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Jonathan FreedlandThe Guardian |
How will we look back on 2025? Or, if that seems too absurd a question to ponder just a few days into the new year, how might we view the first...
It’s a season brimming with tradition and, as longtime readers may know, my own custom has been to try, in the last column before Christmas, to find...
This government must not fail. Let’s get that clear from the start. If Keir Starmer does not succeed, too many British voters will conclude that...
It’s one damn thing after another. As Keir Starmer is discovering, government, like life, can feel like a fusillade of events, each coming faster...
Thanks to Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, which once dreamed of being a light unto the nations, has taken a step closer to becoming a leper among the...
He wasn’t kidding. Donald Trump really does want to rule as an extremist strongman, with contempt for the planet, for America’s allies and for the...
Are you ready for Trump unbound? You may have thought the former and future president was already pretty unrestrained, not least because Donald...
There is a good chance that in 10 days’ time, Americans will elect the first fascist president of the United States. It sounds hyperbolic, it...
A good day for the world, said Joe Biden. The best day of my life, said Mohammed, a 22-year-old Palestinian in Gaza, who refused to give his last...
Remember when we said that Black Lives Matter? We didn’t mean it. That much is clear now, as the world watches a war that is killing tens of...
You’ll be ahead of me on this one. By the time you read this, it’s possible that Israel will have hit back in response to the nearly 200 ballistic...
I hesitate to give JD Vance any ideas, but if American women were denied the vote, Donald Trump would be restored to the White House in a...
They probably thought the world would applaud. The Israeli planners behind one of the most spectacular intelligence actions in the country’s...
It’s hard to say that the honeymoon is over, because it never really began. You can’t blame Labour for that: it warned voters before the election...
Does an early Nobel peace prize beckon for Keir Starmer? Could the new prime minister be poised to surpass the achievement of Barack Obama, who...
Everything is going right for her and wrong for him. Kamala Harris has the encouraging poll numbers and, more precious still, the momentum. Donald...
One man is missing. Of course, it’s good that so many of those responsible for a week of terrifying far-right violence are facing an especially...
You can see why they think he’s God’s anointed one. You can understand why Republicans cheered when Donald Trump repeatedly claimed the divine as...