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Both left and right are deluding themselves about the scale of the energy crisis Britain faces | Ewan Gibbs
First it was Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, now it is the blockade of the world’s petroleum artery in the Gulf. For the second time in four years, Britain...
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The Paramount Merger Can (and Should) Be Stopped
There are many reasons to block this deal, but we now believe the most fundamental one is what we encountered when asking artists to...
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Trump’s tantrums over Nato are prompting European leaders to think the unthinkable | Paul Taylor
Donald Trump’s war in Iran and tirades against Nato allies are accelerating moves to develop a plan B for European security in case the...
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True Believers Blow Trump’s Mind
It’s not that you can’t negotiate with people who possess real convictions. Of course you can. But the nature of the negotiation is entirely...
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Why So Few Babies? We Might Have Overlooked the Biggest Reason of All.
The world has seen uncertainty before, so why is this time different? One possibility is that we live in an era of “polycrisis” —...
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Carry on vaping, Angela Rayner: voters might just like you for it | Zoe Williams
Angela Rayner, the former deputy prime minister, is the bookmakers’ favourite to be Keir Starmer’s successor. She is also someone who has recently given...
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Imagine a technique that can heal Britain of division and keep out the hard right. I call it ‘radical listening’ | George Monbiot
Most people have made up their minds, and nothing you can say will change them: that’s the credo of parties such as Labour and...
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My kids are taking their first big exams – and revealing my own anxieties about AI and long division | Emma Brockes
Called on to do long division, how would you fare? I had no illusions going in. I couldn’t do it the first time round...
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Trump Keeps Saying He Wants to Leave NATO. Maybe He Already Has.
President Trump is very, very disappointed in NATO. He has been critical of the alliance for years, but the refusal of other members to...
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Trump may be toxic and Orbán is gone, but Europe’s far right is not in decline | Cas Mudde
Viktor Orbán’s crushing defeat in last month’s Hungarian election has led to an outbreak of democratic optimism. Across the globe, democrats are drawing lessons...
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Understanding the challenges of living with a cleft lip | Letters
With reference to the article by Hugh Davies about his experiences of having been born with a cleft lip (A moment that changed me:...