Mystic Nigel has seen the future: a country run by his cabinet of taxidermied Tories | Marina Hyde
Posted on Friday January 16, 2026

At the root of all our problems stands one travesty: politicians’ surrender to the super-rich | George Monbiot
Posted on Friday January 16, 2026

Say what you will about Trump, but unlike Starmer he knows his own power – and how to use it | Aditya Chakrabortty
Posted on Friday January 16, 2026

By seeking to defuse domestic tensions over Gaza, West Midlands police ended up making matters worse | Gaby Hinsliff
Posted on Friday January 16, 2026

Are our bodies full of microplastics or not? There’s a way to resolve this debate, and scientists must hurry | Debora MacKenzie
Posted on Friday January 16, 2026

I never thought I’d see an asylum hotel on fire, or worry about my staff’s safety. The past five years changed that | Enver Solomon
Posted on Friday January 16, 2026

Has a Nazi theorist’s vision of a world divided into 'great spaces' found a new advocate in Trump? | Brendan Simms
Posted on Friday January 16, 2026

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Posted on Thursday June 26, 2025

An expulsion, a smirking leader and now a defection: it’s episode one, series one of the Farage/Jenrick show | Zoe Williams
Posted on Thursday January 15, 2026

I know the terrible cost of speaking out in Iran – and I beg the world to stand with those speaking out now | Nasrin Parvaz
Posted on Thursday January 15, 2026

Ben Jennings on Robert Jenrick’s defection to Reform UK – cartoon
Posted on Thursday January 15, 2026

The Guardian view on Robert Jenrick's defection: Britain's right is in a crisis of its own making | Editorial
Posted on Thursday January 15, 2026