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but facts are sacred
CP Scott, 1921 Guardian editor
  • The police controlling far-right protesters in Weymouth on 4 August

    These riots are more than thuggery: they’re the outcome of 14 years of Tory race-baiting

    George Monbiot
    Because the Conservatives had nothing to offer the people of the UK, they sought to refocus our attention on scapegoats
  • Marina Hyde

    Where are the brave inciters of Britain’s race riots? From Tommy to Elon, they’re far, far away

    Marina Hyde
  • Patients wait for their appointments at a GP surgery in London.

    England’s GPs are squaring up to the government – but it’s an unnecessary battle

    Polly Toynbee
  • A boy lying on his mother's back at the beach, both reading books.

    I fear books are going the way of vinyl records – a rarefied pursuit for hobbyists

    Gaby Hinsliff
  • Chloe Aslett

    When lots of your friends still live at home, renting isn’t just expensive – it’s lonely too

    Chloe Aslett
  • Chillies for sale at the pepper festival in Espelette, south-west France

    Is France scared of spicy food? I used to think so – but now it’s turning up the heat

    Alexander Hurst

  • Some are calling these far-right riots an outpouring of legitimate anger. They are not

    Joe Mulhall

  • I brought my daughter to Southport last week to see my beloved home town. Then it was torn apart by violence

    Kojo Koram

  • I spent decades straightening my ‘Jewish hair’ – until I realised I was hiding my true self

    Diana Spechler

  • The Tories need a clear ideology – Farage and the hard right offer only moral and electoral ruin

    John Harris

  • The Latin American left is smart not to pick a side over Venezuela’s contested election result

    Jordana Timerman

  • Hiring women, rather than just talking about it, works. That doesn’t mean all men are on board, it turns out

    Renate van der Zee

  • Has pop music got less melodic? I’ve immersed myself in 70 years of hits – this is what I’ve found

    Tom Breihan

  • A powerful man given free rein and indulged, Huw Edwards is proof the BBC hasn’t changed

    Jane Martinson
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General Election 2024

  • Owen Jones

    Labour should listen to pro-Gaza voters. But it’s letting toxic narratives about them flourish

    Owen Jones
  • Keir Starmer at the European Political Community summit at Blenheim Palace on 18 July.

    Can Britain really keep the rise of the populist right at bay? History tells us it can

    David Kynaston
  • Britain's Conservative party opposition leader Rishi Sunak reacts during a debate in the House of Commons in London, on 17 July.

    The Conservative party faces an onerous task to rebuild itself, and every Tory must have a say

    Tobias Ellwood
  • Andrew Rawnsley

    Call off the search to discover Starmerism. It is already beginning to reveal itself

    Andrew Rawnsley

Why I quit

  • Emma Armstrong

    I used to apologise for my unruly children – but there’s no shame in being a working mother

    Emma Armstrong
  • Jason Prokowiew

    After 30 years of dieting I was exhausted. So I started to ask: what if I stopped?

    Jason Prokowiew
  • Callum Bains

    I couldn’t put a boring book down. Now I take pleasure in saying enough is enough

    Callum Bains
  • Kate Wilson

    Arriving in Hollywood with a dream to be a producer, I underestimated the toxic culture waiting for me

    Kate Wilson
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The Guardian view

  • Tim Walz and Kamala Harris

    The Guardian view on Kamala Harris’s vice-presidential pick: Tim Walz is a smart choice for Democrats

  • Keir Starmer

    The Guardian view on Labour and the trade unions: thrust together by more than history

  • Police officers in riot gear in Liverpool on 3 August 2024.

    The Guardian view on the riots: culpability in high places

  • Becky Francis, an academic who advises the education select committee. Pictured in her office.

    The Guardian view on curriculum reform: a mammoth and delicate task

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Spotlight

  • Huw Edwards presenting BBC News on 13 June 2022.

    A powerful man given free rein and indulged, Huw Edwards is proof the BBC hasn’t changed

    Jane Martinson
    The spotlight has fallen on how the broadcaster handled the scandal, but the bigger picture is the god-like status it gives to high-profile men
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  • Funeral in Tehran of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard who were killed in an assassination blamed on Israel.

    The war in the Middle East is escalating fast – and Biden has squandered too many chances to stop it

    Mohamad Bazzi
    Joe Biden says his priority is to avoid a regional conflict involving Israel and Iran. Withholding arms is his best lever
  • Shadow of a child on a playground swing<br>Shadow of a child on a playground swing - stock photo

    I have three daughters. These are the ways the two-child benefit limit affects us every single day

    Anonymous
  • Illustration: Bill Bragg/The Guardian

    The cynical spectre of Osbornomics is haunting the Labour party

    Aditya Chakrabortty
  • Kamala Harris at a rally in Atlanta, 30 July 2024

    Trump’s usual sexist sneers don’t work against Harris – and to top it off, she’s laughing at him

    Emma Brockes
  • A young girl's 'hat trick' provides an amusing interlude for the Queen when she visited the Washington wildfowl park as her Silver Jubilee tour of the North East continues. The youngster's hat slipped as she was presenting a rose to the Queen. With the Queen are Prince Philip and Sir Peter Scott (extreme right).<br>G7NWC2 A young girl's 'hat trick' provides an amusing interlude for the Queen when she visited the Washington wildfowl park as her Silver Jubilee tour of the North East continues. The youngster's hat slipped as she was presenting a rose to the Queen. With the Queen are Prince Philip and Sir Peter Scott (extreme right).

    The new town I grew up in radically improved life for my family. Labour is right to champion them

    George Clarke
  • Illustration

    Sea swimming was my saviour. But the dumping of sewage changed everything

    Jo Bateman
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Cartoons

  • Ben Jennings on the plight of asylum seekers amid Britain’s riots – cartoon

    Ben Jennings on the plight of asylum seekers amid Britain’s riots – cartoon

  • Nicola Jennings on the government’s response to far-right riots – cartoon

    Nicola Jennings on the government’s response to far-right riots – cartoon

    Yvette Cooper and Keir Starmer have warned those involved that they will feel the full force of the law
  • Nigel Farage as a clown, aka 'Farago Dogwhistle, the Clacton carpetbagger'

    Chris Riddell on Nigel Farage and his dogwhistle politics – cartoon

    The riots in Southport and elsewhere are meat and drink to the leader of Reform UK

Columnists

  • Martin Kettle

    Labour is still in its ‘phoney’ period. Far tougher tests await in autumn

    Martin Kettle
  • Polly Toynbee

    Labour is right to ditch the winter fuel allowance – it isn’t ‘robbing’ old people

    Polly Toynbee
  • Zoe Williams

    We have allowed the demonisation and dehumanisation of male refugees. They are victims too

    Zoe Williams
  • George Monbiot

    Who is brave enough to back Brazil’s global tax on billionaires? The answer will define our future

    George Monbiot

  • The billions Britain needs are at Rachel Reeves’s fingertips, and no fiscal promises need be broken

    Polly Toynbee

  • Kemi Badenoch wants to drag the Tories further right. That is a huge mistake

    Simon Jenkins

  • A new terror has entered the Gaza war: that it is ushering in an age of total immorality

    Nesrine Malik

  • At last, the chance to legalise assisted dying in the UK – and end the untold, unnecessary anguish

    Polly Toynbee

  • Keir Starmer, please – scrap the distasteful weekly brawl that is PMQs

    Simon Jenkins

  • It might be hard to take the future of the Conservative party seriously right now – but we must

    Martin Kettle

  • By disciplining MPs for voting to pull children out of poverty, Keir Starmer has shown us who he really is

    Owen Jones

  • Extreme wealth has a deadening effect on the super-rich – and that threatens us all

    George Monbiot
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Letters

  • A new-build housing estate in Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear.

    Cracks in Angela Rayner’s plan for a housing revolution

  • Morrissey reaches out to fans at The Joint inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2004.

    Morrissey’s Irish Blood, English Heart is by no means a far-right anthem

    • North York Moors flight isn’t an ultra-rich person’s buzz

    • Southport will never be the same again

    • Letter: John Mayall obituary

    • Why Britain ended up with far-right riots on its streets

    • GPs have been forced to take industrial action

    • Britain’s pharmacists could be treating more people

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