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OPINION - Essex Police have made Allison Pearson a free speech martyr instead of fighting actual crime

Allison Pearson, the highly respectable Daily Telegraph middlebrow columnist, was naturally startled when, on Remembrance Sunday morning, two police presented themselves at her door to tell her that she was under investigation for allegedly stirring up racial hatred in connection with a social media post on X and invited her…

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OPINION - The Standard View: The Metropolitan Police's funding crisis spills over

So much energy is consumed following the Metropolitan Police and its many inquiries, reviews and staff legal troubles that it is sometimes possible to forget that it is, at its core, a police force with no more important job than to protect Londoners. But according to the commissioners, Scotland Yard…

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The Democrats must become an anti-establishment party

The lesson of this election is that Democrats must attack inequality – and not cede working-class voters to Trump

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We’ll need to fight to protect US reproductive rights. Here’s what to expect

Will there be a national abortion ban? A ban on mailed abortion medication? I talked to some experts

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Kannadiga vs Hindi ‘outsider’: The multiple dimensions of the Bengaluru divide

In August, noted writer, Kannada professor, and folklorist Purushottam Bilimale served up a familiar refrain in Bengaluru. As the head of the Kannada Development Authority, he reiterated an argument that had been made for several decades.

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I delved into my family’s history – and discovered a long-hidden secret. But was it mine to tell?

I wanted to learn more about my mother. But when her half-brother that I knew nothing about got in touch, I was faced with an agonising decision, says journalist Marisa Bate

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OPINION - Rachel Johnson: what the fears of my hairdresser tell us about Rachel Reeves's total disaster of a Budget

Yesterday afternoon, I walked to Hair EQ up in Notting Hill Gate, where Tareq has tamed the mane for many years, for a blow-dry before an event at the National Gallery then another thing ie the launch of the Friends of Afghan Women Network (FAWN) in the House of Commons,…

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The era of the BBC mega-salary may end with Gary Lineker. But is that necessarily a good thing?

This may be a rational move – but it should not be used as an argument to hack away at the corporation until it has little left to offer, says Archie Bland, editor of the Guardian’s First Edition newsletter

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Germany’s car industry is losing its famous Vorsprung – and it can’t all be blamed on Trump and tariffs

It was once the envy of the world – but now its arrogance and failure to change or take risks lie at the root of its decline, says Berlin-based writer Konstantin Richter

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Sue Gray’s final departure marks the moment that the Starmer project gets serious

The prime minister has finally grasped that Downing Street must control the narrative, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Desperate Labor readies its digital Australia Card in huge assault on privacy

The desperate Albanese government, anxious to please mainstream media companies, is readying the biggest assault on privacy since data retention.

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Daily Tele sticks by Jamie Oliver, a Greens oopsie, and ‘problem children’ go rogue at tech summit

Plus: what on earth does A1 stand for?

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Tammy Tyrrell isn’t just Lambie Lite, and now she’s going after Labor’s social media ban

Former Jacqui Lambie staffer Tammy Tyrrell is very different to her former boss. But is that what the people of Tasmania voted for?

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Biden, Trump friendly in transition talks

Joe Biden hosted Donald Trump in the Oval Office and the two behaved like old chums when promising a peaceful transition of power, and Labor’s social media ban is hitting a few snags.

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The Guardian view on NHS reform: evidence not dogma should be the guide

Editorial: The health secretary is right to link investment to accountability, but he must be wary of creating perverse incentives

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The Guardian view on Lords shake-up: meaningful change goes beyond scrapping birthright

Editorial: MPs are right to abolish hereditary seats in the upper house. However, Britain needs a representative second chamber fit for modern democracy

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OPINION - Labour’s attack on private schools is misguided, damaging and cruel

It’s hard to pinpoint the most egregious side effects of Rachel Reeves’s Budget so far, with its blizzard of bizarre policies fraught with unpleasant unintended consequences. Who do they most want to hurt? Business owners, farmers and parents who have the cheek to want the best education for their children…

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OPINION - Wicked stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo look scarily thin – and it makes me uncomfortable

Commenting on other people’s bodies is extremely rude. But I have found the photos and videos coming from the Wicked promotional tour so concerning that silence would be, on balance, worse. Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo have become scarily thin.

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Is there any red line that Israel will be held to? Biden has just confirmed the answer is no

Following butchering and starvation, Israel has ignored US demands over aid for Gaza. There have been no consequences, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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OPINION - Justin Welby's behaviour was disturbing, unforgivable and frankly disgusting

Yesterday Justin Welby resigned as Archbishop of Canterbury after a damning report found that there had been and is a “conspiracy of silence” by the Church in relation to child sexual abuse. It is grim to even write those words, the idea that someone who claimed to be a man…

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Inside I am smiling. So why do I always look so miserable?

I have a chronic case of resting not-happy face. But everything I try just makes it worse, says Adrian Chiles

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Musk’s new role in Trump’s government is today’s ‘ugh’ moment in US politics. There will be many more

As we enter the era of Trump 2.0, reaction-fatigue to his bizarre decisions is already setting in – and it’s only been eight days, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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OPINION - What happened when London's youth clubs shut

Exactly what you’d expect, to be honest

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Wes Streeting, you must have a better plan for ailing hospitals than public humiliation

The plan to introduce league tables is a simplistic gimmick that will demoralise NHS staff – and sideline their incredible work, says palliative care doctor Rachel Clarke

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Why did Justin Welby fall so tragically short? Because he was preoccupied with efficiency, not listening

The archbishop’s resignation for failing to respond to abuse complaints speaks of deeper issues in the Church of England, says former editor of the Tablet Catherine Pepinster

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