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Gaby Hinsliff

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Cutting jury trials is folly at best, and at worst the start of a slippery slope

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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
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This is modern Britain – where a princess pleading for children’s rights seems almost radical

This is modern Britain – where a princess pleading for children’s rights seems almost radical
21.11.2025 30

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Wes Streeting’s gamble with the NHS is greater than any play for Downing Street

Wes Streeting’s gamble with the NHS is greater than any play for Downing Street
14.11.2025 5

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What happens if the Greens overtake Labour in the polls? All bets are off

What happens if the Greens overtake Labour in the polls? All bets are off
11.11.2025 30

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Word of the year already? Huzzah! Here’s what the latest crop of ‘young people’ words mean

07.11.2025 50

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Meet gen X: middle-aged, enraged and radicalised by internet bile

Meet gen X: middle-aged, enraged and radicalised by internet bile
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Lily Allen’s new album shows the pain behind the ‘cool girl’ myth – that’s why women are obsessed with it

31.10.2025 20

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This hotels saga isn’t really about asylum seekers: it’s a window on to a far bigger scandal

28.10.2025 40

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Grooming gang survivors risk becoming pawns in a political game that is no place for vulnerable people

24.10.2025 20

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Millennial dads are experiencing something mums have known for a long time

17.10.2025 30

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‘Did two Brits spy for China?’ is one question. ‘Can any UK PM really stand up to China?’ is an even bigger one

14.10.2025 5

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What a £5 coffee (or a £100 Pizza Express) tells us about a changing Britain

03.10.2025 40

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Now we know what patriotism means to Shabana Mahmood – can she harness that to unite rather than divide us?

30.09.2025 30

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The case against digital ID cards: imagine how a Reform government could use them

26.09.2025 9

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It’s over and out (again) for Mandelson, but how many political lives does Starmer have left?

12.09.2025 8

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Ben Jennings on Wes Streeting and free speech – cartoon

04.09.2025 10

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The Guardian view on Xi, Putin and Kim: heed China’s statement of intent, but don’t take it as fact

04.09.2025 7

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The Guardian view on Reform’s party conference: Trumpism is on the agenda – it must be resisted

04.09.2025 6

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Keir Starmer may be the judge of Angela Rayner’s fate – but the public is the jury

04.09.2025 6

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Blame migrants, or blame the rich? That’s the populist divide in Britain’s politics now

02.09.2025 40

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Taylor Swift: engaged, mummy-tracked and doomed to tradwifedom? You really haven’t been listening

28.08.2025 10

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Remember when having women in power was supposed to change everything?

15.08.2025 50

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When a journalist uses AI to interview a dead child, isn’t it time to ask what the boundaries should be?

08.08.2025 70

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Moral outrage over Bonnie Blue’s porn empire misses the point: this is hardcore economics

05.08.2025 20

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Reform’s tales of wasteland Britain won’t work. There’s a far larger market for hope

01.08.2025 9

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The Guardian view on global inequality: the rising tide that leaves most boats behind

24.07.2025 10

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The Guardian view on Ukraine’s protests: Zelenskyy must heed critics at home and abroad

24.07.2025 4

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There is a dangerous disconnect: on Gaza, politics no longer speaks for the people

24.07.2025 6

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Abolishing Ofwat is fine but not enough: teach water bosses that failure has consequences

21.07.2025 9

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Why is it so hard for the authorities to win public trust? Maybe because they keep lying to us

18.07.2025 20

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Yes, the problem is men like Gregg Wallace – but it’s also those who should stop them and don’t

10.07.2025 20

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Whatever the truth of The Salt Path, I know why people wanted to believe it

08.07.2025 30

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Who’s really to blame for Labour’s troubles – Rachel Reeves or the invisible PM?

04.07.2025 10

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It is politicians – not regulators – who must make sense of the supreme court’s gender ruling

12.06.2025 10

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Trump has unleashed something terrifying in the US – that even he may be powerless to control

09.06.2025 20

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I asked readers which wordular-grammaticalisms they would ban … people literally lost their minds!

06.06.2025 9

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What is Britain’s elusive ‘national character’? The Ballad of Wallis Island might just tell us

06.06.2025 30

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Prime Minister Farage? He’s serious about that – it’s time the country was too

30.05.2025 30

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White men are apparently terrified of doing the wrong thing at work. I have some advice

26.05.2025 10

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Maga’s ‘DEI hire’ taunt is an age-old grievance reignited. And it’s spreading

23.05.2025 30

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Republican Texas is a surprising model for solving the UK’s prison crisis – but it just might work

16.05.2025 20

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We told young people that degrees were their ticket to a better life. It’s become a great betrayal

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The Guardian view on drought warnings: risks to the food supply need confronting

08.05.2025 10

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The Guardian view on Labour and immigration debate: time to change the frame

08.05.2025 20

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Britain hasn’t agreed a trade deal with the US – it’s ended a hostage negotiation

08.05.2025 10

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Support for Reform has surged – what does this mean for UK politics? Our panel responds

02.05.2025 9

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Even gen Z are resorting to cash - and I’m clinging to my own handful of it

01.05.2025 9

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Why is Labour getting bolder on Europe? It knows even leave voters can now see the benefits

29.04.2025 30

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We obsess over the angry young men going Reform. But what of the anxious young women going Green?

25.04.2025 90

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