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The least ā€˜integratedā€™ part of British society isnā€™t the immigrants ā€“ itā€™s the elite | Andy Beckett

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/23/integrated-british-society-immigrants-elite

Published: May 23, 2025 11:00

Politicians and the rightwing press talk about integration in a selective and politically loaded way. The reality is quite differentAmid all the acrimony surrounding Keir Starmerā€™s recent remarks on immigration ā€“ a row that could follow him into retirementā€¦

Trumpā€™s barbarism is turning his biggest strength into a liability | Osita Nwanevu

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/23/trumps-barbarism-is-turning-his-biggest-strength-into-a-liability

Published: May 23, 2025 10:00

Americans are gradually turning against the president over his handling of immigration. Republicans will have to answer for itIf you can bear to hear it, there are still more than 1,300 days remaining in the Trump administration. Thatā€™s an interminablyā€¦

This goes beyond Gary Lineker. The BBC risks coming apart over the Gaza war | Jane Martinson

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/23/gary-lineker-bbc-gaza-war-coverage-conflict

Published: May 23, 2025 07:00

Mistakes have been made by both the star and the corporation. That shouldnā€™t compromise urgent coverage of the conflict When Gary Lineker bids farewell to the BBC on Sunday, his former bosses will be hoping for an end to their problems with headstrongā€¦

Magaā€™s ā€˜DEI hireā€™ taunt is an age-old grievance reignited. And itā€™s spreading | Gaby Hinsliff

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/23/maga-dei-hire-grievance-job

Published: May 23, 2025 05:00

In this new climate, having an enviable job, while not being a straight white man, is grounds for suspicionWayne Brown was a trailblazer, a man who made his own small piece of history by becoming Britainā€™s first black fire chief.He worked his way up as aā€¦

From the day Britain left the EU, this reset was inevitable. What a pointless waste of time, money and effort | Simon Jenkins

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/23/britain-left-eu-reset-keir-starmer-tories

Published: May 23, 2025 04:00

Keir Starmer is not blameless when it comes to Brexit, but he is moving in the right direction. Even the Tories attacking him know thatFor the Tories to attack Keir Starmerā€™s first step towards a Brexit reset is monumental hypocrisy. Their Brexit led toā€¦

I am writing this with a pencil ā€“ it could be an authorā€™s last line of defence against AI | Luke Beesley

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/23/i-am-writing-this-with-a-pencil-it-could-be-an-authors-last-line-of-defence-against-ai

Published: May 23, 2025 03:29

My habit is quaint, I know, and there are downsides ā€“ but for those who value literature, the focus will shift to this: how do we prove we didnā€™t use AI?When I was very young, three or four, before I learned to write, Iā€™d search out empty pages in myā€¦

There is no excuse for the killing of two Israeli embassy workers | Kenneth Roth

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/22/israel-embassy-shooting

Published: May 22, 2025 21:30

Critics of Israelā€™s atrocious conduct in Gaza should be clear that their focus is the authors of that violence ā€“ not Israeli civiliansIsraelā€™s campaign of bombing and starving Palestinian civilians in Gaza is inexcusable. It reflects a massive war crime,ā€¦

The Guardian view on the US and South Africa: Trump looks to his base and partners look elsewhere | Editorial

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/22/the-guardian-view-on-the-us-and-south-africa-trump-looks-to-his-base-and-partners-look-elsewhere

Published: May 22, 2025 17:47

The presidentā€™s cynical ambush of Cyril Ramaphosa was not about American interests but racial grievancesThe most telling moment of Donald Trumpā€™s meeting with Cyril Ramaphosa was not the cynical screening of footage promoting false claims of ā€œwhiteā€¦

ā€˜Pro-worker prioritiesā€™? Trumpā€™s budget offers the exact opposite | Steven Greenhouse

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/22/trump-house-budget-bill-workers

Published: May 22, 2025 16:00

The ā€˜big, beautifulā€™ measure going through Congress would cut health, food and education benefits ā€“ and offer a huge boost to the richestWith Donald Trump pushing hard to give big tax cuts to the rich and do huge favors for crypto billionaires, it wasā€¦

Ramaphosa withstood Trumpā€™s bizarre ambush ā€“ but he let down South Africans | Zanele Mji

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/22/cyril-ramaphosa-donald-trump-bizarre-ambush-south-africa

Published: May 22, 2025 15:15

Rather than trying to charm his US counterpart with golf, the South African president could have addressed the white supremacist attitudes holding our country backZanele Mji is a writer, investigative journalist and podcaster based in Johannesburg, Southā€¦

I thought ghosts were mean, restless and set on revenge. Then I watched the TV show | Anna Spargo-Ryan

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/23/i-thought-ghosts-were-mean-restless-and-set-on-revenge-then-i-watched-the-tv-show

Published: May 22, 2025 15:00

The longer I watched the US sitcom, the more the propaganda got to me. Maybe ghosts just want someone to listen to them?The ghost in my house is called Henry.I only found this out after naming my cat Henry, at which point one of my kids said, ā€œOh, like theā€¦

How ditching the Liberals can put the grunt back into the Nationals ā€“ Australiaā€™s rural party

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/23/how-ditching-the-liberals-can-put-the-grunt-back-into-the-nationals-australias-rural-party

Published: May 22, 2025 15:00

Country Australia holds the balance of power ā€“ if it wants to exercise it ā€“ in pretty much every parliamentItā€™s been a lonely week for the Nats. Personally, I am on Team Split. I think itā€™s high time they put the grunt back into the country party.Yetā€¦

What did you do during the genocide in Gaza? | Arwa Mahdawi

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/22/israel-gaza-genocide

Published: May 22, 2025 14:00

When future generations read about Gaza with horror and wonder how we allowed a livestreamed genocide to happen, what will you say?Now, when Israel is executing a ā€œfinal solutionā€ in Gaza, when it is far too late for dissent to make any difference, theā€¦

Famous menā€™s toxic fandoms have become a tool for punishing women | Tayo Bero

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/22/famous-men-fandoms

Published: May 22, 2025 12:00

From DDG to Tory Lanez, a male celebrity is accused of abuse ā€“ and his supporters reverse the roles of victim and offenderThereā€™s a new formula for punishing women who speak out about abuse by high-profile figures, and it usually goes like this: womanā€¦

If aid doesnā€™t enter Gaza now, 14,000 babies may die. UN peacekeepers must step in | Michael Fakhri

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/22/israel-gaza-aid-plan-displace-control-palestinians

Published: May 22, 2025 10:00

As a UN special rapporteur on the right to food, I have watched for 19 months as Israel starves children. The world must act nowOn Monday, Israel launched an intensive ground offensive named Operation Gideonā€™s Chariots as part of its plan to cause as muchā€¦

Iā€™ve studied the history of death. I know how we can better face up to our grief ā€“ and our own mortality | Molly Conisbee

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/22/i-have-studied-history-of-death-better-face-grief-mortality

Published: May 22, 2025 09:00

How we deal with bereavement has changed enormously over the years. But not all the old traditions should be forgottenMany years ago, as part of a school homework project, I asked my grandparents what the most significant social change had been duringā€¦

As a Labour MP who voted against winter fuel cuts, Iā€™m glad the PM has seen sense | Jon Trickett

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/22/as-a-labour-mp-who-voted-against-winter-fuel-cuts-im-glad-the-pm-has-seen-sense

Published: May 22, 2025 07:00

Our voters wanted change, not more austerity. Will the PM and his chancellor apologise for the anxiety and stress theyā€™ve caused?Jon Trickett is the MP for Normanton and Hemsworth in West Yorkshire and former member of the shadow cabinetOn Wednesday, Keirā€¦

The UK risks falling apart. Keir Starmer can mend it now ā€“ but he doesnā€™t have much time | Martin Kettle

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/22/uk-risks-falling-apart-keir-starmer-mend-it-move-forward

Published: May 22, 2025 05:00

The PM has little choice. Unless he brings the fractured nations together, none can move forward, and neither can heA house divided against itself cannot stand, warned Abraham Lincoln. The United Statesā€™ later descent into civil war over slavery wouldā€¦

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has courage. Pope Francis had it too. Why are there so many cowards? | Alexander Hurst

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/22/volodymyr-zelenskyy-pope-francis-public-life-powerful-people

Published: May 22, 2025 04:00

Corruption and greed have eroded morality in public life. Powerful people who do what is right are in short supplyā€œCourage is seeking the truth and speaking it,ā€ Jean JaurĆØs, the French philosopher and Socialist party leader, told a group of high schoolā€¦

We bear the brunt of the climate crisis. A Pacific Cop could help shape the global response | Surangel Whipps Jr

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/22/we-bear-the-brunt-of-the-climate-crisis-a-pacific-cop-could-help-shape-the-global-response

Published: May 22, 2025 01:44

Australia should also make moves to address the climate impact of its fossil fuel production and exportsWatching from the western Pacific, we saw many describe Australiaā€™s recent election as a decisive moment for climate and energy policy. If that was theā€¦

The Guardian view on Russia sanctions: a brittle economy is Putinā€™s weakness | Editorial

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/21/the-guardian-view-on-russia-sanctions-a-brittle-economy-is-putins-weakness

Published: May 21, 2025 17:30

Ukraineā€™s allies must dial up sanctions to expose the fragility of the Kremlinā€™s strategy for perpetual warDonald Trumpā€™s pledge to end the war in Ukraine on the first day of his second term as US president was a sign of his unsuitability as a peaceā€¦

Cutting aid for girlsā€™ education isnā€™t just wrong ā€“ itā€™s economically illiterate | Larry Elliott

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/21/cuts-aid-girls-education-labour-government

Published: May 21, 2025 16:05

This slash-and-burn approach is indefensible and would have been anathema to previous Labour governmentsAsk any one of the 187 female Labour MPs whether they would have made it to the House of Commons without an education and you would probably get shortā€¦

You would think after nearly three years of being wrong, the RBA might start to question its economics. But no | Greg Jericho

https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2025/may/22/rba-inflation-interest-rates-cut-full-employment

Published: May 21, 2025 15:00

Now that inflation is back within the target range, suddenly the RBA has rediscovered that it is supposed to also care about full employmentGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe decision by the Reserve Bank to cut rates on Tuesdayā€¦

The UK has spoken out against the ā€˜monstrousā€™ human catastrophe in Gaza. Why wonā€™t Australia do more? | Donald Rothwell

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/22/uk-spoken-out-human-catastrophe-gaza-australia

Published: May 21, 2025 15:00

Foreign minister Penny Wong has called the risk to babies ā€˜horrifyingā€™ but there is more Australia could do to make its position on Gaza clearGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe humanitarian situation in Gaza has reached aā€¦

First workers were disappointed in Labour ā€“ now theyā€™re angry. To understand why, visit Birmingham | Sharon Graham

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/21/workers-labour-birmingham-bin-strike-ministers

Published: May 21, 2025 14:01

Ministers are targeting low-paid bin workers while cosseting billionaires. Supporters could not be more disillusionedSharon Graham is the general secretary of UniteSix months ago, it was a stirring, a mood felt in many workersā€™ meetings, on picket linesā€¦

International opinion has rounded on Israel, but it's not enough to force Netanyahu's hand | Sanam Vakil

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/21/international-opinion-israel-netanyahu-gaza-war

Published: May 21, 2025 13:20

Condemnation alone wonā€™t change Israelā€™s trajectory. For that, concrete action on sanctions and Palestinian statehood is requiredSanam Vakil is director of Chatham Houseā€™s Middle East and North Africa programmeNineteen months on from the 7 October Hamasā€¦

The US credit rating has been downgraded. But thereā€™s an easy fix for our debt | Robert Reich

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/21/us-credit-rating-debt-fix

Published: May 21, 2025 10:00

Instead of cutting taxes on the richest Americans ā€“ who hold much of the countryā€™s debt ā€“ simply raise themOn Friday, the credit rating of the United States was downgraded. Moodyā€™s, the ratings firm, announced that the governmentā€™s rising debt levels wouldā€¦

Maga Catholics are on a collision course with Leo XIV. They have good reason to fear him | Julian Coman

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/21/maga-catholics-leo-xiv-trump-anti

Published: May 21, 2025 07:00

They have been quick to brand the new pope an ā€˜anti-Trumpā€™ ā€˜total Marxistā€™. In return, he is already critiquing their worldviewIn the outer reaches of the Magasphere, it would be fair to say the advent of the first pope from the US has not been greetedā€¦

In the wake of the Coalitionā€™s very public split, I can only offer this time-honoured break-up advice: work on yourself | James Colley

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/21/after-the-coalitions-very-public-split-i-can-only-offer-this-time-honoured-breakup-advice-work-on-yourself

Published: May 21, 2025 05:38

The Nationals say theyā€™re doing this ā€˜for the right reasonsā€™, and part of you has to respect that ā€“ provided itā€™s the part incapable of adding up numbersYou might hear the clink of bottles into recycling bins this morning, the sounds of Fleetwood Macā€™sā€¦

Children are speaking to strangers online ā€“ and grooming is on the rise. This is how to protect them | Devi Sridhar

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/21/children-strangers-online-grooming-on-rise-protect-them

Published: May 21, 2025 05:00

Parents are used to worrying about walking home alone and sleepovers, but games and messaging apps pose new risksWhen we look at what causes poor mental health, we often think of stress, genetics, poverty or loneliness. These are all contributing factors,ā€¦

The real story isnā€™t young men supposedly voting far right. Itā€™s what young women are up to | Cas Mudde

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/21/young-men-women-far-right-online-politics-centre-left

Published: May 21, 2025 04:00

There is an opportunity staring centre-left parties in the face ā€“ if they reject the male gaze distorting our politicsā€˜The boys are alt-right.ā€ This seems to be the new consensus on far-right politics propagated in numerous articles and podcasts. But theā€¦

The fault line that opened up a Coalition chasm can be traced back decades | Judith Brett

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/21/coalition-split-liberal-party-the-nationals-lnp-fault-line-that-opened-up-a-coalition-chasm-can-be-traced-back-to-australia-federation

Published: May 21, 2025 01:08

The four policy sticking points that split the Nationals from the Liberal party highlight their vastly different stances on privatisationHow Littleproudā€™s irresistible force met Leyā€™s immovable objectSussan Ley knew she faced a challenge. Then theā€¦

The Guardian view on the calls to save Gaza: Palestinians need deeds, not words | Editorial

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/20/the-guardian-view-on-the-calls-to-save-gaza-palestinians-need-deeds-not-words

Published: May 20, 2025 17:54

Israel faces growing international condemnation. But more is required to restore aid and bring a ceasefireThe UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher fears that thousands of babies are at imminent risk of death in Gaza unless aid reaches them. Benjaminā€¦

The Guardian view on protecting the Amazon: forest defenders must have support | Editorial

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/20/the-guardian-view-on-protecting-the-amazon-forest-defenders-must-have-support

Published: May 20, 2025 17:53

Dom Phillipsā€™ posthumously published book is an urgent reminder of why this unique landscape matters so muchIt doesnā€™t start for six months, but the build-up to the UNā€™s annual climate conference is already well under way in Brazil. Hosting the tens ofā€¦

Trump is using his assault on government to retaliate against women | Judith Levine

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/20/trump-retaliation-women

Published: May 20, 2025 16:00

The administrationā€™s attacks on the American Bar Association are part of a long line of actions that have clear commonalitiesLast week, a federal judge blocked the justice department from canceling $3.2m in federal grants to the American Bar Associationā€¦

The cost of getting care and getting there: why is hospital parking so expensive in Australia? | Ranjana Srivastava

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/21/the-cost-of-getting-care-and-getting-there-why-is-hospital-parking-so-expensive-in-australia

Published: May 20, 2025 15:00

By now, Australians know ā€˜freeā€™ healthcare is not really free. Easing the cost of parking would be a practical way of helping patientsā€œEvery minute of your delay costs me money,ā€ a patient grumbles, brandishing a parking ticket.ā€œI am sorry,ā€ I sympathise.ā€¦

After the latest cash rate cut, the question on borrowersā€™ lips is already: when can we expect rates to go down further? | Nicki Hutley

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/21/the-rba-has-just-cut-its-cash-rate-but-the-question-already-on-borrowers-lips-is-when-can-we-expect-another-one

Published: May 20, 2025 15:00

As businesses review their hiring plans and consumers consider their spending decisions, the Reserve Bank remains cautiousAs expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) monetary policy board cut interest rates on Tuesday. What was less expected, perhaps,ā€¦

Win a game show, become a US citizen? Weā€™ve entered the realm of the truly depraved | Dave Schilling

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/20/us-citizen-game-show

Published: May 20, 2025 14:00

Pizza-making contests and a ā€˜gold rush challengeā€™ are among possible events in a pitch the Trump administration is reportedly consideringI guess Republicans really love game shows. Just a few days after Fox aired its ā€œisnā€™t Trump wildā€ guessing game, Whatā€¦

Mental-health lessons in schools sound like a great idea. The trouble is, they donā€™t work | Lucy Foulkes

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/20/mental-health-lessons-school-dont-work-mindfulness

Published: May 20, 2025 14:00

All-class therapy sessions donā€™t help, and may even make matters worse. The evidence shows we need different solutionsItā€™s Saturday afternoon and my friendā€™s five-year-old daughter is lying next to me on her living room floor. She explains to me that sheā€¦

Was this a hen do or a humanitarian mission to liberate Paris? Either way, give Lauren SƔnchez an award | Marina Hyde

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/20/lauren-sanchez-hen-do-humanitarian-mission-paris-jeff-bezos

Published: May 20, 2025 12:23

The hemlines were high and the diamonds hefty as the worldā€™s second-richest fiancee and her entourage stormed the Seine. Formez vos bataillons!To Cannes, in the country of France, where last night Jeff Bezosā€™s fiancee, Lauren SĆ”nchez, got what sheā€¦

The trouble with AI art isnā€™t just lack of originality. Itā€™s something far bigger | Eric Reinhart

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/20/ai-art-concerns-originality-connection

Published: May 20, 2025 12:00

When artwork is invented by a machine, it loses its most important power: to help people connect. In an already lonely era, that is particularly dangerousThe artificial intelligence giant OpenAI recently announced that its ChatGPT platform now providesā€¦

Donā€™t be fooled. Trumpā€™s ā€˜One Big Beautiful Billā€™ is typically ugly and typically misnamed | Arwa Mahdawi

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/20/dont-be-fooled-trumps-one-big-beautiful-bill-is-typically-ugly-and-typically-misnamed

Published: May 20, 2025 11:52

Republicans love to make the most harmful laws sound sensible or even noble. This pretty-sounding package of tax breaks and spending cuts is just the latest exampleWhatā€™s big, beautiful and kept a lot of Republicans up late on Sunday night? There might beā€¦

Messiā€™s ire is free publicity for MLS. So why is the league editing it out? | Alexander Abnos

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/may/20/messis-ire-is-free-publicity-for-mls-so-why-is-the-league-editing-it-out

Published: May 20, 2025 10:00

The worldā€™s most famous player had some complaints about MLS referees, and the league helps nobody by burying themInter Miami, led by Lionel Messi, have been terrible lately. On Sunday, their complaints to the referee only made their situation worse.Thatā€¦

Extinction Rebellion may have gone quiet, but climate protest will come roaring back | Oliver Haynes

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/20/extinction-rebellion-climate-protest-law

Published: May 20, 2025 10:00

The pandemic and harsh laws suffocated climate movements as we knew them. Get ready for a new kind of actionOn 21 April 2019, I was on Waterloo Bridge in London with my younger siblings. Around us were planters full of flowers where there were once cars,ā€¦

Trump can complain all he wants ā€“ but he canā€™t stop his own economic mess | Sidney Blumenthal

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/20/trump-economy-sidney-blumenthal

Published: May 20, 2025 10:00

Between his tariffs and his regressive ā€˜big, beautiful billā€™, the president is wreaking havoc ā€“ and he never learnsWith his usual threats, Donald Trump is trying to ward off the dire reality that he has created and is bearing down on him. He can clampā€¦

Trump has brought Ukraine-Russia peace talks back to square one ā€“ just where Putin wants them | Olga Chyzh

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/20/russia-ukraine-peace-talks-vladimir-putin-volodymyr-zelenskyy-donald-trump

Published: May 20, 2025 09:00

The Russian leader is a master manipulator. Until he is forced to face reality, there is no hope of ending the bloodshedAfter more than three years of stalled diplomacy, the past few days have brought a flurry of activity in the Russia-Ukraine peaceā€¦

Britain needs an alfresco dining revolution to bring life into its cold city centres | Dan Hancox

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/20/britain-alfresco-dining-revolution-cold-city-centres-london-sadiq-khan

Published: May 20, 2025 07:00

Londonā€™s mayor, Sadiq Khan, is aiming to get diners back on to the streets. If itā€™s good enough our fellow Europeans, why not Britons?One Sunday last September, I sat at a table outside one of Lyonā€™s famous traditional ā€œbouchonā€ restaurants, eating aā€¦

Gaza, Israel and the world are crying out for opposition to Netanyahu ā€“ now there are rays of hope | Aluf Benn

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/20/gaza-israel-netanyahu-opposition

Published: May 20, 2025 06:00

For years Netanyahu has divided and disrupted his opponents. But new leaders are beginning to organiseā€¢ Aluf Benn is the editor-in-chief of HaaretzIn his successful quest to become Israelā€™s longest-serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu has leveragedā€¦

Thinking of a trip to Barcelona this summer? Beware ā€“ hereā€™s what you'll find | Stephen Burgen

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/20/barcelona-summer-tourism-locals-city

Published: May 20, 2025 04:00

From locals priced out of homes to visitors shopping at global chains, all of us are cheated in a city hollowed out by tourismProtesters in Barcelona used water pistols to take aim at tourists visiting the Sagrada Familia last month. Residentsā€™ā€¦

The Guardian view on Romaniaā€™s presidential election upset: a vote for stability and the west | Editorial

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/19/the-guardian-view-on-romanias-presidential-election-upset-a-vote-for-stability-and-the-west

Published: May 19, 2025 17:59

A stunning comeback victory for the centrist mayor of Bucharest was also good news for Kyiv. But elsewhere in Europe, the far right continues to flourishAs Romanians voted on Sunday in arguably the most consequential election in the countryā€™sā€¦

This new EU deal is great for Britain. Now, Labour, focus on the future, not on Farage | Polly Toynbee

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/19/new-eu-deal-labour-farage-brexit

Published: May 19, 2025 16:53

Cheaper food, passport e-gates, youth exchanges ā€“ we are finally on a path to repair the colossal damage Brexit has doneCircle the wagons: Europe draws together confronting an enemy to its east and a rogue state to its west. ā€œEverything has changed,ā€ saidā€¦

Starmer and his allies spent so long attacking Labourā€™s left, they forgot how to govern | Owen Jones

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/19/starmer-allies-attacking-labour-left-forgot-govern

Published: May 19, 2025 16:10

Rehashing 20-year-old Blairite ideas that were stale then will inspire nobody. Britain is crying out for bold, transformative policy-makingJust why has Keir Starmerā€™s government proved such a catastrophe? This is a question that must be posed to hisā€¦

Climate targets are only as good as the action behind them. We need to aim higher | Amanda McKenzie

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/20/australias-climate-targets-are-only-as-good-as-the-action-behind-them-we-need-to-aim-higher

Published: May 19, 2025 15:00

How fast we cut climate pollution will define how safe or scary the world becomes as our children grow upAt its core, the most fundamental duty of any government is to safeguard the security and wellbeing of its people. The climate crisis is hittingā€¦

Trump once condemned Qatar. How things have changed | Mohamad Bazzi

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/19/trump-qatar-relationship

Published: May 19, 2025 12:00

The countryā€™s charm offensive and global mediator role ā€“ as well as a $400m plane ā€“ reveal a complicated relationshipOn his tour of the Middle East last week, Donald Trump was treated like royalty by the leaders of the wealthiest countries in the Arabā€¦

Republicans are attacking childcare funding. Their goal? To push women out of the workforce | Moira Donegan

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/19/republicans-childcare-women-inequality

Published: May 19, 2025 10:00

The right wants American women to bear more children and withdraw from full participation in societyLast month, the White House issued a proposed budget to Congress that completely eliminated funding for Head Start, the six-decade-old early childhoodā€¦

If our destiny is cyber-attacks and empty shelves at the Co-op, hereā€™s what we should do next | Hugh Muir

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/19/cyber-attacks-empty-shelves-co-op-prepping

Published: May 19, 2025 09:00

With threats afar and local, the need to stash essentials is obvious. If anyone can source jerk chicken in a tin, do let me knowI have seen the future. It was one morning last week ā€“ at the Co-op. Shelves that once groaned now had nothing much on them. Sadā€¦

Owners of second homes in Wales are having to sell up. Thatā€™s no disaster: itā€™s a godsend | Will Hayward

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/19/owners-second-homes-wales-council-tax-tourism-communities

Published: May 19, 2025 07:00

Council tax hikes on holiday homes arenā€™t ā€˜anti-Englishā€™ or detrimental to tourism. This is about preserving embattled communitiesJust over two years ago, Wales gave councils the powers to massively increase council tax on second homes. If you were to readā€¦

Modern parenting is rejecting abusive ways of punishing children. Will England listen? | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/19/modern-parenting-punishing-children-england

Published: May 19, 2025 06:00

Older relatives might roll their eyes at this generationā€™s approach, but it is overdue in a country where smacking is still legalA new trend is circulating on social media where adults ask their children to complete some of the toxic parenting phrases theyā€¦

Trump makes the Gulf states feel powerful, but the real test is: can they stop Israelā€™s war? | Nesrine Malik

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/19/trump-gulf-states-middle-east-allies-israel-war

Published: May 19, 2025 05:00

The US presidentā€™s deference to his Middle Eastern allies is hollow if they cannot affect what happens in their own back yardDonald Trumpā€™s visit to the Middle East last week was an exercise in disorientation. Both in terms of rebalancing the relationshipā€¦

Tracking apps might make us feel safe, but blurring the line between care and control can be dangerous | Samantha Floreani

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/19/tracking-apps-might-make-us-feel-safe-but-blurring-the-line-between-care-and-control-can-be-dangerous

Published: May 19, 2025 04:54

Apps like Life360 and Find My Friends are changing the landscape of whatā€™s considered to be an expression of love ā€“ and not necessarily for the betterGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWho knows where you are right now? Yourā€¦

The USSR occupied eastern Europe, calling it ā€˜liberationā€™ ā€“ Russia is repeating the crime in Ukraine | Sergei Lebedev

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/19/russia-illegal-occupation-eastern-europe-ukraine-post-soviet

Published: May 19, 2025 04:00

In the post-Soviet states, statues can be removed and street names changed. But achieving sovereignty of memory is far harderWe often hear that it is Russiaā€™s inability or unwillingness to deal with the crimes of its past that has led to the restoration ofā€¦

My sister was diagnosed with cancer ā€“ and it taught me the meaning of surrender | Making sense of it

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/19/my-sister-was-diagnosed-with-cancer-and-it-taught-me-the-meaning-of-surrender

Published: May 18, 2025 15:00

Spiritual practices can induce a sense of being part of something that is bigger than oneselfMaking sense of it is a column about spirituality and how it can be used to navigate everyday lifeWhen I was a kid, my sisterā€™s favourite biblical passage was fromā€¦

Should phone-obsessed diners be forced to stop scrolling? Not if restaurants want to stay open | Athena Kugblenu

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/18/giorgio-locatelli-mobile-phone-photographs-social-media-restaurants

Published: May 18, 2025 13:59

Giorgio Locatelli is the latest chef to lament our phone etiquette while dining. To him I say: that ship has sailed, and the customer is always rightGiorgio Locatelli despairs of diners who spend more time scrolling on their phones than ā€œenjoying theā€¦

Harvard, jousting with Trump, found a real Magna Carta. Itā€™s a grand coincidence

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/18/harvard-trump-magna-carta

Published: May 18, 2025 13:00

The document is a reminder weā€™ve been fighting autocracy for centuries ā€“ and we canā€™t give up nowSometimes, miraculous financial windfalls happen when you need them most. A college student finding $20 in a jacket pocket on a Friday night. A relative whoā€¦

My advice to the new Green party leader? It's time to expose the climate deniers | Carla Denyer

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/18/green-party-leader-climate-action-beat-reform

Published: May 18, 2025 12:00

Labour has allowed climate action to become synonymous with hardship. Farageā€™s Reform is exploiting that ā€“ but we offer real solutionsCarla Denyer is co-leader of the Green party of England and Wales and MP for Bristol CentralWhen I announced recently thatā€¦

This pause in the trade war will be brief. Small businesses, plan accordingly

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/18/small-business-trump-tariffs-plan-impact

Published: May 18, 2025 11:00

Trumpā€™s animosity towards China isnā€™t going to disappear, and his past actions do not bode well for a quick resolutionDonald Trumpā€™s massive Chinese tariffs are on pause. The media debated. Wall Street rejoiced. Many of my clients breathed a sigh ofā€¦

A Labour lost in the weeds canā€™t rebuild this country. Starmer must regain his nerve | John Harris

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/18/labour-keir-starmer

Published: May 18, 2025 11:00

Labour has good ideas and years left to change Britain. Why is it acting as if its time is almost up? Just under a week on from Keir Starmerā€™s latest pronouncements about immigration, plenty of people on his own side are still gripped by a queasy sense ofā€¦

Will we ever see despots like Putin in court? Itā€™s unlikely ā€“ and thatā€™s the westā€™s fault too | Simon Tisdall

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/18/vladimir-putin-court-west-international-law

Published: May 18, 2025 05:00

The US, UK and others routinely flout international law. Thatā€™s why thereā€™s scant hope for a new tribunal on crimes against UkraineItā€™s tempting to hope the establishment last week of a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine, to giveā€¦

Anthony Albanese has an opportunity to build a legacy of real reform. Will he take it? | Julianne Schultz

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/18/anthony-albanese-has-an-opportunity-to-build-a-legacy-of-real-reform-will-he-take-it

Published: May 17, 2025 20:00

With overwhelming support from the Australian people, the enormity of this moment should not be underestimatedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIn a dramatic departure from normal practice, Mr Crisis and Ms Opportunity have arrivedā€¦

The livestreamed killing of an influencer could be femicide ā€“ a misunderstood crisis | Arwa Mahdawi

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/17/valeria-marquez-death-femicide

Published: May 17, 2025 13:00

Much remains uncertain about Valeria MĆ”rquezā€™s death. But it shines a light on a universal issueValeria MĆ”rquez was killed in one of the most horrifically public ways possible. On Tuesday evening, the 23-year-old Mexican social media influencer, who hadā€¦

Yes, the mediaā€™s Biden coverage was flawed. But its reporting on Trump was far worse | Margaret Sullivan

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/17/trump-biden-election-media-coverage

Published: May 17, 2025 11:00

A new book has fueled controversy over press handling of the ex-presidentā€™s decline. But that distracts from a bigger problemWith a new book out about Joe Bidenā€™s failed re-election campaign, a media reckoning is in full swing.It goes something like this:ā€¦

After the joy of seeing Carney beat his Trump-lite rival, reality has bitten. Canada is an anxious, divided nation | Melissa Jean Gismondi

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/17/carney-canada-donald-trump-tariffs-far-right

Published: May 17, 2025 11:00

Our country faces a bumpy ride as US tariffs start to hurt and disillusioned voters double down on the far rightA few days after last monthā€™s Canadian election had delivered a minority victory to Mark Carney and the Liberal party, I got an email fromā€¦

Britain has dropped down Europeā€™s LGBTQ+ rights rankings. Good ā€“ now we might have to face reality | Jason Okundaye

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/17/britain-europe-lgbtq-rights-uk-rainbow-map-gay-man

Published: May 17, 2025 10:00

In 2015, the UK placed first on the rainbow map. But even then, as an 18-year-old gay man, I knew that wasnā€™t the whole storyIt should surprise no one that the UK has dropped to its lowest ever position on the annual ā€œrainbow mapā€ of the Internationalā€¦

Itā€™s not a rich list ā€“ itā€™s gone far beyond that. We need to talk about ā€˜extreme wealthā€™ | Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/17/sunday-times-rich-list-extreme-wealth-damage

Published: May 17, 2025 08:00

We recognise extreme poverty as ruinous, but this turbo-charged affluence is deeply damaging too. Treat it as suchDhananjayan Sriskandarajah is chief executive of the New Economics Foundation and author of Power to the PeopleOnce again, itā€™s the Hindujaā€¦

What does Keir Starmer really believe in? His deal with the European Union will provide answers | Tom Baldwin

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/17/keir-starmer-deal-european-union-brussels

Published: May 17, 2025 05:00

After a week of bruising criticism, the PM will show what he really stands for when he signs a pivotal agreement with BrusselsKeir Starmer has had to grow a thicker skin over the past few years, but there are times when critics can still get under it. Oneā€¦

In 1990, my mother fought for Romaniaā€™s freedom. Will the revolutionā€™s children do the same?

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/17/in-1990-my-mother-fought-for-romanias-freedom-will-the-revolutions-children-do-the-same

Published: May 17, 2025 04:00

Sundayā€™s election could threaten the countryā€™s place in Europe if Russiaā€™s dark arts and historical amnesia win the daySomewhere in my attic, among my rather extensive Polly Pocket and Barbie dolls collection, thereā€™s a poster by the Romanian caricaturistā€¦

Attacks on Australiaā€™s preferential voting system are ludicrous. We can be proud of it | Kevin Bonham

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/17/attacks-on-australias-preferential-voting-system-are-ludicrous-we-can-be-proud-of-it

Published: May 17, 2025 00:00

Itā€™s been argued the election would have had a different outcome with first-past-the-post voting. I cannot overstate how unsound this assumption isGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Coalitionā€™s lopsided defeat in the 2025ā€¦

The Guardian view on Russia-Ukraine talks: a performance for the US president | Editorial

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/16/the-guardian-view-on-russia-ukraine-talks-a-performance-for-the-us-president

Published: May 16, 2025 17:30

Europe and Kyiv are showing increasing deftness and coordination, but Mr Trump is an unfriendly audienceThe first direct talks between Russia and Ukraine for three years should have been a momentous occasion. Since 2022, Russian war crimes have onlyā€¦

What Donald Trump did this week should terrify Benjamin Netanyahu. This is why | Jonathan Freedland

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/16/donald-trump-middle-east-tour-should-terrify-benjamin-netanyahu-usa-israel

Published: May 16, 2025 15:44

The presidentā€™s Middle East tour made one thing clear ā€“ he will betray his one-time ally in a heartbeat. He is already doing it Itā€™s come to something when the Palestiniansā€™ best hope for relief rests on a man who dreams of emptying Gaza of its people andā€¦

Forget the DEI hires ā€“ meet Trumpā€™s latest WTF hire | Arwa Mahdawi

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/16/trump-casey-means-surgeon-general

Published: May 16, 2025 14:00

The new pick for surgeon general, Casey Means, doesnā€™t have an active medical license. But she does have ā€˜impeccable Maha credentialsā€™The US health secretary doesnā€™t think you should really listen to him when it comes to health issues. During an appearanceā€¦

So ends the Keirbotā€™s immigration week: literally everyone hates it. Possibly even him | Marina Hyde

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/16/keir-starmer-x-immigration-albania-enoch-powell

Published: May 16, 2025 12:04

Several strongly worded X posts, a bungled Albanian scheme and the ghost of Enoch Powell. Once again, heā€™s smashed itOn Friday morning, Keir Starmer was posting without compromise. ā€œIf youā€™re one of the smugglers putting people in small boats across theā€¦

Brits are shocked Iā€™ve chosen Norwich over New Zealand ā€“ but there are reasons so many Kiwis are leaving | Elle Hunt

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/16/new-zealand-norwich-house-infrastructure-record-departure-numbers

Published: May 16, 2025 11:36

Despite the food and scenery, on a visit home this year I was struck by the many drawbacks, from housing to transportWhenever a Brit learns that Iā€™m a New Zealander ā€“ grew up there, got the passport, only moved to the UK in 2017 ā€“ often their faces scrunchā€¦

Digested week: Keir, immigrants have made this strangerā€™s life immeasurably better

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/may/16/keir-starmer-immigrants-strangers-speech

Published: May 16, 2025 10:28

There may be a grownup conversation to be had about immigration, but the PMā€™s depressing speech wasnā€™t it. Plus, Trumpā€™s flying freebieOn a day like this, I think back to my heart attack last year. The doctors, nurses and hospital porters who treated me inā€¦

Diddyā€™s lawyers are banking on the ā€˜mutual abuseā€™ defence. Newsflash: itā€™s not a thing | Tayo Bero

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/16/diddy-lawyers-defense-cassie-ventura

Published: May 16, 2025 10:00

Power isnā€™t equal in an unhealthy relationship. But itā€™s no surprise Sean ā€˜Diddyā€™ Combsā€™s team is deploying the tacticSean ā€œDiddyā€ Combsā€™s sex-trafficking and racketeering trial is under way, and the music mogulā€™s lawyers gave us a glimpse into what theirā€¦

What if one key problem with British politics at the moment is us ā€“ the voters | Andy Beckett

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/16/british-politics-voters-fickle-vindictive-electorate

Published: May 16, 2025 07:00

Westminster has become fearful of a fickle and vindictive electorate. Thereā€™s value in that, but itā€™s also holding back our politicsThe voter is never wrong. In this era of vox pops, phone-ins, focus groups and constant polls, this view of democracy isā€¦

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