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Gaby Hinsliff

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It’s the silver lining from this terrible age of Donald Trump: he is pushing Britain closer to the EU

It’s the silver lining from this terrible age of Donald Trump: he is pushing Britain closer to the EU

Going anywhere nice this summer? No, me neither, judging by the warning from the Ryanair boss, Michael O’Leary, that a global shortage of jet fuel...

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Never mind leading the free world, if Donald Trump were your ageing father, when would you take away his car keys?

Never mind leading the free world, if Donald Trump were your ageing father, when would you take away his car keys?

Donald Trump’s cognitive skills are amazing. So amazing! So great! So much better than any other dumb presidential contender you could mention, at...

31.03.2026 10

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Ed Miliband’s stock is rising because he’s a rare commodity in Labour these days: a thinker

Ed Miliband’s stock is rising because he’s a rare commodity in Labour these days: a thinker

Nature famously abhors a vacuum. So when Morgan McSweeney departed government, leaving a hole where much of Keir Starmer’s thinking used to be, it...

27.03.2026 10

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Authenticity? Farage’s Cameo scandal reveals him for what he really is: a performer dancing in the gutter

Nigel Farage will say pretty much anything for money. Write him a script, stuff a coin in the slot and off he goes: the man who would be prime...

20.03.2026 10

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Trump’s war is bringing economic calamity to the UK – and another shock to our politics

Seventy years ago this winter, the streets of Britain fell eerily quiet. After one last panic buying spree, many garages shut, and traffic even in the...

17.03.2026 10

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The Mandelson papers reveal a prime minister who would rather not hear from dissenting voices

The arrogance takes your breath away, even to the end. Sacked in disgrace for bringing shame upon those who trusted him, Peter Mandelson’s response,...

13.03.2026 20

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Influencers sold the world a fantasy Dubai – and now it’s gone in a puff of missile smoke

To be fooled by a mirage, you needn’t be lost in the desert. Sometimes, the illusion is strongest just when you thought you were safely home,...

06.03.2026 40

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Why the fightback against Reform must involve the middle-aged, fed-up workers of Britain

Penny Lancaster was 50 when she retrained as a special constable. Wrangling Saturday night drunks and shoplifters might seem an odd fit for the...

02.03.2026 10

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Nobody wants to defend Britain’s voting system any more – but here’s why I will

You can’t always get what you want. And as Mick Jagger didn’t add, sometimes the best you can hope for is just to stop other people getting it. At...

26.02.2026 20

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Do you remember your first crappy job? Today’s young people would wish for half your luck

When Keir Starmer was 14 years old, he got a part-time job clearing stones from a local farmer’s field. At 16, Kemi Badenoch was flipping burgers...

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Student debt is a generational injustice. Why are we squeezing graduates harder than the super-rich?

Never go to war with Martin Lewis. The one iron law of politics is that the financial guru who built moneysavingexpert.com has a quasi-godlike status...

16.02.2026 10

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If you want to know what Reform would be like in power, look at how it threatened Bangor University

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The Guardian view on London’s nightlife: how to share city space is best resolved locally

02.02.2026 10

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Ben Jennings on Keir Starmer, Peter Mandelson and the Epstein files – cartoon

02.02.2026 20

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The Guardian view on the Mandelson-Epstein emails: unavoidable questions of misconduct in public office

02.02.2026 10

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How much did the Epstein poison infect Britain? Starmer had better find out, and fast

02.02.2026 10

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Even British teenagers want tighter laws around social media – but let’s make it part of a broader vision for children

28.01.2026 20

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Doomscrolling won’t bring order to the chaos. It’s OK to put the phone down and take a break

23.01.2026 20

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Nicola Jennings on Greenland, Trump and tariffs – cartoon

18.01.2026 30

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If it wasn’t clear before, it is now: Britain needs an escape plan from the Trump world order

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By seeking to defuse domestic tensions over Gaza, West Midlands police ended up making matters worse

16.01.2026 10

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Why is Trump interested in Greenland? Look to the thawing Arctic ice

09.01.2026 30

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Male bonds develop one way, female friendships another. Should we stop trying to make men more like women?

06.01.2026 50

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Pete Songi on the UK government’s new year’s resolutions – cartoon

01.01.2026 30

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The best way to get round a difficult problem? Do nothing about it

01.01.2026 20

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A Christmas message from the First Dog on the Moon Institute

19.12.2025 40

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My lesson from 2025: Reform is much more vulnerable than it appears

19.12.2025 50

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Gen Z know the social contract is broken. It’ll take more than youth clubs and StarmerTok to reach them

11.12.2025 20

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Would you entrust a child’s life to a chatbot? That’s what happens every day that we fail to regulate AI

09.12.2025 20

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

05.12.2025 10

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

28.11.2025 10

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

25.11.2025 10

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

21.11.2025 10

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

14.11.2025 10

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

11.11.2025 10

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

07.11.2025 10

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

07.11.2025 10

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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 30

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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 50

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

24.10.2025 10

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

17.10.2025 10

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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 10

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

03.10.2025 20

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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 10

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

26.09.2025 10

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

12.09.2025 10

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Ben Jennings on Wes Streeting and free speech – cartoon

04.09.2025 20

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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 20

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

04.09.2025 10

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

04.09.2025 10

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