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‘A historic victory’: our panel reacts to Zohran Mamdani’s triumph

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Osita Nwanevu

Three hours of complimentary artisanal electricity? What will you do with yours?

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Rafael Behr

Economic policy is one thing Nigel Farage can’t crib from the Donald Trump playbook

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Rafael Behr

Mamdani’s victory is a rebuke to the failed strategies of the Democratic party

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Moira Donegan

My son was stillborn in 2020. By allowing working parents time to grieve, Baby Priya’s bill will change lives

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Gemma Killen

I miss the days before people like me were looked on with suspicion in the streets of Amsterdam

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Jamal Mahjoub

Camouflage clothing may be having a moment – but in our violent world, is that wise?

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Ellie Violet Bramley

In his first term, Donald Trump called journalists the enemy. This time around, he’s treating us like one

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Betsy Reed

Usha Vance hasn’t fully Maga-fied herself yet. Is she having moments of doubt?

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Arwa Mahdawi

Trump and his media buddies are taking the muddling of reality to a whole new level

Trump and his media buddies are taking the muddling of reality to a whole new level

You know how I’m going to be able to tell that I’ve really made it as a writer in America? When our very handsome (much better-looking than Zohran...

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Arwa Mahdawi

Three weeks till budget day – and Rachel Reeves is ‘being honest’ about tax, just in time

Three weeks till budget day – and Rachel Reeves is ‘being honest’ about tax, just in time

This would actually have been quite an understandable day for Rachel Reeves to cry at work. “I’m really clear,” the chancellor told the CBI less...

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Marina Hyde

On the eve of my children’s exams, my friend sent me the most practical advice for modern parents

On the eve of my children’s exams, my friend sent me the most practical advice for modern parents

“You know I could help you with biology,” I say, a little too eagerly. “What are the two types of immunity?” my daughter asks, casually...

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Ranjana Srivastava

Has the National party backed the wrong horse when it comes to net zero?

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It’S Certainly A Gamble

Playing dirty used to be the west’s preserve. Now we’re letting Moscow beat us at our own game

Playing dirty used to be the west’s preserve. Now we’re letting Moscow beat us at our own game

We in the west used to play dirty – and during the cold war, we were good at it. Nowadays, we leave grey-zone tactics and hybrid warfare to Russia,...

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Joseph Pearson

In their darkest moments, too many Australians are being met with lethal force instead of love and care

In their darkest moments, too many Australians are being met with lethal force instead of love and care

When police tasered and killed Clare Nowland – a 95-year-old aged care resident with dementia – after her nursing home called triple zero for help...

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Lorena Allam

I hope Rachel Reeves does raise income tax – there’s a way she can do it fairly

I hope Rachel Reeves does raise income tax – there’s a way she can do it fairly

There might be three weeks to go until Rachel Reeves presents her budget, but in the topsy-turvy wonderland of the budget process, the real drama...

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Ruth Curtice

I spent four weeks as a Traitor in my office – and almost lost my mind

I spent four weeks as a Traitor in my office – and almost lost my mind

There aren’t many people who understand the stress that the celebrity Traitors Cat Burns and Alan Carr have been feeling as their stint wearing...

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Ed Campbell

Public servants are being targeted and MPs have been murdered. But we will prevent fear from destroying our politics

Public servants are being targeted and MPs have been murdered. But we will prevent fear from destroying our politics

Every day, I hear appalling stories of the abuse suffered by people who step forward to represent their communities and serve our country. It is...

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Dan Jarvis

There is a thriving shadow economy in Britain – but migrants are not to blame

There is a thriving shadow economy in Britain – but migrants are not to blame

According to politicians across all parties, something called the “hidden economy” – the shadowy nethers of the labour market, in which work goes...

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Emily Kenway

Applying for benefits is anxiety-inducing – and the weird language makes it much worse

Applying for benefits is anxiety-inducing – and the weird language makes it much worse

It’s been five or six weeks since me, my stepmother, P, and my stepbrother, D, started the process of moving him from his old benefits on to...

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Zoe Williams

Releasing a suspect’s nationality will do nothing to satisfy those who are not looking for the truth

Releasing a suspect’s nationality will do nothing to satisfy those who are not looking for the truth

A thousand years ago, in 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales was killed in a car accident – you may have heard about this – and the country went...

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Zoe Williams

It’s the Nigel Farage chameleon show – flashy, ever-changing pledges, but only one real policy: xenophobia

It’s the Nigel Farage chameleon show – flashy, ever-changing pledges, but only one real policy: xenophobia

If you screw up your eyes and look four years into the future, can you imagine a Prime Minister Farage standing victorious on that No 10 doorstep?...

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Polly Toynbee

The Guardian view on Britain’s new class divide: the professional middle is being hollowed out

The Guardian view on Britain’s new class divide: the professional middle is being hollowed out

In the US, the brightest are said to join AI firms. In Britain, they sign up to be quantitative analysts. The Financial Times reports that the City...

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Jonathan Liew

The Guardian view on the Huntingdon train stabbings: an immigration-fixated right is failing the public

The Guardian view on the Huntingdon train stabbings: an immigration-fixated right is failing the public

Witnesses to Saturday evening’s stabbings on a train in Cambridgeshire at first wondered if reports of a knife-wielding attacker were a Halloween...

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Jonathan Liew

Say what you like about ‘Sadiq Khan’s no-go hellscape’ – Britain’s cities prove the rightwing agitators wrong

Say what you like about ‘Sadiq Khan’s no-go hellscape’ – Britain’s cities prove the rightwing agitators wrong

I write these words to you from the jaws of hell. Here in my favourite north London cafe, among the bare lightbulbs and the £3.80 cinnamon buns, I...

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Jonathan Liew

Are your kids obsessed with ‘6-7’? Here’s my plan to break the spell

Are your kids obsessed with ‘6-7’? Here’s my plan to break the spell

Don’t tell your kids, but “6-7” is Dictionary.com’s “word of the year” for 2025. Of course, “6-7” is not a word in the strictest sense. It’s two...

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Dave Schilling

Pete Songi on Reform UK’s economic agenda – cartoon

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Zoya Patel

The generational divide is so overrated – here’s how I crossed it and forged new friendships

The generational divide is so overrated – here’s how I crossed it and forged new friendships

It seems like intergenerational warfare is everywhere right now. Aside from the fact it’s the burden of every generation to feel misunderstood by...

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Zoya Patel

Littleproud says the world is ‘re-pivoting’ on net zero commitments – but is that just spin?

Littleproud says the world is ‘re-pivoting’ on net zero commitments – but is that just spin?

After months of threatening, the junior Coalition partner has finally withdrawn its support for the national target of reaching net zero greenhouse...

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Graham Readfearn

Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on

Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on

It unfolded in plain sight over 18 months. The city of El Fasher in the Darfur region of Sudan, besieged by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), fell to...

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Nesrine Malik

Rachel Reeves’s housing scandal was a small administrative error, but a big political mistake

Rachel Reeves’s housing scandal was a small administrative error, but a big political mistake

At first glance, the story might seem trivial: a bureaucratic slip-up with few tangible consequences which will soon recede from the headlines. To...

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Oliver Eagleton

From the childcare scandal to regressive ‘tough on crime’ policies, Australia is failing to protect its children

From the childcare scandal to regressive ‘tough on crime’ policies, Australia is failing to protect its children

Looking back at the past five years since I began in the role of national children’s commissioner, I am struck by how difficult it has been...

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Anne Hollonds

How the European convention on human rights became a battleground between the centre and the right

How the European convention on human rights became a battleground between the centre and the right

In the latest series of Blue Lights, the BBC drama about police officers in Belfast, there’s a scene where a constable insists on staying with a...

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Daniel Trilling

It’s clear why Zohran Mamdani has a double-digit lead in the New York mayoral race

It’s clear why Zohran Mamdani has a double-digit lead in the New York mayoral race

For someone who exudes positive energy and seldom stops smiling, Zohran Mamdani certainly does provoke a lot of negative reactions. “He’s not who...

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Margaret Sullivan

A year after Trump won, why won’t Democrats change their playbook?

A year after Trump won, why won’t Democrats change their playbook?

Democrats enabled Donald Trump to become president twice because of repetition compulsions that still propel the party’s leaders – undermining the...

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Norman Solomon

Forget Jomo, gezellig and hygge – this winter, let’s get a grip and go out

Forget Jomo, gezellig and hygge – this winter, let’s get a grip and go out

Since the clocks changed, a damp, dark blanket settles over York from about 5pm – and it’s brilliant; the perfect excuse to stay in. I love every...

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Emma Beddington

Don’t believe everything you see: why Buddhist scepticism is vital in the age of generative AI

Don’t believe everything you see: why Buddhist scepticism is vital in the age of generative AI

The latest iteration of OpenAI’s video generator, Sora 2, spells troubling times for objective reality. Even before the introduction of generative...

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Bertin Huynh

The ghost of Ronald Reagan has spooked Trump over tariffs

The ghost of Ronald Reagan has spooked Trump over tariffs

Halloween came early for Donald Trump. Ronald Reagan spooked him. Trump had a startled reaction to the TV ad that appeared during the first game of...

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Sidney Blumenthal

Is it really outrageously uncool to have a boyfriend?

Is it really outrageously uncool to have a boyfriend?

Is having a boyfriend embarrassing? Yes, British Vogue made the ruling recently in a gently provocative piece, declaring it “quite culturally...

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Emma Beddington

I’m a teenager who was lured into the manosphere. Here’s how to reach young men like me

I’m a teenager who was lured into the manosphere. Here’s how to reach young men like me

If you judged modern boyhood from the headlines, you’d think we were broken – radicalised, misogynistic, angry. But as a teenage boy myself, I...

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Josh Sargent

President JD Vance or Marco Rubio? We’re seeing the first signs of the battle over Trump’s succession

President JD Vance or Marco Rubio? We’re seeing the first signs of the battle over Trump’s succession

Millions of Americans yearn for 7 November 2028, the scheduled date of the next presidential election. That’s the day the Trump era effectively...

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Simon Tisdall

Dutch voters have been seduced by positivity – liberals elsewhere, take note

Dutch voters have been seduced by positivity – liberals elsewhere, take note

Progressives often treat patriotism as radioactive. Flags and anthems are left to the populist right. But the centrist D66 party, which almost...

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Simon Van Teutem

Democrats must not cave in to Donald Trump

Democrats must not cave in to Donald Trump

Democrats in the US Senate must stand with the working families of our country and in opposition to Donald Trump’s authoritarianism. They must not...

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Bernie Sanders

Australia must put politics aside and pass nature laws that benefit the economy and the environment. We owe it to our kids

Australia must put politics aside and pass nature laws that benefit the economy and the environment. We owe it to our kids

Victoria’s Healesville Sanctuary is helping to protect and restore the critically endangered orange-bellied parrot which is predicted to be extinct...

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Zoe Daniel

Katie Miller had a podcast meltdown and threatened the citizenship of a critic

Katie Miller had a podcast meltdown and threatened the citizenship of a critic

Some couples bond over shared hobbies; others over shared values. The Maga bigwigs Stephen and Katie Miller, on the other hand, appear to have...

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Arwa Mahdawi

Poor Nicolas Sarkozy. His hardline views on crime and punishment have come back to bite him

Poor Nicolas Sarkozy. His hardline views on crime and punishment have come back to bite him

Twenty years ago, a tragic event changed the direction of my life. Three teenagers from the banlieue of Clichy-sous-Bois, north of Paris, were...

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Rokhaya Diallo

World leaders, remember that future generations will judge you. At Cop30, you can define how

World leaders, remember that future generations will judge you. At Cop30, you can define how

With the once-familiar pillars of the old world order crumbling and the US stepping away from action on climate crisis, it falls to others to...

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Gordon Brown

If the right really wants free speech in universities, why is it so obsessed with discrediting students?

If the right really wants free speech in universities, why is it so obsessed with discrediting students?

When I was a 20-year-old undergraduate student at Cambridge University, I was plastered all over the national press for making a tweet about white...

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Jason Okundaye

Who decides how we adapt to climate change?

Who decides how we adapt to climate change?

For decades, “stopping climate change” has been the singular goal of climate politics. Across the political spectrum, from grassroots climate...

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Leah Aronowsky