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Portrait of CP Scott
Comment is free…
but facts are sacred
CP Scott, 1921 Guardian editor
  • Britain's PM Keir Starmer visits Washington, DC<br>Secretary of State Antony Blinken looks on during a meeting with US President Joe Biden Prime Britain's PM Keir Starmer and Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy in the Blue Room at the White House in Washington DC. Picture date: Friday September 13, 2024. Stefan Rousseau/Pool via REUTERS

    Whether it’s Trump or Harris in office, Starmer will need an incredible US ambassador. Here’s my vote

    Martin Kettle
    Escapist and trivialising solutions are the Johnson and Truss legacy – but that won’t do now. The stakes are too high, the world too volatile
  • Sophie Wilkinson

    Why do so many LGBTQ+ people still have to snatch moments of affection when we know others aren’t looking?

    Sophie Wilkinson
  • Nathalie Tocci

    The Middle East is on the brink of all-out war – so why is the EU still navel-gazing?

    Nathalie Tocci
  • Conservative leadership candidates during the party conference in Birmingham, 2 October.

    The Tories are deluded to think they’ll be back in power in 2029. Here are three economic reasons why

    Larry Elliott
  • Robert Jenrick, James Cleverly, Tom Tugendhat, Kemi Badenoch.

    After the ‘Tory idol’ speeches, who most looks like a leader in waiting? Our panel passes judgment

    John Harris, Katy Balls, Sahil Dutta, Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones and John Redwood
  • *** BESTPIX *** JD Vance And Tim Walz Face Off In Vice Presidential Debate In New York<br>*** BESTPIX *** NEW YORK - OCTOBER 01: Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) speak after a debate at the CBS Broadcast Center on October 1, 2024 in New York City. This is expected to be the only vice presidential debate of the 2024 general election. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

    JD Vance is trying hard not to be weird – and it’s making him seem more menacing still

    Emma Brockes

  • This terrifying tit-for-tat between Israel, Iran and its proxies will only bring more death and disaster

    Lina Khatib

  • Badenoch, Cleverly, Jenrick, Tugendhat: four ways for the Tories to reach the same wilderness

    Rafael Behr

  • I see the worrying consequences of assisted dying in other countries. Britain’s bill needs a radical rethink

    Lucy Thomas

  • Floods are wreaking havoc around the world. Vienna might have found an answer

    Gernot Wagner

  • As the waters rise, a two-year sentence for throwing soup. That’s the farcical reality of British justice

    George Monbiot

  • Call this a party conference? It’s more like a weird Tory festival of mass delusion

    Polly Toynbee

  • Former PMs have a wealth of experience. Why not put some on the Tory leadership ballot?

    Simon Jenkins

  • Rosie Duffield’s savage departure raises difficult questions for Keir Starmer. He’d be foolish to ignore them

    Gaby Hinsliff
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Why I quit

  • Kat Lister

    After my husband’s death, I papered over my grief with posters and pictures. No more

    Kat Lister
  • 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
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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

  • Keir Starmer and the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen shake hands in Brussels on Wednesday.

    The Guardian view on resetting UK-EU relations: more candour and courage required

  • Pro-Palestinian protesters stop traffic outside the United Nations headquarters in New York on 26 September 2024.

    The Guardian view on US leadership: war in the Middle East accelerates American decline

  • Israeli army tanks manoeuvre in a staging area in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon.

    The Guardian view on war in the Middle East: Israel’s conflict with Hezbollah is growing

  • Head of Freedom party, Herbert Kickl, speaks as vote projections show his party has won the general election in Austria.

    The Guardian view on Austria’s election: yet another wake-up call

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Spotlight

  • TOPSHOT-AUSTRIA-POLITICS-VOTE<br>TOPSHOT - Herbert Kickl, leader and top candidate of right-wing populist Freedom Party of Austria (FPOe) is celebrated by supporters as he arrives at the party's election event after exit poll numbers where announced at the Stiegl-Ambulanz restaurant in Vienna, Austria on September 29, 2024, during Austria's general election. Austria's far right FPOe was ahead of the ruling conservatives in Sunday's national vote, according to projections published by public broadcaster ORF, setting them up for a historic win. (Photo by Alex HALADA / AFP) (Photo by ALEX HALADA/AFP via Getty Images)

    How did the far right win in Austria? To understand, look to its global networks

    Julia Ebner
    The Freedom party hasn’t only harnessed discontent at home – it is drawing on once-fringe ideas that have spread around the world
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    The car was the last bastion of the CD and the full-length album. Now they are no more

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    New cars are no longer being equipped with CD players – who can doubt that the end of the format is nigh, asks Guardian contributor Tim Dowling
  • A housing development under construction near Paignton, Devon.

    Yimbys hear this – simply building more homes won’t solve our housing crisis

    Phineas Harper
  • Sri Lanka’s new president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

    Sri Lanka’s new president faces a problem shared by too many developing countries: austerity imposed by the west

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    Phillip Schofield is following the modern celebrity redemption playbook. Here it is

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  • Ana Schnabl

    I grew up in the shadow of the Slovenian Alps, but their serene beauty only calls to me now

    Ana Schnabl
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Cartoons

  • Ben Jennings cartoon of the world balanced on the tip of a missile

    Ben Jennings on the conflict in the Middle East – cartoon

  • Martin Rowson on the Tory party conference – cartoon

    Martin Rowson on the Conservative party conference – cartoon

    All four leadership hopefuls will address the gathering in Birmingham before MPs whittle the list down to two on 10 October
  • Ben Jennings on Kemi Badenoch’s views on maternity pay – cartoon

    Ben Jennings on Kemi Badenoch’s views on maternity pay – cartoon

    The Conservative party leadership hopeful has claimed that maternity pay is ‘excessive’

Columnists

  • George Monbiot

    As the waters rise, a two-year sentence for throwing soup. That’s the farcical reality of British justice

    George Monbiot
  • Simon Jenkins

    Former PMs have a wealth of experience. Why not put some on the Tory leadership ballot?

    Simon Jenkins
  • Polly Toynbee

    Call this a party conference? It’s more like a weird Tory festival of mass delusion

    Polly Toynbee
  • Nesrine Malik

    With Gaza in ruins and Lebanon under siege, what defence remains for Israel’s actions?

    Nesrine Malik

  • Brexit, Farage, Corbyn all sparked passion – but there’s no sign of that at either party conference

    John Harris

  • It’s not just Trump v Harris: America’s men and women are also locked in battle now

    Jonathan Freedland

  • A wondrous fish has made a miraculous return to UK seas. Why are ministers so keen to see them killed?

    George Monbiot

  • Of course the wannabe Tory leaders have regrets. They think they weren’t toxic or nasty enough

    Frances Ryan

  • Britain wants spending and a better NHS, not this obsession with growth. That’s why there’s big trouble ahead

    Aditya Chakrabortty

  • After weeks of gloom, Keir Starmer promised hope – did his conference speech deliver? Our panel responds

    Frances Ryan, Tom Baldwin, Alan Finlayson, Nesrine Malik, Tom Belger, Chi Onwurah and Ella Michalski

  • Behind every Al Fayed or Diddy, there is a small army of enablers: this column is dedicated to them

    Marina Hyde

Letters

  • Silverstrand beach, Galway, Ireland

    Attitude to migrants will determine Ireland’s future

  • Keir Starmer speaks during the General Debate of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

    Keir Starmer needs to ensure educational opportunities for all children

    • We need a no-gifts policy for all public servants

    • Normalisation of Saudi Arabia-Israel relations depends on two-state solution

    • When Gyles Brandreth almost turned Guildford red

    • Prisons need more than an architecture of hope

    • Why pop at the Proms hits the right note

    • Britain should warm to heat pumps like Sweden

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