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Portrait of CP Scott
Comment is free…
but facts are sacred
CP Scott, 1921 Guardian editor
  • Sue Gray

    Sue Gray’s salary isn’t the problem – it’s the backstage power struggle Starmer cannot afford

    Simon Jenkins
    Mere weeks into the dawn of a new Labour era, Starmer’s No 10 is enmeshed in a spat more typical of a regime on its last legs
  • Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

    Great men do wear their babies – the days of criticising a father for carrying his child are over

    Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
  • Ursula von der Leyen

    Von der Leyen has tightened her grip on the EU’s steering wheel – and is moving it subtly to the right

    Paul Taylor
  • Anatol Lieven

    I’ve studied geopolitics all my life: climate breakdown is a bigger threat than China and Russia

    Anatol Lieven
  • illustration: sebastien thibault

    Working together, Labour and the Lib Dems could exile the Tories for a generation

    Martin Kettle
  • Emma Brockes

    Huw Edwards, and the ludicrous arguments bad men make in defence of the indefensible

    Emma Brockes

  • Undercover as a hotel cleaner in Ireland: ‘Lifting the heavy mattress, I cry tears of rage and exhaustion’

    Saša Uhlová

  • Stop press: it’s the very last Evening Standard in London today. And that tells us a lot about Britain in 2024

    James Hanning

  • Bloodied, humiliated and knocked off guard by deadly pager warfare – what will Hezbollah do next?

    Lina Khatib

  • Donors and Starmer’s suits? That’s just a dress rehearsal. Without new probity rules, worse will follow

    Peter Geoghegan

  • IndyRef: has the moment passed, or could it still happen? Our panel responds

    Rory Scothorne, Nicola McEwen, Paul Sinclair, Nighet Riaz and Stephen Noon

  • More floods are coming to Britain, but you ought to know this: the system that should protect us is a scandal

    George Monbiot

  • My report on the NHS diagnosed its dire condition. Now here’s the cure

    Ara Darzi

  • Who keeps Europe’s wealthy west going? Underpaid, invisible migrants from its east – and I went undercover to find them

    Saša Uhlová
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Why I quit

  • Will Clempner

    Hunched over my smartphone while my family slept, I knew I had to break my addiction. But how?

    Will Clempner
  • Helene Rosenthal

    Stressed, sweaty and remorseful, I arrived late for dinner again – and then made a life-changing decision

    Helene Rosenthal
  • Kimberly McIntosh

    I became a councillor to change people’s lives. It left me drained, bewildered and burned out

    Kimberly McIntosh
  • Lynne Wallis

    After my brother’s death, guilt haunted me. Until I went back to where he died

    Lynne Wallis
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The first summer I…

  • Diyora Shadijanova

    Getting an allotment totally changed my summer – and radically altered my relationship with food

    Diyora Shadijanova
  • Olivia Lee

    I thought I’d spend the summer on a beach with my boyfriend. Instead, I was single – and walking on hot coals

    Olivia Lee
  • Jo Bateman

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

    Jo Bateman
  • Ammar Kalia

    After our mum died, we maxed out the credit cards and went on safari in the Serengeti

    Ammar Kalia

The Guardian view

  • Sue Gray

    The Guardian view on 10 Downing Street: Labour risks losing the plot

  • Children with their hands up in response to their teacher, in a lesson

    The Guardian view on the teacher shortage: flexibility and career breaks could help

  • Flowers are laid and candles lit in front of the Lebanese embassy in Tehran on 18 September 2024.

    The Guardian view on Israel’s booby-trap war: illegal and unacceptable

  • Three women sitting on a bench in China

    The Guardian view on China’s ageing population: an economic and social conundrum

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Spotlight

  • Keir Starmer speaks to Ed Davey, seated next to him, in wooden pews next to a woman and man in ermine capes at the coronation of King Charles

    Keir Starmer and Ed Davey lead two different parties but face the same question: can the UK centre hold?

    Tom Baldwin
    There is a clear, mutual respect between the two men who must oppose each other on one level but have comparable objectives
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You may have missed

  • Children sitting on the floor listening to a teacher and looking Rembrandt’s large painting Night Watch at Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam

    British children the least happy in Europe – and Dutch kids the happiest? Don’t believe the hype

    Senay Boztas
    Careful with comparisons. A close look shows skewed figures – and a troubling picture of childhood in the Netherlands, says Netherlands-based journalist Senay Boztas
  • Magazines including Guardian Weekly, the Spectator and the New Yorker on display.

    The new owner of the Spectator didn’t cough up £100m just for the fun of it

    Anne McElvoy
  • Billy Howle, Nicole Kidman, Sam Nivola and Jack Reynor link arms in a scene from The Perfect Couple, set on a beach.

    The Perfect Couple’s mega-rich are fair game, but why not satirise the merely wealthy?

    Martha Gill
  • Keir Starmer Speaks At The Trades Union Congress 2024 - Day Three<br>BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 10: Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks on day three of the Trades Union Congress on September 10, 2024 in Brighton, United Kingdom. The TUC represents and supports trade unions in the UK, helping them advocate for their members and keep pace with the changing world of work. Its annual conference brings together speakers from independent unions, political parties, businesses, and local communities to discuss and debate issues, and to showcase trade unions' values and policies. (Photo by Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images)

    Is Keir Starmer’s plan to help workers the start of a new era – or no big deal?

    Andy Beckett
  • Illustration: Ben Jennings

    Two tribes are at war for the Tory leadership. How to choose? Let me help

    Aditya Chakrabortty
  • Manar Al Khodari

    By bombing Gaza’s schools, Israel is taking aim at my future. But it will not succeed

    Manar Al Khodari
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Cartoons

  • Ben Jennings on Keir Starmer accepting hospitality tickets at Arsenal – cartoon

    Ben Jennings on Keir Starmer accepting hospitality tickets at Arsenal – cartoon

  • Nicola Jennings on the Hezbollah pager attack – cartoon

    Nicola Jennings on the Hezbollah pager attack – cartoon

    There are fears that the attacks in Lebanon will further escalate tensions in the Middle East
  • Martin Rowson on donations to Labour – cartoon

    Martin Rowson on donations to Labour – cartoon

    Funds for a personal shopper and clothes for Keir Starmer’s wife, Victoria, were declared late in the register of MPs’ interests, according to the Sunday Times

Columnists

  • George Monbiot

    More floods are coming to Britain, but you ought to know this: the system that should protect us is a scandal

    George Monbiot
  • Marina Hyde

    Here’s the real ‘enigma’ about Charlotte Owen: why we still take sexist gossip so seriously

    Marina Hyde
  • Polly Toynbee

    If Keir Starmer wants to be braver than Tony Blair, this is how: ignore the neanderthal right on crime

    Polly Toynbee
  • Simon Jenkins

    Keir Starmer’s missile bravado could jeopardise Nato’s careful balancing act in Ukraine

    Simon Jenkins

  • What now for the Spectator under Paul Marshall’s ownership? The signs are pointing further right

    Zoe Williams

  • The cause of anti-racism is turned on its head when we’re debating coconuts in court

    Nesrine Malik

  • I’m a devout agnostic. But, like Nick Cave, I hunger for meaning in our chaotic world

    John Harris

  • After Labour’s dour start, there’s still hope for sunshine from Starmer and Reeves

    Jonathan Freedland

  • It’s another British multimillionaire’s solemn farewell tour – how ever will we cope?

    Marina Hyde

  • Bankrupt and ravaged by student mental illness, Britain’s universities are badly in need of reform

    Simon Jenkins

  • The NHS is in critical condition – but with the right care, it can make a recovery

    Polly Toynbee

  • Why did Starmer cut the winter fuel allowance? It’s called Treasury brain – and that spells trouble

    Rafael Behr
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Letters

  • Keir Starmer and wife Victoria on day three of the Betfred St Leger Festival at Doncaster Racecourse.

    Keir Starmer’s hypocrisy over gifts can’t be dressed up

  • A large group of tourists in Barcelona.

    Why tourism has become such an issue for us Spaniards

    • Here’s how we can tackle the far-right surge

    • Beating Aldi cashiers at their own game

    • As a vet, I thought I knew cows. Then they attacked

    • Piling on privilege in higher education

    • Horrified by Huw Edwards case and sentence

    • Crystal Palace’s radical gardeners

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