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OPINION - Guto Harri: Donald Trump is the badass the West needs right now

Yes, he’s odious, repulsive and, in many ways, ludicrous. The white eyes in an ocean of orange spray tan, the crazy hair, the big fat frame; none of this fits with our Hollywood ideal of a US President. His lewd phallic gestures with a microphone during the closing stages of…

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OPINION - Flying dollar and falling pound: what Donald Trump's win means for the City and London's economy

Shares rocketed to all-time highs in US markets but fell back in the City

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OPINION - Donald Trump's victory has infuriated all the celebrities, the luvvies, and the moralisers — what joy

So, at what point did it dawn on you that Kamala Harris not only was probably going to lose but deserved to lose? For me it was probably that moment on her last rally when she held hands aloft with Oprah Winfrey to the cheers of the multitude. “Yes She…

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Kamala Harris' heartbreaking loss

Seeing a Black woman claim her seat in the White House would have meant the world to my family

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I’ve been on the road speaking to the US right. Trump’s victory was not a surprise

The voters I spent time with were energised by the president-elect’s messages. By contrast, Harris had no clear vision and no shared rage at the state of the country, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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OPINION - The Standard View: Britain must be prepared to spend more on defence

After the congratulatory tweets, videos and diplomatic cables, the hard reality will sink in. Donald Trump will be the next President of the United States. Clearly, this is a major turning point in the history of that great nation. But the implications are scarcely lesser for Britain, Europe and the…

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OPINION - Donald Trump has won the US election — this is what could happen next

Donald Trump has won America's presidential election. Many have long worried that a Trump victory would place American democracy in jeopardy.

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The sad truth is that anti-feminist backlash helped propel Trump to victory

Most American men have nothing in common with a billionaire – but he spoke to their resentment and anxiety, says the writer Malaika Jabali

The Guardian - US

A peaceful but determined resistance to Trump must start now

I still have faith in America. But we must mobilize to protect those at risk if Trump achieves his worst impulses, says former US secretary of labor Robert Reich

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Do people become less sociable with age? Not me – I’ve barely stopped since turning 90

Scientists think there may be benefits for older people who step back. I prefer to have ‘thank you and goodbye’ parties with my dearest friends, says actor and writer Sheila Hancock

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Today is a day of despair for America. We are plunged into an anticipatory grief

I hope we can turn our attention to the most vulnerable among us: those who are less safe today than they were yesterday, says Guardian US columnist Moira Donegan

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We are witnessing the final stage of genocide in Gaza

Omer Bartov is an Israeli-American professor of Holocaust and genocide studies. He has issued a grim warning on Gaza

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The thought of a Trump presidency is eating me alive

I look the way people do outside the intensive care unit, as they wait to learn whether a friend will survive. Our friend, in this case, is democracy, says Francine Prose, a former president of PEN American Center

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I tried to warn Valencia’s government about flooding, but it didn’t listen

The rightwing regional authorities ignored the climate-crisis science and dismissed the weather forecast, says Juan Bordera, a climate journalist and an MP in the Valencian parliament

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From satire to defiance: The political power of Abu Abraham’s cartoons

I can’t really claim I had a well-developed political understanding at the age of six years when the Emergency was imposed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1975. But I do have a visceral political memory of the times, the black cloud of suffocation as well as the spirit of…

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Britain cries out for new economics. Labour has given it repackaged Tory ideas

A fairer, happier and more equal country is possible – but only if the party in power actually wants to make it happen, writes academic and author David Edgerton

Crikey

Why does Labor keep using the phrase ‘Greens political party’?

The description of the Greens as a ‘political party’ is accurate. Yet people associated with both Labor and the Greens agree it’s clearly intended as a smear.

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The real voter fraud: Nine ways Republicans are trying to steal this election

Trump supporters might scream ‘Stop the Steal’, but it’s Republicans who are trying to steal the election with voter suppression.

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Labor cutting Hecs debt is not a perfect policy – but why the feigned outrage over ‘fairness’?

Since 2006, the average Hecs-Help debt for people in their 20s has more than doubled

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America votes: The day is here

The day has finally come. Americans are at the polls deciding if Donald Trump will get his second go at running the country, or if Kamala Harris will put the nail in his final run for office.

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The Guardian view on Labour’s 2030 clean energy target: Britain should go for it

Editorial: As a new report makes clear, the timetable is dauntingly tight. But the potential rewards on offer are huge

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The Guardian view on Badenoch v Starmer: tussling over a shift to bigger government

Editorial: This parliament’s real battle won’t be cultural, it will be over the size of the state

Evening Standard

OPINION - The London Question: Does queuing for pints in pubs herald the end of civilisation?

I like to think there was a time when Britain was normal. I can’t imagine it ever was, but at least people didn’t queue in pubs. These days that’s exactly what’s happening: drinkers standing in single file up to the bar as if they’re waiting for a terrible coffee in…

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Left, right, Harris, Trump: all prisoners of political nostalgia in an era few understand

The digital age has turbo-boosted extremism, and analogue democracy is struggling to keep up, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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How Moldovans bravely fought off Russian election meddling – and stood up for democracy

Journalists and police challenged disinformation, intimidation and cash-for-vote schemes, while huge numbers turned up to vote, says journalist and writer Paula Erizanu

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