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The social media algorithm has left me behind. Iām unc and Iām chopped ā and thatās OK
Published: August 6, 2026 15:00
If you have to Google an internet or Gen Z/alpha slang term, you absolutely shouldnāt be using it. Iām accepting this milestone with quiet dignityIāve recently reached an important adult milestone in my life. Getting married? No. Having a baby? No. Buyingā¦
By day five of my labour, I didnāt want an āideal birthā. I only wanted to survive | Natalie Morris
Published: August 6, 2026 15:00
Yvette Cooperās maternity reforms must change a system that too often fails women when theyāre at their most vulnerableOn the third day of being in labour with my first child, I entered a new state of being. It was time to dig deep. This is what I hadā¦
The real meaning of Abdul El-Sayedās victory in Michigan | Robert Reich
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/06/abdul-el-sayed-michigan-victory
Published: August 6, 2026 11:00
Weāre seeing America wake up to the tyranny thatās engulfed usWith the victory of progressive Abdul El-Sayed over representative Haley Stevens in Michiganās Democratic primary, prepare yourself to hear enormous quantities of bullshit about the Democraticā¦
The American left is making strides. But can they win in November? | Ben Davis
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/06/democrats-midterms-general-election
Published: August 6, 2026 11:00
The left is increasingly winning within the Democratic party. But it still needs to prove that it can build general-election coalitions capable of beating RepublicansThe ideological struggle within the Democratic party continued on Tuesday night withā¦
We need a wartime mindset to fight the threat of wildfires | Seth Klein
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/06/wildfires-europe-world-war-two
Published: August 6, 2026 10:00
While many leaders compare the wildfire crisis to the second world war, governments fail to adopt the real lessons of pre-emptive wartime actionAs France and Spain battle historic wildfires, comparisons to the second world war abound. āOne of theā¦
I knew Rod Liddle and hated what he became. He would have wanted me to say so | Zoe Williams
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/06/i-knew-rod-liddle-and-hated-what-he-became
Published: August 6, 2026 09:00
A man who prized blunt speaking has been selectively eulogised. Thereās a balance between decency and honesty: Iām sad he caused such harmAs tributes poured in for Rod Liddle, the Sunday Times and Sun columnist who has died at the age of 66, they wereā¦
The takedown of Jason Arday has overjoyed the right, and must be a wake-up call for the left | Jason Okundaye
Published: August 6, 2026 05:00
The Cambridge academic has rightly now resigned. But that wonāt end the targeting of senior black figures or the lazy way institutions promote faux equalityāTo be honest with you, I thought youād just believe me.ā That was the breathtaking response of Profā¦
Spainās Pedro SĆ”nchez is a progressive outlier in Europe ā and over Ceuta, he is being made to pay for it | Eoghan Gilmartin
Published: August 6, 2026 04:00
The Spanish PM has been one of few European leaders to stand up to Trump. He now faces coercive diplomacy and an emboldened far right at homeThe dramatic footage last Thursday of thousands of migrants entering Spainās north African enclave of Ceutaā¦
Victoriaās anti-corruption report reveals more grubby 'whatever it takes' politics than bombshell revelations | Jon Faine
Published: August 5, 2026 23:27
There has been no finding of corrupt conduct but of a corrosive abuse of power, trashing of good governance and the abandonment of proper processesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily newsā¦
Abdul El-Sayed offers a template for Democrats to defeat Trumpism | Peter Beinart
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/05/abdul-el-sayed-democrats-trump
Published: August 5, 2026 16:15
The candidate has crafted a progressive nationalism and shown his party how to turn Republicansā financial advantage against themEvery now and then, a Senate race sets the direction for an entire party. In 1991, a state official named Harris Wofford āā¦
Every Jetstar flight is a rabid fight for survival. Whatās one more humiliating ritual for the masses?
Published: August 5, 2026 15:00
Will charging for carry-on luggage in overhead lockers turn us off flying with Jetstar? Of course not. They know this. They know their baseIndignity is part of the Jetstar experience. This is why we fly with budget airlines. We understand that for aā¦
The RBA says rate rises donāt really increase living costs. But the data is clear ā they very much do | Greg Jericho
Published: August 5, 2026 15:00
The latest cost of living figures show interest rate rises are having an impact on household costs, despite what the central bank says Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIn this yearās June quarter,the cost of living for workingā¦
Why I'll never be convinced by Meta's āpervertā glasses | Opinion
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/video/2026/aug/05/meta-pervert-glasses-opinion-video
Published: August 5, 2026 14:13
'Most people donāt want pervert glasses that can film us without our consent,' said a spokesperson from activist group Everyone Hates Elon. The group has launched a series of guerilla adverts deriding non-consensual filming by the glasses as well as anā¦
The Democratic party chair is a handy scapegoat. But the partyās problems are much bigger | Norman Solomon
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/05/ken-martin-dnc-criticism-scapegoat
Published: August 5, 2026 14:00
Much of the criticism of Ken Martin is deserved. But his actions are symptomatic of a party that fails to listen to the grassrootsKen Martin is now a convenient scapegoat. As chair of the Democratic National Committee, he has stumbled into disrepute as aā¦
What kind of society fast-tracks early release for domestic abusers? This is gambling with womenās lives | Joan Smith
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/05/release-domestic-abusers-gambling-womens-lives
Published: August 5, 2026 12:14
Andy Burnham inherited the crisis in our prison system ā but the solution cannot be to further endanger the women and children who have survived violenceItās time to be blunt: the government is about to expose hundreds of vulnerable women to the risk ofā¦
Trumpās university ācompactā is gone. That doesnāt mean the assault on education is over | Kenneth Roth
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/05/trump-university-compact
Published: August 5, 2026 12:00
The administrationās proposed agreement met a scathing response. But universities must remain vigilantThe Trump administration has quietly abandoned the poisonous deal it tried to foist on American universities. Under its so-called Compact for Academicā¦
Why is Anthropic destroying books? | Kathryn James
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/05/anthropic-ai-destroying-books
Published: August 5, 2026 11:00
The AI company apparently found destructively scanning āall the books in the worldā easier than dealing with copyright in its quest for training dataShould we destroy all the books in the world?An answer to this question can be found in the court documentsā¦
Letās call Trumpās approach to Iran what it is: kindergarten diplomacy | Moustafa Bayoumi
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/05/trump-iran-war-diplomacy
Published: August 5, 2026 10:00
Amid stop-and-start threats and with a divided staff, itās clear Trump has no idea how to end a war that shouldnāt have begunOn Thursday, 23 July, after weeks of escalating attacks between the US and Iran, Donald Trump told a reporter that Iran hadnātā¦
RFK Jr has a new cooking show. Are any Trump officials doing their actual jobs? | Arwa Mahdawi
Published: August 5, 2026 10:00
Shouldnāt the health secretary have his hands full with the cyclosporiasis outbreak, measles or rabbit fever? Not when there are crispy salmon cakes to prepare ā¦The US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has got his work cut out for him. A cyclosporiasisā¦
Democracy is at stake when foolish humans bet on machines being intelligent | Rafael Behr
Published: August 5, 2026 07:00
We need an enlightened US president to make the case for global AI regulation. Donald Trump is the exact opposite of what is neededWhen I am woken by the sound of my dog whining, I understand that she is hungry and wants me to get up. When my alarm clockā¦
Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot
Published: August 5, 2026 05:00
As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says āEmbrace the Mediterranean lifeā. Embrace death, more like itCanāt you leftists understand? Mass death is good for you. Reject the woke love of life! Welcome civilisational collapse! Watchā¦
Europeās rivers are running dry, and the knock-on effects are disastrous | Yiannis Baboulias
Published: August 5, 2026 04:00
Droughts that were once a century now happen every year, and the impact on wildlife, industrial output and culture itself is catastrophicLast week, 186 passengers had to be evacuated from the cruise ship Viking Ullur, after it ran aground on a sandbank inā¦
Keep calm and carry on: two travellers weigh in on Jetstarās new overhead locker baggage fees
Published: August 5, 2026 03:33
Is the budget airlineās plans to charge for carry-on bag storage a tax on bad behaviour, or just plain old price gouging? Two Guardian staffers check inIn significant news for budget travellers, Jetstar will charge its passengers up to $52 to put carry-onā¦
Homes in Australia are now cheaper ā why canāt the government sell this good news story? | Saul Eslake
Published: August 5, 2026 00:21
Ministers love to claim credit for things like cheaper petrol and cheaper pharmaceuticals ā why not cheaper housing? Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastResidential property prices in Australiaās eight capital cities have fallen byā¦
Rise in adulterated sexual enhancement supplements could mean users are getting stiffed
Published: August 4, 2026 15:00
Often sold as āherbalā solutions for sexual prowess, research has found many supplements are cut with prescription medications that could harm the people who take themRead more in the Antiviral seriesSexual enhancement supplements have always been a bit ofā¦
Pauline Hanson has knocked another brick out of our creaky political system. Itās not good for anybody | Peter Greste
Published: August 4, 2026 15:00
By deciding who gets to ask questions and who is barred, the One Nation leader is upending the democratic role that journalists are supposed to occupyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDemocracyās lifeblood is information. But likeā¦
What if older people refuse help outside the family? This is the taboo that could wreck care reform | Emily Kenway
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/04/older-people-help-family-care-reform
Published: August 4, 2026 14:13
Many fear losing their independence if they agree to care workers looking after them. Any social care review must take this on boardEmily Kenway is the author of Who Cares: the Hidden Crisis of Caregiving and How We Solve ItLisa* has used her local glazierā¦
Extreme heat: why our cities can't cope | Opinion
Published: August 4, 2026 13:38
The UK and Europe have been facing extreme heatwaves ā Greenpeace recorded temperatures of up to 53C at one London playground in recent weeks. Itās clear our cities are not equipped to deal with the soaring temperatures brought by the climate crisis. Withā¦
Asking Anthony Fauci for medical advice then calling for him to be jailed? Katie Miller is the latest Maga hypocrite | Arwa Mahdawi
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/04/anthony-fauci-katie-miller-maga-hypocrite
Published: August 4, 2026 13:07
The vocal vaccine sceptic and wife of Trumpās deputy chief of staff turned to the former US science adviser when she was worried about Covid. Now, sheās claiming it was a cunning planYou should keep your friends close, your enemies closer, and Stephen andā¦
The hill I will die on: You should be legally obliged to play Mr Brightside at your wedding | Amelia Tait
Published: August 4, 2026 13:00
Sure, itās about jealousy, infidelity and paranoia, but the Killersā biggest hit is a dancefloor banger: any marriage that starts without it is guaranteed to end in divorceIāve been to two weddings where the bride and groom refused to play the Killersāā¦
My son has cancer. Kalshi wants you to be able to bet on his medical future | Joshua Pederson
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/04/kalshi-predictions-market-clinical-trial
Published: August 4, 2026 12:00
The predictions market is planning to allow betting on clinical trial results and regulatory decisions as our family fights for his survivalMy son is 12 years old. No matter how many Legos we get him, he will only build robotic mechs. He draws hauntingā¦
The US governmentās mislabelled map of Africa at a global Aids conference shows again a failure to understand the continent | Kenneth Ngure
Published: August 4, 2026 11:00
This crude lack of thought is influencing crucial budget decisions on HIV programmes, which were cut by 25% worldwide in 2025At the end of July, thousands of scientists, advocates and policymakers gathered at Aids 2026, the 26th International Aidsā¦
We are US civil rights lawyers. Trumpās policies have driven us to seek justice internationally| Thomas Becker and Antonio Romanucci
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/04/trump-ice-migrants-human-rights
Published: August 4, 2026 10:00
On Tuesday, a human rights commission will hold an extraordinary hearing over the administrationās alleged attacks on protesters, journalists and othersWe are constitutional law, civil rights, and human rights scholars and practitioners who have spentā¦
We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/04/summer-heat-climate-war-zone
Published: August 4, 2026 10:00
Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of lifeās great joys Far beyond the fires raging across Europe and North America, the smoke, dangerous to breathe, hangs in the air, dimming the view, changing the very color of sunlight intoā¦
Ceuta was a carnival of anti-migrant content for hateful opportunists on the right ā and a lesson for the left | Jonathan Liew
Published: August 4, 2026 08:00
It was framed as a perfect storm because nativists dearly wanted it to be. Looking on, progressives failed to meet the moment tooThe live streams are still running, training their cameras on the beach at Ceuta, where nothing is happening. The self-styledā¦
After five brutal years of Taliban rule, Afghan women and girls need our help ā and I have a plan | Gordon Brown
Published: August 4, 2026 06:00
Even in the face of appalling repression, girls yearn to fulfil their educational potential. We must set up a global fund to help themNext weekmarks the fifth anniversary of the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban as US coalition troops were evacuatedā¦
With Russia at the door and the US backing away, Europe has to build its own āway of warā
Published: August 4, 2026 04:00
Even in a Europe-focused Nato 3.0, Washington would still want to call the shots. We need an insurance policyHow can Europe defend itself against Russia without the US, or with much less of it? This question sums up the existential challenge now facing theā¦
Mauricio Pochettinoās US return is risky, expensive and probably unnecessary | Leander Schaerlaeckens
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/aug/03/mauricio-pochettino-usmnt-return
Published: August 3, 2026 16:48
In giving the head coach another World Cup cycle, US Soccer is tempting fate for negligible benefitMauricio Pochettino and US Soccer enjoyed their time together.Or, rather, they enshoyed it, as Pochettino would pronounce it in his thick Argentinian accent,ā¦
Lonely planet: why are we addicted to the social media scroll when it is so clearly harming us? | Paul Daley
https://www.theguardian.com/society/commentisfree/2026/aug/03/social-media-addiction-loneliness
Published: August 3, 2026 15:00
I am hanging on to a product that makes people I loathe more super-rich while they trash the worldThere is so much talk of all the lonely people in the world right now that the pervasive state of loneliness is being called an epidemic.I donāt think that isā¦
The rightās exploitation of the Ceuta migrant ācrisisā almost guarantees that it will happen again | Ruben Andersson
Published: August 3, 2026 13:33
The EUās panic and the lack of solidarity emboldens smugglers and the far right ā and makes Spain even more vulnerableFor the European hard right and the White House, it seemed almost too good to be true: left-liberal Spain punished with a migration crisisā¦
Nolanās Odyssey shows what happens when a leaderās violations are rewarded | Jamil Smith
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/03/the-odyssey-nolan-ice
Published: August 3, 2026 12:00
The Greeks learn at Troy that breaking the rules works, then carry the lesson home. Nolanās film shows how an exception becomes a habit of powerThis article contains spoilers for The OdysseyI had not read The Odyssey since I was a student. Stories changeā¦
Are Trumpās most blatant authoritarian moves backfiring? | Jan-Werner MĆ¼ller
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/03/trump-administration-authoritarianism
Published: August 3, 2026 10:00
The presidentās methods, from āflooding the zoneā with scandals to prioritizing loyalty over competence, could ultimately weaken rather than strengthen himThe pattern is by now all too familiar: with every power grab Trump tries ā from a fraudulent speechā¦
The most dynamic countries are surging ahead with high-speed rail. Others, like Britain, are stuck in the station | Christian Wolmar
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/03/high-speed-rail-trains-britain-europe-japan
Published: August 3, 2026 09:00
Around the world, these trains have boosted economies, development and prestige. The costs of missing out are highChristian Wolmar is the author of Fast Track: The Extraordinary Story of High-Speed RailWith all our grumbling about trains ā and it is closeā¦
The right hates The Odyssey because of its āwokenessā ā but it missed an even bigger threat to its worldview | Peter Swallow
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/03/the-odyssey-the-right-woke-xenia-threat
Published: August 3, 2026 07:00
The new film extols the value of a rules-based world order. Thatās far more radical than any casting decisionPeter Swallow is Labour MP for Bracknell, and the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on classics. Before his election, he was a classicsā¦
Itās the debate of the century! Two climate ādenialistsā battle it out to see who agrees the most denialistly | First Dog on the Moon
Published: August 3, 2026 06:24
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Trumpās hypocritical new tariffs are a chance for the world to fight back | Joseph Stiglitz
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/03/donald-trump-tariffs-us-eu-forced-labour
Published: August 3, 2026 06:00
The presidentās pretext of stopping forced labour is only a ruse ā he is trying to grab a share of global trade for the USHere he goes again. The US President, Donald Trump, is increasing and decreasing tariffs willy-nilly, violating internationalā¦
Finally, we have a PM for the digital age. But real change requires more than just being good on camera | Nesrine Malik
Published: August 3, 2026 05:00
Connection with voters on screen only pays off when itās matched with bold policies in the real world ā as it has for Zohran Mamdani in New YorkAndy Burnham is having a good time. I canāt remember the last time a prime minister (or indeed any high-profileā¦
Liechtensteinās archaic abortion laws need to be modernised. But a prince is standing in the way | Gabriella Alvarez-Hummel
Published: August 3, 2026 04:00
The hurdles for women who have to travel abroad to access abortion are considerable, but Hereditary Prince Alois says he will veto any changesThe first person Maria* called when she found out she was pregnant was her doctor. The second person was a lawyer.ā¦
The inability to deliver the changes Indigenous Australians need is no longer just a moral failure but a civilisational one | Noel Pearson
Published: August 3, 2026 01:44
After the rejection of the voice, the conversation about structural reform of the federal arrangements governing Aboriginal affairs must resumeThe Uluru statement from the heart was our prayer to the Australian people.There was hope in itsā¦
The Guardian view on global corporate tax: a $500bn prize that states must seize | Editorial
Published: August 2, 2026 16:25
Donald Trump may reject the negotiations, but he cannot veto a global effort to make multinational companies answer to governmentsGovernments are told that public services must shrink because money is tight. Yet a new Tax Justice Network report says thatā¦
Annie thought perimenopause symptoms were keeping her awake. Alcohol was playing a role too | Diane Young
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/03/perimenopause-alcohol-sleep
Published: August 2, 2026 15:00
Hot flushes, anxiety, poor sleep and mood swings are common during perimenopause. But the very thing Annie was using to manage her symptoms had become an even bigger problemThe modern mind is a column where experts discuss mental health issues they areā¦
Trump is determined to pursue his trade war ā and he may be difficult to stop
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/02/trump-tariffs-weapon
Published: August 2, 2026 12:00
The presidentās minions have trawled the statutes to restore roadblocks to trade. The invocation of Smoot-Hawley looks especially dangerousDonald Trump may have found the killer weapon to punish countries at will: by imposing tariffs on their exports toā¦
For most US small businesses, Trumpās tariffs arenāt the big issue they were
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/02/us-small-businesses-trump-tariffs
Published: August 2, 2026 12:00
Tariffs are annoying and disruptive, but this round is less impactful ā and business owners are taking them in their strideRebounding from his defeat at the supreme court in February, Donald Trump has recently announced a new round of tariffs, invokingā¦
Decades on from the USās disastrous campaign in Afghanistan, Trump is making all the same mistakes | Simon Tisdall
Published: August 2, 2026 11:31
The president has blundered into a āforever warā with Iran he canāt win, but refuses to end. Such hubris has a long history Itās five years this month since the chaotic retreat of US forces from Kabul. The Nato-backed invasion and occupation ofā¦
As retired US judges, weāre not used to speaking out. But we cannot be silent | Michael P Donnelly and Robert F Orr
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/02/judges-lawyers-partisan
Published: August 2, 2026 11:00
We joined a recent bus tour of 30 judges, lawyers and advocates fighting not for any partisan aim, but for the rule of law itselfLast October, US lawyers, judges and rule-of-law advocates traveled to Warsaw as guests of the Carter Center. Neither of us wasā¦
Iām all for the nanny state ā but we should abolish fines for holidays in term time | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Published: August 2, 2026 07:00
Some parents are sticklers for the rules, yet mass civil disobedience by parents in England and Wales suggests many agree with mePerhaps itās my stage of parenthood, or the fact that Iāve been lying awake at night, but I think I have an idea that couldā¦
My highly educated Uber driverās heartache underscores how transactional Australiaās visa regime has become | Julianne Schultz
Published: August 1, 2026 20:00
Belonging is hard when gaining citizenship is so expensive. The state has just become a regulator of the marketI had scarcely closed the door of the Uber that saved me from getting drenched in the sleety Melbourne rain when the driver asked, āAre you aā¦
The Manchester mayoral result holds the key for the future of progressive politics | Neal Lawson
Published: August 1, 2026 12:50
Voters on the left are more fragmented than ever ā but they will pull together behind a convincing cross-party messageThe author is director of the cross-party campaign organisation CompassThe results of the election for a new mayor to succeed Andy Burnhamā¦
Biohacker Bryan Johnson is keeping his girlfriendās menstrual blood in his freezer | Arwa Mahdawi
Published: August 1, 2026 12:00
The longevity influencer and his girlfriend, Kate Tolo, say theyāre studying womenās health ā a worthy goal, but perhaps some skepticism is in orderThe tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson has devoted his life to dodging death. The 48-year-old is obsessed withā¦
If you think kids will respect a robot teacher, you have never met a kid | Dave Schilling
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/01/new-york-salamanca-school-robot-teacher-plan
Published: August 1, 2026 11:00
A New York school district has paused plans to bring an android into the classroom. Is this our educational future?Whatās more harrowing than sending your child to school? Maybe getting stuck on a city bus that canāt drop below 55 miles per hour or it willā¦
In the battle of Elon Musk v the press, we canāt let truth be the loser | Jane Martinson
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/01/elon-musk-truth-interview-editor-economist
Published: August 1, 2026 11:00
The trillionaire Tesla owner has called the editor of the Economist a ātraitor to the westā after a clash-filled interview. How should the media respond?Elon Muskās long interview with the editor of the Economist is as good a representation as any of theā¦
The US war on Iran is spinning out of control | Mohamad Bazzi
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/01/us-iran-war-trump-recession
Published: August 1, 2026 09:00
Trumpās conflict keeps escalating, with Saudi Arabia joining airstrikes in Iraq and reportedly planning an attack on the Houthis. A recession could followThe US war against Iran is spiraling out of control. Over the past week, the conflict has expandedā¦
The Democrats have one last chance to halt the erosion of US democracy ā and itās less than 100 days away | Timothy Garton Ash
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/01/democrats-donald-trump-us-midterms
Published: August 1, 2026 09:00
American democrats need a Hungarian-style landslide to overwhelm Trumpās attempts to rig Novemberās midterm electionsIn these days of extreme weather events, it seems odd to say that the US needs a big landslide. But a landslide defeat for President Donaldā¦
The hill I will die on: Games are the opposite of fun, and Iād ban them for anyone over 12 | Emily Watkins
Published: August 1, 2026 07:00
Get your balls, pucks, Scrabble boards and packs of cards away from me ā all I want is space to be together, ideally with a coffee or a glass of wineThe other day, I met a friend at the park for a catch-up. After 45 minutes of blissful note-swapping ā myā¦
Like Burnham, I was an altar boy. His Catholic upbringing is shaping the way he governs |Julian Coman
Published: August 1, 2026 05:00
With a prime minister raised in a tradition that emphasises our mutual dependency, we may finally have a leader who can address the anomie gripping our countryLike Andy Burnham, I was once an enthusiastic altar boy, although I donāt recall competing to beā¦
Will Trump be Burnhamās undoing, or the making of him? The answer lies in Europe | Jonathan Freedland
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/31/donald-trump-andy-burnham-europe-britain
Published: July 31, 2026 16:30
In an increasingly dangerous world, our European neighbours are finding safety in numbers ā but Britain is on the outside. The new PMās task is to change thatThere is an orange cloud in the sky. Iām not referring to the wildfires ravaging parts of Europeā¦
Sydney, you were a dream of warmth and ease. When I returned to wintry Melbourne, time collapsed ā and the city was still romantic
Published: July 31, 2026 15:00
A few years after graduating, I moved north and got lucky. It was like riding a smooth, perfect wave that would never hit the shoreI went to a wedding in Sydney when I was 12, arriving from the gloomy and windswept south-west coast of Victoria, and evenā¦
A World Cup with no participants ā it could be Gianni Infantinoās boldest move yet | Marina Hyde
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/31/world-cup-sell-stakes-gianni-infantino-fifa
Published: July 31, 2026 12:44
Youāve got to admire the Fifa presidentās chutzpah in trying to flog off footballās greatest prize. If only Uefa wasnāt being so pesky about it allImagine a plan so distasteful that even the Americans and a Middle Eastern nepo-royal football boss canāt beā¦
Iām a Haitian TPS holder. 350,000 of us hold our breath as Congress decides our future | Josiane Valsaint
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/31/haitian-temporary-protected-status-us-trump
Published: July 31, 2026 12:00
Temporary protected status allowed me to rebuild my life. Now thousands like me help keep this country runningRight now, across the country, there are more than 330,000 Haitians collectively holding their breath over the future of lifesaving immigrationā¦
Will Burnham fix our barbaric prisons ā or cave to rightwing populism? The answer is a tragedy | Simon Jenkins
Published: July 31, 2026 10:22
England and Walesās prisons are overcrowded, drug-infested and barbaric. Labour has halted a once-in-a-generation effort to change that sorry stateAndy Burnhamās āpausingā of the Starmer governmentās prisoner release scheme and the resignation of itsā¦
I study the boreal forest. This summer wildfires came for my home | Julee Boan
Published: July 31, 2026 10:00
Here are things that will ā and will not ā help us fight the threat of wildfiresI have spent much of my career studying boreal forests and I know fire is part of how they renew themselves. That knowledge did nothing for the lump in my throat last week asā¦
McCarthyism has returned to the United States ā and this time itās even more dangerous | Judith Levine
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/31/mccarthyism-trump-surveillance-red-scare
Published: July 31, 2026 10:00
Trumpās campaign of repression echoes the red scare. But now the government has bigger ambitions and more powerful toolsThere are many parallels between the first McCarthy era, roughly 1946 to 1956, and Trumpās campaign of political repression, his ownā¦
The Burnham bounce is eclipsing the Green surge ā and Zack Polanskiās radical hope is being tested | Gaby Hinsliff
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/31/andy-burnham-bounce-green-surge-zack-polanski
Published: July 31, 2026 07:00
The new PM is enjoying a honeymoon period but, longer-term, the Greens have the freedom to say whatever Labour wonāt Cackling happily into their pints, the two most powerful men in the country scoff their way through a selection of pub snacks.Porkā¦
Isnāt AI terrible enough already? Now they want to eat the worldās books?! | First Dog on the Moon
Published: July 31, 2026 06:35
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Think our basic rights are safe? In the age of oligarchs and corporate lobbying, think again | George Monbiot
Published: July 31, 2026 05:00
The global assault on our freedoms is coming ever closer to home. Just look at the sinister prosecution of UK lawyer Rajiv MenonNo more resistance in the US. The era of human rights is over, and dissent is once more forbidden. This is what certainā¦
After teargas, protests and legal strife, Turkey has a new opposition party. Is this the man who can oust ErdoÄan? | Kaya GenƧ
Published: July 31, 2026 04:00
Under ĆzgĆ¼r Ćzel, the CHP became Turkeyās most popular party. Now his Yeni (New) movement is growing fastIn May this year, police in Ankara stormed the headquarters of the Republican Peopleās party (CHP), the oldest political party in Turkey. Officers usedā¦
A man has been found guilty of rape but we can't say who he is. Why are there exceptions to open justice? | Richard Ackland
Published: July 31, 2026 03:11
It is not entirely surprising the āwell-connected Melbourne businessmanā has so far managed to have his name protectedVictoria has the sorry distinction of being the national capital for court-imposed gag orders.The courts and tribunals of that state issueā¦
Why would I waste my precious holiday time going to a zoo in another country? | James Colley
Published: July 30, 2026 15:00
I can hear the howls of disagreement now but weāve got zoos ā complete with giraffes and elephants ā at home. Seen one, youāve seen them allWhen I first took my toddler to the zoo, I realised that here were her celebrities. To see a giraffe in real life isā¦
The future of AI hinges on openness and cooperation. China and Britain can gain much by working together | Zheng Zeguang
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/30/ai-future-china-britain-healthcare-research
Published: July 30, 2026 14:00
There is no point competing in isolation. There are so many benefits to be had, in manufacturing, healthcare, research and governanceZheng Zeguang is the Chinese ambassador to the UKArtificial intelligence is widely regarded as one of the definingā¦
No TV experience? At CBS News, thatās no problem | Margaret Sullivan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/30/cbs-news-ross-douthat-tv-experience
Published: July 30, 2026 14:00
The conservative columnist Ross Douthat is the networkās latest perplexing hire ā but the move is in line with the new leadershipIn media circles, this weekās hire of a prominent New York Times columnist as a correspondent for CBSās 60 Minutes was greetedā¦
The profit motive has strangled sports. Now Fifa is putting soccer up for sale | Dave Schilling
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/30/gianni-infantino-fifa-statement
Published: July 30, 2026 13:00
Gianni Infantinoās plan for a Fifa subsidiary is odious ā but itās hard to feel surprisedJust when you thought global soccer couldnāt get more odiously capitalistic, Gianni Infantino said: āHold my beerā (as long as that beer youāre holding is a Michelobā¦
Donāt call them ICE detention centers. Call them camps | John Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/30/ice-detention-center-camp
Published: July 30, 2026 12:00
Iāve spent a decade reporting on immigration enforcement. The word ācampā best captures the political function of these facilitiesWe donāt have concentration camps today in the United States, but we have something close. More than 65,000 people areā¦
Europe is burning ā and if Trumpās war on the climate is not met with sanctions, things will only get worse | Alexander Hurst
Published: July 30, 2026 11:00
The White House seems committed to ecocide. The EU should harness the power of the single market to force it to change courseAre we understanding it yet? As Europe burns in the west, the south and the north, are we grasping the fact that our economies,ā¦
Iāve spent years researching what it means to be alive. This is what Iāve learned | Melanie Challenger
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/30/alive-body-life-experience
Published: July 30, 2026 10:00
To understand the experience of life, donāt look to the mind. Look to the bodyIn a 1982 article, the American feminist scholar Elizabeth Spelman coined the term āsomatophobiaā to describe the strange human delusion that we are minds rather thanā¦
Iām torn by the hard hat v graduation cap debate. Is it wrong that I want my kids to go to university? | Emma Brockes
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/30/kids-university-andy-burnham-higher-education
Published: July 30, 2026 07:00
As Andy Burnham intervenes, itās clear that the shine is coming off higher education. But is society ready for this mindshift? Am I?For a while now Iāve been having a conversation with friends that a few years ago wouldāve been largely unthinkable. Partly,ā¦
Iāve seen what can confound Farage on his home turf: optimism. People need a politics that offers them that | Owen Jones
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/30/farage-home-turf-people-need-politics-optimism
Published: July 30, 2026 05:00
You canāt blame his constituents in Clacton for their pessimism ā because they have been let down for yearsUnder battered England flags, cynicism, pessimism and exhaustion stalk the streets of Clacton.As the byelection called by Nigel Farage approaches,ā¦
Burnham the crowd-pleaser knows how to make friends, but heāll be defined by how he makes enemies | Andy Beckett
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/30/andy-burnham-prime-minister-politics-change
Published: July 30, 2026 04:00
The prime ministerās instinct to not upset people is set against a lifelong desire to effect transformative change. The two may not sit together easilyAndy Burnham has always liked to be liked. Studying at secondary school near Liverpool in the 1980s, heā¦
Battles loom over social care, but this fight must be won. At last, we have a PM who believes that | Polly Toynbee
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/29/andy-burnham-reform-social-care-crisis
Published: July 29, 2026 17:48
Burnham seems ready to use his power and influence. He understands the depth of this crisis: the task is persuading all those still in denialāPeople pleaser!ā Thatās the insult Andy Burnhamās enemies sneer at him. And yes, he will need all his mightiestā¦
The Guardian view on selling off the World Cup: a red-card offence by Gianni Infantino | Editorial
Published: July 29, 2026 17:25
Fifaās president hopes to sell stakes in the planetās most watched sporting event. In the wider interests of football, he must be resistedLike a sporting Dr Pangloss, Fifaās president, GianniĀ Infantino, would like to persuade football followers that theyā¦
Iām running against the prime minister to stand up to a system that has facilitated the success of Pauline Hanson | Hannah Ferguson
Published: July 29, 2026 15:00
I refuse to allow a cynical outlook of politics infect our country, which is why Iām standing as an independent in Anthony Albaneseās seat of GrayndlerGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThis week, I announced my intention to run asā¦
The likelihood of the RBA raising interest rates has fallen. Have we finally come to our senses? | Greg Jericho
Published: July 29, 2026 15:00
The latest inflation figures have put off the expectation of another rate rise until early next year ā unless we look for an excuse for the RBA to move earlierGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe June inflation rate of 3.8% endedā¦
Trump has singled out us Canadians for special treatment in his tariff war ā there is no choice but to get nasty | Matt Gurney
Published: July 29, 2026 11:01
The White House fails to understand that Mark Carney and Canadaās regional leaders canāt cave in to the US president: itās too toxic to votersā¢ Matt Gurney is a journalist based in TorontoThough many hate to admit it, Canadians have long wished for moreā¦
What should replace the American-led world order? | Aslı BĆ¢li and Samuel Moyn
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/29/us-decline-world-order-replacement
Published: July 29, 2026 10:00
The task now is to stop mourning the old order and build the foundations of the new multipolar worldAmerica is in decline. And so is Pax America: the American-led world order. While there are many genuine dangers of American decline, there has never been aā¦
Even Maga is falling out of love with JD Vance. If only his rivals werenāt even worse ā¦ | Arwa Mahdawi
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/29/maga-jd-vance-rivals-marco-rubio
Published: July 29, 2026 10:00
The US vice-president is facing a barrage of allegations and complaints from inside and outside the Republican ranks. Good news for Marco Rubio ā but not for the rest of the worldThereās something a bit off about JD Vance. And I mean that literally: theā¦
Welcome to America, where youāre never quite sure if your senator is dead or not | Arwa Mahdawi
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/29/mitch-mcconnell-hospitalized
Published: July 29, 2026 10:00
Is it normal for a sitting senator to have to routinely submit proofs of life to a public who suspect he might be braindead? Just asking for 340 million friends Is it normal for a sitting senator to have to routinely submit proofs of life to a public whoā¦
Wildfires are raging ā and the world has junked 45 climate pledges. Disaster looms, and little wonder | Bill McGuire
Published: July 29, 2026 09:00
Five years ago, I wrote an open letter asking climate scientists to speak out against fossil fuels. Now governments are in retreat, it is surely time to act France and Spain race to contain huge wildfires before fresh heatwave beginsSuch is the astonishingā¦
What makes a good wedding these days? I say flirting and chaos, but not three days in a French castle | Rachel Connolly
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/29/good-wedding-flirting-chaos-spectacle
Published: July 29, 2026 07:00
Modern weddings seem to have become all about the spectacle ā although, if you do take the opulent route, I still want to comeAm I allowed to start a column about weddings by saying I donāt know exactly what I think about weddings and marriage in general?ā¦
Award-winning cricketer First Dog on the Moon on the latest local cricket brouhaha | First Dog on the Moon
Published: July 29, 2026 06:05
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Suddenly the British right feels a political chill. Itās getting cold in Andy Burnhamās shadow | Rafael Behr
Published: July 29, 2026 05:00
The Tories and Reform had it easy when Keir Starmer was self-destructing ā but a new PM with ideas exposes how vacant the opposition has becomeAndy Burnhamās recollections of Britain in the 1970s must be pretty hazy. He was nine when the decade ended. Kemiā¦
Germany's leaders say the Berlin Pride attack targeted 'all of us'. What utter hypocrisy | Fatma Aydemir
Published: July 29, 2026 04:00
The queer community has lost resources and protection due to decisions made by the people now mouthing solidarity in publicIt feels like a well-rehearsed script. First come the flowers, then the pious statements. One after another, mainstream Germanā¦
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