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Portrait of CP Scott
Comment is free…
but facts are sacred
CP Scott, 1921 Guardian editor
  • ‘Glazer wanted his film to provoke these kinds of uneasy thoughts.’

    The Zone of Interest is about the danger of ignoring atrocities – including in Gaza

    Naomi Klein
    If Jonathan Glazer’s brave Oscar acceptance speech made you uncomfortable, that was the point
  • Stefan Stern

    The cries from Britain’s struggling CEOs are growing louder – how can they survive on a mere £4.4m a year?

    Stefan Stern
  • Diane Abbott looks on during PMQs.

    Frank Hester’s ugly words about me are a reminder: all parties, including Labour, must stand against racism

    Diane Abbott
  • Illustration by Bill Bragg

    This ‘election’ won’t kickstart any change in Russia – but a defeat for Putin in Ukraine can

    Timothy Garton Ash
  • Georgina Lawton

    I’m not surprised people are suing a dating app company – our addiction to swiping makes us miserable

    Georgina Lawton
  • Anti Tory protest in Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom - 13 Mar 2024<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock (14387744b) A protester holds a placard referencing Tory donor Frank Hester's recent comments. Anti-Tory activists gathered in Parliament Square for their weekly protest as Rishi Sunak faced Prime Minister's Questions. Anti Tory protest in Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom - 13 Mar 2024

    This is the Tory party now: so devoid of values and leadership it can’t respond to blatantly racist remarks

    Martin Kettle

  • Michael Sheen as Nye Bevan is a call to arms at the NHS’s moment of maximum peril

    Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

  • The pope wants Ukraine to surrender. That would give Russia a green light for endless war

    Nathalie Tocci

  • Seven Up! changed British TV – and how we see ourselves. Here’s why the series is still unmissable

    Jane Martinson

  • Ofcom’s approach to GB News will dilute trust in media – just when we need it most

    Stewart Purvis and Chris Banatvala

  • There is a far bigger threat to Britain than fringe extremists: Tory radicalisation

    Rafael Behr

  • Is Poor Things a feminist film? Is Barbie? These have become meaningless questions

    Beatrice Loayza

  • What’s it like to be a refugee in the UK without internet access? Mostly impossible – and often unbearable

    Joel Mordi

  • Why are women being blamed for Birmingham’s bankruptcy?

    Samira Shackle
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Why I quit

  • Lara Rodwell

    How I stopped comparing my appearance to my identical twin’s – and healed our relationship

    Lara Rodwell
  • Cornelia Holzbauer

    For years, I saw sex as a competitive sport. Then I realised how empty I felt

    Cornelia Holzbauer
  • Hannah Nwoko

    I regularly shared photos of my son on social media. Then alarm bells started ringing

    Hannah Nwoko
  • Brady Frost

    A foul too far – the day I decided to blow the whistle on the brutality of five-a-side football

    Brady Frost
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Starmer's path to power

  • Brian Brivati

    Labour is the party of sound defence and hatred of tyranny. Now it must show that in Ukraine

    Brian Brivati
  • Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah

    Britain’s record on aid has been badly tarnished. Here’s how Labour can restore it

    Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah
  • Charlotte Higgins

    Culture is not trivial, it’s about who we are. That’s why Labour needs a plan to save the arts

    Charlotte Higgins
  • Phineas Harper

    Keir Starmer’s got his work cut out to fix Britain’s housing crisis. This is my six-point plan

    Phineas Harper
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The Guardian view

  • Frank Hester speaks to the camera, with an enlarged image on a video screen filling the wall behind him.

    The Guardian view on political donations: Labour must lead the way on reform

  • Quin Karala, a member of the LGBTQ+ community in Kampala, Uganda, holding a rainbow fan in front of her face.

    The Guardian view on Africa’s homophobic legislation: western influences are encouraging hatred

  • Frank Hester

    The Guardian view on Tory donor race row: return the money, end the relationship

  • Young children in hi-vis jackets

    The Guardian view on nurseries: build playgrounds for toddlers, not investors

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Spotlight

  • Legislative Elections 2024 - Chega, Lisboa, Portugal - 11 Mar 2024<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paulo Spranger/Global Imagens/Atlntico Press/REX/Shutterstock (14384883b) Election night at the Marriot Hotel where the Chega Party follows the results of the 2024 Legislative Elections. In the picture Andre Ventura Legislative Elections 2024 - Chega, Lisboa, Portugal - 11 Mar 2024

    Whoever forms Portugal’s government, this is a victory for the far right. Will Europe ever learn?

    Joana Ramiro
    Sunday’s elections marked the end of voters’ patience with the failed socioeconomic policies of both main parties
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You may have missed

  • People from the Equality Not Care group, who campaigned for a no vote, at Dublin Castle as the referendum results came in.

    Ireland’s ‘no-no’ vote is a victory for human rights – not a rejection of progress

    Niamh Ní Hoireabhaird
    The government’s inept referendum campaign got the result it deserved
  • TalkTV screengrab showing Piers Morgan holding a greased piglet under a 'Breaking News TalkTV' banner and in front of a screen reading 'Boris on the Brink'.

    TalkTV’s natural home was never going to be on television

    Tomiwa Owolade
  • Wild rabbits in the Invalides area of Paris.

    A glorious lineage, or an expensive disaster? Paris is at war over 300 wild rabbits

    Agnès Poirier
  • council

    Tory levelling up has been a scam. Here are three things Labour can do to make it actually mean something

    John Harris
  • Police and protesters clash in Orgreave, South Yorkshire, 18 June 1984.

    For years, I suspected MI5 interfered in the miners’ strike. The truth was even more shocking than I thought

    Mark Hollingsworth
  • Enver Solomon

    The Lords have pulled apart the cruel and Orwellian Rwanda bill – yet still, the Tories press on

    Enver Solomon
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Cartoons

  • Ben Jennings on Rishi Sunak facing pressure to return Frank Hester’s £10m donation – cartoon

    Ben Jennings on Rishi Sunak facing pressure to return Frank Hester’s £10m donation – cartoon

  • Martin Rowson on toxic emissions from the Tories – cartoon

    Martin Rowson on toxic emissions from the Tories – cartoon

    The Conservative party is coming under pressure from Labour to return gifts from its biggest donor
  • Ben Jennings on the Princess of Wales’s photo-editing skills – cartoon

    Ben Jennings on the Princess of Wales’s photo-editing skills – cartoon

    The Princess of Wales has apologised for an editing error that led to an official photograph of her and her three children being recalled

Columnists

  • Rafael Behr

    There is a far bigger threat to Britain than fringe extremists: Tory radicalisation

    Rafael Behr
  • George Monbiot

    ‘You don’t want to get better’: the outdated treatment of ME/CFS patients is a national scandal

    George Monbiot
  • Frances Ryan

    What’s the point of Starmer’s Labour if it won’t stand up for poor, sick or disabled people?

    Frances Ryan
  • Simon Jenkins

    The moral of Kate’s picture-editing debacle is simple: the royal family should tell all

    Simon Jenkins

  • Why British nightlife is shutting down – taking with it all its magic and messy glory

    John Harris

  • MPs, understand this: protests are inevitable when you fail to represent the people

    Andy Beckett

  • Why I got it so wrong on GB News – the flailing TV juggernaut that’s too rich to fail

    Zoe Williams

  • Joe Biden has come out fighting. But he’ll need more than grit to defeat Trump now

    Jonathan Freedland

  • Put yourself in the shoes of a Donald Trump voter – and understand what drives his success

    Simon Jenkins

  • A dark pattern runs through British politics: when the powerful lose control, protesters suffer

    Owen Jones

  • Sunak and Hunt’s last stand? Our panel responds to the Tories’ spring budget

    Frances Ryan, Katy Balls, Sahil Dutta, Aurora and Mariana Mazzucato

  • Even Tory voters won’t be fooled by the tax cuts in Jeremy Hunt’s fairytale budget

    Rafael Behr
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Letters

  • John Savident (Horatio Hobson) in "Hobsons Choice" @ Chichester Festival Theatre (opening 2-08-07) (©Tristram Kenton 07-07) 3 Raveley Street, London NW5 2HX. Tel: 02072675550 mobile: 07973617355. email: tristram@tristramkenton.com

    Letters: John Savident obituary

  • Close up shot of doctor counting pulse by holding hand of sick patient.

    The desperate struggle to access NHS treatment

    • Why psychiatrists should not be held legally accountable for patients they release

    • Want to tackle council tax inequity? Look back to George Lansbury

    • MPs must act to save young drivers’ lives

    • Should I say sorry for my photo calendar?

    • Why peeing at night isn’t such a pressing problem

    • When dads get into character for World Book Day

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