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Martin Rowson on Israel’s participation in Eurovision – cartoon

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Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian view on reboots of A Christmas Carol and Paddington: refugee tales for today

The Guardian view on reboots of A Christmas Carol and Paddington: refugee tales for today

Not even the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come could have foreseen a Bollywood-inspired film or a hip-hop fantasy performance of A Christmas Carol....

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Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian view on reducing child poverty: with the two-child limit gone, Labour must go further

The Guardian view on reducing child poverty: with the two-child limit gone, Labour must go further

If the government’s long-awaited child poverty strategy, launched on Friday, was a bit of a damp squib, that is because the best bit had been...

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Jonathan Freedland

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...

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Jonathan Freedland

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...

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Marina Hyde

What has the ceasefire actually accomplished?

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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...

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Tom Mcilroy

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...

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Amanda Meade

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....

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Simon Jenkins

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....

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George Monbiot

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

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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...

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Gaby Hinsliff

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...

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Paula Erizanu

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...

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Bernadette Atuahene

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...

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Polly Toynbee

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...

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Will Hayward

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...

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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,...

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Emily Mulligan

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...

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Francine Prose

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...

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Richard Ackland

What do you give the prime minister who has everything?

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The Opposition Has Some Ideas

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...

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Martin Kettle

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...

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Yasmin Khan

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...

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Emma Brockes

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...

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Moira Donegan

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...

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Andy Beckett

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...

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Jonathan Swarbrick

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...

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Georgia Van Toorn

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...

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Neal Lawson

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...

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Adrian Chiles

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...

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Greg Jericho

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....

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Dave Sowry

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

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A Mystery For The Ages

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...

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Gideon Haigh

The Guardian view on policing: the lesson of Sarah Everard’s murder is that a culture of impunity must be stamped out

The Guardian view on policing: the lesson of Sarah Everard’s murder is that a culture of impunity must be stamped out

The abduction, rape and murder of Sarah Everard by a serving police officer in 2021 caused an outpouring of grief, fear and rage. The reaction was...

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Editorial

The Guardian view on Labour’s plan to cut jury trials: it’s wrong to remove a pillar of British justice

The Guardian view on Labour’s plan to cut jury trials: it’s wrong to remove a pillar of British justice

Can Labour save a failing system by hollowing out its safeguards? David Lammy, the justice secretary, thinks so. Under his proposals, jury trials...

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Editorial

At this dark and turbulent moment, a newsroom’s values matter – and ours are clear

At this dark and turbulent moment, a newsroom’s values matter – and ours are clear

This year has been like no other I can remember. I don’t know exactly how we’ll move past this turbulent moment in US history. But I believe that...

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Betsy Reed

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...

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Rafael Behr

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...

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Arwa Mahdawi

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...

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Mohamad Bazzi

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 10

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Joan Smith

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...

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Moira Donegan

Won’t somebody please think of Britain’s poor £2m homeowners? Oh, wait – everyone already is

Won’t somebody please think of Britain’s poor £2m homeowners? Oh, wait – everyone already is

The new “mansion tax” announced by Rachel Reeves in last week’s budget is estimated to affect around 165,000 property owners, and on current trends...

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Jonathan Liew

Reeves and Starmer are a two-for-one deal – if she goes, he goes. What a cheering thought

Reeves and Starmer are a two-for-one deal – if she goes, he goes. What a cheering thought

Good times for Britain when the chancellor is saved by the Office for Budget Responsibility being slightly more inept than her at a single...

wednesday 20

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Marina Hyde

It’s entirely reasonable to be in awe of surgeons – but patients need someone they can talk to

It’s entirely reasonable to be in awe of surgeons – but patients need someone they can talk to

Some time ago, a judicious and considered surgeon was describing the complex operation required by our mutual cancer patient. The operation...

wednesday 9

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Ranjana Srivastava

‘Jobs for mates’ review is damning – and the government’s response is a failure of the highest order

‘Jobs for mates’ review is damning – and the government’s response is a failure of the highest order

For years, governments of both persuasion have made appointments to senior public positions with absolute disregard for integrity, transparency and...

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Anthony Whealy

John Roberts has badly weakened our democracy. Will he ever stand up to Trump?

John Roberts has badly weakened our democracy. Will he ever stand up to Trump?

Throughout his two decades as chief justice of the US supreme court, John Roberts has sought to project the notion that he is the ultimate...

wednesday 20

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Steven Greenhouse

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...

wednesday 3

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Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian view on OBR v the Treasury: ministers have embraced the theatre of errors

The Guardian view on OBR v the Treasury: ministers have embraced the theatre of errors

The confected frenzy splashed across the morning front pages from the Telegraph to the Mail is remarkable mostly for its absurdity. An outrage...

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Editorial

The Guardian view on men’s health: the needs of different groups can only be addressed in a functioning system

The Guardian view on men’s health: the needs of different groups can only be addressed in a functioning system

Men, on average, have lower life expectancy than women – by around four years in the UK. They account for three-quarters of all deaths by suicide...

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Editorial