted against louder vested interests?

In a scrappy week of Senate estimates hearings, there was one criticism of the Albanese government that should have really stung Labor, delivered...

yesterday 3

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Tom Mcilroy

The Trump administration sinks to a new low – opening fire on drowning men

The Trump administration sinks to a new low – opening fire on drowning men

The Trump administration looks ever more like a criminal enterprise – and now it seems to have added war crimes to its repertoire. Though even that...

yesterday 1

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Jonathan Freedland

Bruce Lehrmann an ‘inspiration’? Only to litigants whose cases have crashed and burned

Bruce Lehrmann an ‘inspiration’? Only to litigants whose cases have crashed and burned

Bruce Lehrmann is an “inspiration”. Of course he is. At least his solicitor-advocate, Zali Burrows, is urging us to see him that way because he...

previous day 20

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Richard Ackland

Messy, combative and intoxicatingly fierce – don’t write off Your Party just yet

Messy, combative and intoxicatingly fierce – don’t write off Your Party just yet

It’s not every day that Jeremy Corbyn and some of his closest comrades are described as “the right” in a political argument. But I first heard them...

previous day 10

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Andy Beckett

What do you give the prime minister who has everything?

previous day 10

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The Opposition Has Some Ideas

Watch Simon Cowell’s TV search for a new boyband – and see how our world has changed

Watch Simon Cowell’s TV search for a new boyband – and see how our world has changed

There is a moment in the trailer for Simon Cowell’s new Netflix show, The Next Act, that is almost touching in its adherence to the way things once...

previous day 10

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Emma Brockes

The Guardian view on regulating pornography: a £1m fine does not prove the Online Safety Act is working

The Guardian view on regulating pornography: a £1m fine does not prove the Online Safety Act is working

Awareness of the harm caused by online pornography is rising. Last month, the government bowed to pressure from campaigners and pledged to make...

previous day 10

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Editorial

I called my recipe book Sabzi – vegetables. But the name was trademarked. And my legal ordeal began

I called my recipe book Sabzi – vegetables. But the name was trademarked. And my legal ordeal began

Vegetables, in my experience, rarely cause controversy. Yet last month I found myself in the middle of a legal storm over who gets to own the word...

previous day 50

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Yasmin Khan

Europe is holding the line against Trump’s and Putin’s plans for Ukraine. But it won’t be able to for ever

Europe is holding the line against Trump’s and Putin’s plans for Ukraine. But it won’t be able to for ever

The failure of this week’s peace talks between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff fits into a now well-established pattern of...

previous day 30

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Martin Kettle

Rightwingers are trying to destroy women’s right to vote

Rightwingers are trying to destroy women’s right to vote

Sexism can be very modern and tech savvy. Misogyny is an ever-evolving idiom, and men and women alike have found particularly of-the-moment ways to...

previous day 200

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Moira Donegan

Did we learn nothing from robodebt? NDIS automation will put vulnerable lives at the mercy of machines

Did we learn nothing from robodebt? NDIS automation will put vulnerable lives at the mercy of machines

Never again. That was the resounding message delivered via the robodebt royal commission from the thousands of Australians whose lives and...

previous day 50

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Georgia Van Toorn

The Guardian view on the crown estate inquiry: a necessary probe and a wider debate

The Guardian view on the crown estate inquiry: a necessary probe and a wider debate

Everyone in Britain has views about the royal family. In many cases, lots of views. Britain’s parliament, however, never lets the subject pass its...

previous day 10

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Editorial

Ali Faqirzada is an Afghan refugee. He deserves to stay in America

Ali Faqirzada is an Afghan refugee. He deserves to stay in America

On 14 October, Ali Faqirzada – an Afghan refugee, a resident of New Paltz, New York, and a computer science student at Bard College – arrived for...

previous day 40

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Francine Prose

I realise now that my view on mental health overdiagnosis was divisive. We all need better evidence

I realise now that my view on mental health overdiagnosis was divisive. We all need better evidence

Earlier this year, I appeared on the BBC and was asked a question by Laura Kuenssberg that I hadn’t anticipated: did I believe there’s a problem...

previous day 7

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Wes Streeting

Kids’ parties are hell on earth, but may be the cure to the world’s ills

Kids’ parties are hell on earth, but may be the cure to the world’s ills

When my beautiful firstborn turned one, about 70 people came to the pub to celebrate. There were drinks, there were meals, there were balloons,...

previous day 5

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Emily Mulligan

Is the UK economy really as bad as we think it is? Here is the truth of the matter

Is the UK economy really as bad as we think it is? Here is the truth of the matter

The British economy has endured a series of setbacks in recent years: austerity, Brexit, the global pandemic, soaring energy prices and an...

previous day 4

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Jonathan Swarbrick

The Guardian view on a four-day week for teachers: a clever way to end the staffing crisis

The Guardian view on a four-day week for teachers: a clever way to end the staffing crisis

Can you guess which professionals in England work 26 hours of overtime a week without compensation, give up time with friends and family to deal...

wednesday 20

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Editorial

I have a lifelong connection to Victoria’s state library – which is why I am aghast at its crude self-lobotomy

I have a lifelong connection to Victoria’s state library – which is why I am aghast at its crude self-lobotomy

Pardon me that this is a little personal. I first visited the State Library of Victoria aged 12. I held books retrieved from its mountainous stacks...

wednesday 60

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Gideon Haigh

There are two big drivers of Australia’s economic growth – but shape matters as much as size

There are two big drivers of Australia’s economic growth – but shape matters as much as size

Australia’s economy grew 2.1% over the past year, and with that came improved household living standards – in part due to income from rooftop solar...

wednesday 10

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Greg Jericho

Jobs for the boys!? Everyone hates jobs for the boys (except the boys)

wednesday 10

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A Mystery For The Ages

I accompanied my wife to Dignitas. The Lords’ filibustering is an insult to all like her who have suffered

I accompanied my wife to Dignitas. The Lords’ filibustering is an insult to all like her who have suffered

Three years ago, I sat in a hotel in Zurich, awaiting my flight home, wondering how I was going to get through the next few weeks and months....

wednesday 30

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Dave Sowry

Fear of facing the future has British politics stuck in the past

Fear of facing the future has British politics stuck in the past

Hollywood has stopped betting on original ideas. Sequels and remakes dominate the box office. Among this year’s Christmas movie releases are...

wednesday 20

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Rafael Behr

The Guardian view on US-Russia talks on Ukraine: a warning to Europe to move faster on security cooperation

The Guardian view on US-Russia talks on Ukraine: a warning to Europe to move faster on security cooperation

Donald Trump’s desire to end the war in Ukraine might be sincere, but his motives are selfish. He wants the glory of having brokered a deal and...

wednesday 30

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Editorial

Can you be on a six-figure income and still be considered poor?

Can you be on a six-figure income and still be considered poor?

Have you heard that a family of four in the US is now considered poor if their household income is under $136,500 (£103,300) a year? Don’t @ me...

wednesday 10

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Arwa Mahdawi

Cracks have emerged in the Maga coalition

Cracks have emerged in the Maga coalition

The sharks can smell blood in the water. After a decade in eerie command of the Republican party, with primary voters in his cult-like thrall and...

wednesday 40

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Moira Donegan

The Sarah Everard report part two: a catalogue of repeated and preventable failures

The Sarah Everard report part two: a catalogue of repeated and preventable failures

How do we get sexual predators out of the country’s police forces? It was one of the most urgent questions asked in 2021 when a serving police...

wednesday 20

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Joan Smith

Trump is using a tragic shooting to demonize millions

Trump is using a tragic shooting to demonize millions

After two national guard members were ambushed in Washington DC last week, killing one and leaving the other in critical condition, Donald Trump...

wednesday 20

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Mohamad Bazzi

Letters. Text messages. Passwords and more passwords. Why can’t the NHS just give me someone to talk to?

Letters. Text messages. Passwords and more passwords. Why can’t the NHS just give me someone to talk to?

I had this thing on the back of my shoulder, which a dermatologist at an NHS hospital looked at. He was brisk, verging on brusque. He said it was...

wednesday 6

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Adrian Chiles

Farage and the Tory right will unite because they want power. Will the left just stand by?

Farage and the Tory right will unite because they want power. Will the left just stand by?

The right always does unity and solidarity better than the left. While real difference exists between liberals and social conservatives, or between...

wednesday 8

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Neal Lawson

It’s under fire from left and right – but Labour’s workers’ rights bill is a huge achievement

It’s under fire from left and right – but Labour’s workers’ rights bill is a huge achievement

The wall of sound shouting “liar” at the chancellor is a bizarre Westminster frenzy. Stand back from the hysteria and ask this question: how can...

02.12.2025 3

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Polly Toynbee

Why did I ever buy my kids refillable advent calendars?

Why did I ever buy my kids refillable advent calendars?

Maybe 10 years ago, I bought permanent Advent calendars for the kids: Scandi-looking Christmas houses with 24 tiny drawers, from Sainsbury’s. I...

02.12.2025 2

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Zoe Williams

AI poses unprecedented threats. Congress must act now

AI poses unprecedented threats. Congress must act now

Artificial intelligence and robotics will transform the world. It will bring unimaginable changes to our economy, our politics, warfare, our...

02.12.2025 40

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Bernie Sanders

From enslavement to Windrush to Hurricane Melissa, Britain is still tearing Caribbean families apart

From enslavement to Windrush to Hurricane Melissa, Britain is still tearing Caribbean families apart

Britain’s long history with the Caribbean, from enslavement to the Windrush scandal, is marked by policies that have fractured families. The Home...

02.12.2025 20

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Nadine White

The opening of Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel has turned me into a shameless train ambassador

The opening of Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel has turned me into a shameless train ambassador

I think people assumed I was doing a bit when I turned into a Metro Tunnel-head. Overnight, my Instagram Stories went from pictures of my cat, pub...

02.12.2025 2

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Brodie Lancaster

The most misleading thing about Rachel Reeves’s budget? Who it was really for

The most misleading thing about Rachel Reeves’s budget? Who it was really for

The charge is a grave one: that Rachel Reeves has just lied to Britons, spooking them into paying billions in extra taxes that she can splash out...

02.12.2025 10

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Aditya Chakrabortty

It is not too late to put the brakes on assisted dying, and focus on what is really needed

It is not too late to put the brakes on assisted dying, and focus on what is really needed

Time is running out to right the wrongs of England and Wales’s assisted dying legislation. The House of Lords is holding committee sittings, which...

02.12.2025 10

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Gordon Brown

How does anyone get on a government board these days?

02.12.2025 10

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It Helps To Have Friends In High Places

Ella Baron on Rachel Reeves’s fiscal rules – cartoon

02.12.2025 10

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Betsy Reed

Ellen DeGeneres left Trump’s America. Will the British weather force her to return?

Ellen DeGeneres left Trump’s America. Will the British weather force her to return?

I’m not some sort of secret Reform voter, OK? As a Brit (albeit a Brit abroad), I’ve got no problem with rich immigrants coming to the UK and...

02.12.2025 10

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Arwa Mahdawi