Opinion | The Guardian US

Dear culture-war motorists, look to the future. We'll all be driving at 20mph soon | Christian Wolmar https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/28/culture-war-motorists-future-drive-birmingham-speed-limit #Birmingham #AutomotiveIndustry #RoadSafety #RoadTransport #Cycling #England #UkNews

The supreme court’s takedown of American democracy is complete | Austin Sarat https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/12/supreme-court-citizens-united-voting #UsVotingRights #UsSupremeCourt #UsNews #UsCongress #JohnRoberts #SamuelAlito

Upload government papers to go online? That’s our terrifying future | Aliya Bhatia https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/12/website-age-verification-government-identification #UsNews #Internet #Technology #Surveillance #Meta #Google

US government studies into vaccine safety are being suppressed | Robert B Shpiner https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/12/fda-vaccine-safety #TrumpAdministration #Science #UsNews #VaccinesAndImmunisation #Health #UsMedicare #Coronavirus #UsPolitics

The Home Office must not be allowed to bury the spycops inquiry | Imran Khan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/28/home-office-spycops-inquiry-doreen-stephen-lawrence #UndercoverPoliceAndPolicing #Police #StephenLawrence #MetropolitanPolice #HomeOffice #Activism #England #UkNews

Angus Taylor’s tough talk on migration puts politics over policy and risks feeding damaging stereotypes | Alan Gamlen https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/15/angus-taylor-migration-politics-over-policy-stereotypes #AustralianBudget2026 #Migration #AngusTaylor #Coalition #OneNation #AustralianPolitics #Housing

If the Liberal party continues to adopt the language of One Nation, we will write the script for our demise | Andrew McLachlan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/12/liberal-party-one-nation-language-script-demise-ntwnfb #FarrerByelection2026 #OneNation #LiberalParty #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics

Scotland’s elections confirmed that our nation’s leftwing identity is part myth, part reality | Rory Scothorne https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/12/reform-scotland-elections-hostility-right-leftwing-identity-myth #Scotland #Politics #UkNews #ReformUk #ScottishNationalPartySnp

After four bloody years, the war on Ukraine might be turning into Putin’s undoing | Rajan Menon https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/15/russia-war-ukraine-vladimir-putin-economy-casualties #VladimirPutin #Russia #Ukraine #VolodymyrZelenskyy #Europe #WorldNews

Here are three ways to keep Reform out of No 10 – and one of them starts with you | Daniel Trilling https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/12/nigel-farage-reform-election-results-politics #ReformUk #NigelFarage #May2026Elections #Politics #LocalElections2026 #ScottishElections2026 #WelshElections2026 #Conservatives #Labour #LiberalDemocrats #GreenParty #UkNews

Like many Australians, I was a ‘rent-vestor’. No one should have to do what I did just to secure housing https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/15/rentvesting-investor-australia-federal-budget-2026-housing #Housing #Tax #AustralianEconomy #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #Renting

Pity the poor billionaires – demands for higher taxes must feel hurtful | Arwa Mahdawi https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/12/pity-poor-billionaires-higher-taxes-hurtful-tax-the-rich #TheSuperrich #MarkZuckerberg #DonaldTrump #UsNews #GlobalEconomy #Business #Money

Starmer, Burnham, Farage Polanski: they make a week in politics feel like an eternity in Hades | Marina Hyde https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/15/starmer-burnham-farage-polanski-eternity-hades #Politics #AndyBurnham #KeirStarmer #NigelFarage #ZackPolanski #UkNews

Dolly Parton brought divided Americans together. What can we learn from her? | Margaret Sullivan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/28/dolly-parton-america-divide #DollyParton #Music #UsPolitics #UsNews #Culture #Society

Angus Taylor’s plan to bar migrants from welfare payments undermines our quest for belonging | Shadi Khan Saif https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/14/angus-taylor-ndis-plan-citizens-only-bar-migrants-ntwnfb #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #NationalDisabilityInsuranceScheme #Migration #Coalition #AustralianPolitics #AustraliaNews #AngusTaylor

Labor’s budget resembled a seven-course degustation. It was welcome, but why don’t voters feel sated? | Nicki Hutley https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2026/may/13/budget-2026-labor-measures-voters #AustralianBudget2026 #AustraliaNews #Housing #AustralianPolitics #LaborParty

Forget the three-term project now: crisis-hit Labour needs a one-term mindset and priorities to match | Andy Beckett https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/15/labour-one-term-mindset-party-legacy #Labour #KeirStarmer #LabourPartyLeadership #ElectoralReform #EdMiliband #Politics #UkNews

A warning to the news industry: act now or the Joe Rogan/Piers Morgan ecosystem will leave you far behind | Deborah Turness https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/12/warning-news-industry-act-now-joe-rogan-piers-morgan-ecosystem #TheNewsOnTv #Bbc #Media #Television #DigitalMedia

The Guardian view on the loan of the Bayeux tapestry: a manifestation of soft power | Editorial https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/28/the-guardian-view-on-the-loan-of-the-bayeux-tapestry-a-manifestation-of-soft-power #BayeuxTapestry #BritishMuseum #ArtAndDesign #Culture #WorldNews #Brexit

Please stop making music biopics. We need a break from this tired genre that is essentially expensive karaoke | Rebecca Shaw https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/14/rebecca-shaw-stop-making-music-biopics #Film #Biopics #Culture #Music #MichaelJackson

The hollowing out of Tennis.com is a warning for American sports journalism https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/aug/28/tennis-com-american-tennis-journalism-decline-sinclair-media #Tennis #UsSportsMedia #UsOpenTennis2026 #Sport #UsSports #UsOpenTennis #Media #NewspapersMagazines

The hill I will die on: The barbecue is fundamentally unenjoyable. Please, put a lid on it | Max Liu https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/29/the-hill-i-will-die-on-barbecue-unenjoyable-toxic-tiresome-malnourishing #Barbecue #Food #UkNews #LifeAndStyle

Is NBC’s Premier League coverage in the US too English? | Leander Schaerlaeckens https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/aug/27/nbcs-premier-league-coverage-in-the-us-is-excellent-but-is-it-too-english #PremierLeague #Football #Sport #UsSportsMedia #Nbc #Media #NbcUniversal #UsTelevisionIndustry

Labour is being destroyed by dithering: it should either do Brexit properly or rejoin the EU | Larry Elliott https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/14/labour-brexit-rejoin-eu-keir-starmer #Labour #Brexit #KeirStarmer

Trump’s midterm campaign theme is unrequited love | Sidney Blumenthal https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/28/trump-midterm-campaign-devotion #DonaldTrump #UsMidtermElections2026 #Republicans #UsNews #UsPolitics

Andy Burnham can save Labour and defeat Reform. He should be the next prime minister | Neal Lawson https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/12/andy-burnham-labour-reform-prime-minister-greater-manchester-mayor-westminster #AndyBurnham #Politics #Labour #LabourPartyLeadership #UkNews

There is clearly trouble ahead for Harry and Meghan on their return to the UK. Here are five ways to avert it | Stephen Bates https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/29/harry-meghan-uk-return-controversy-tips-sussexes #PrinceHarry #MeghanTheDuchessOfSussex #UkNews #Monarchy #Media

No one should get a free pass on antisemitism – so why does the right? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/14/free-pass-antisemitism-left-right-nigel-farage-zack-polanski-jewish #Antisemitism #Newspapers #FarRight #Media #Politics #UkNews #NewspapersMagazines #GreenParty #ReformUk #ZackPolanski #NigelFarage

A $1.95m deposit and $10k a month: welcome to the for-profit world of Australian aged care where no one is a winner | Julianne Schultz https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2026/aug/30/australia-for-profit-aged-care #AgedCare #AustraliaNews

Starmer’s on the brink and who knows what will happen next: hope for the best Britain, and prep for the worst | Frances Ryan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/12/keir-starmer-britain-senior-cabinet-ministers-prime-minister #KeirStarmer #Politics #Labour #UkNews #LabourPartyLeadership

An $18bn settlement – and Zuckerberg barely blinked. The tech titans must be stripped of their power, and soon | Jonathan Freedland https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/28/meta-18bn-settlement-mark-zuckerberg-tech-titans-power-harm #Meta #MarkZuckerberg #Facebook #Instagram #Technology #WorldNews #SocialMedia #DigitalMedia #Children #OnlineAbuse #InternetSafety #MentalHealth

Mayors are the big winners in Burnham’s devolution drive. So what happens to areas without mayors? | John Harris https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/30/andy-burnham-mayors-devolution-regions-england-labour #Devolution #AndyBurnham #Labour #Politics #UkNews #Somerset #Wiltshire

Let’s not deny the good work Labour has done. But Starmer is too timid for the radical remedies needed now | Polly Toynbee https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/14/labour-keir-starmer-radical-remedies-eu-tax-reform-pension-triple-lock #KeirStarmer #Labour #Politics #UkNews

Trump’s ‘economic D-day’ against Iran risks driving the stakes even higher | Sina Toossi https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/30/trump-economic-d-day-iran-stakes-higher-war #UsisraelWarOnIran #DonaldTrump #StraitOfHormuz #UsNews #China #UsPolitics #WorldNews

Will Starmer’s old Labour tribute strategy rescue him from the abyss? Probably not, but there’s a logic to it | Gaby Hinsliff https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/12/keir-starmer-labour-reset-gordon-brown-harriet-harman #KeirStarmer #Labour #GordonBrown #HarrietHarman #Politics #UkNews

I’ve been writing to Jeremy Bamber for years, but suddenly the prison has stopped me. Why? | Simon Hattenstone https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/14/jeremy-bamber-prison-media-jail-banned #JeremyBamber #PrisonsAndProbation #UkCriminalJustice #CourtOfAppeal #UkNews

The runners, the riders, the dead horses being flogged. Do you bet on this Labour chaos – or just enjoy the comedy? | Marina Hyde https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/12/keir-starmer-labour-replacement-andy-burnham #KeirStarmer #Labour #Politics #UkNews #AndyBurnham #WesStreeting #AngelaRayner #EdMiliband

I wrote a book about the last 40 years of US men’s soccer. Here is what I learned | Leander Schaerlaeckens https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/may/12/usmnt-history-book #Usa #Football #UsSports #Sport #WorldCup2026 #WorldCup

Politics has tossed friendship out of the window – as Keir Starmer is realising | Simon Jenkins https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/15/keir-starmer-labour-leadership-battle-wes-streeting #KeirStarmer #LabourPartyLeadership #Labour #WesStreeting #AngelaRayner #AndyBurnham #EdMiliband #Politics #UkNews

Sunsets, disasters, dinners: we now record them all with our phones. But what is that doing to our souls? | Phoebe Greenwood https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/29/sunsets-disasters-dinners-record-phones-camera-reality #Smartphones #WarReporting #Photography #MobilePhones #UkNews #SocialMedia #Tiktok #Instagram #DigitalMedia

From maligned second city to Insta magnet: Marseille isFrance’s new capital of overtourism https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/28/from-maligned-second-city-to-insta-magnet-marseille-is-frances-new-capital-of-overtourism #France #Overtourism #Europe #WorldNews

Burnham electrified the Labour party by talking about electoral reform – now he needs to act on it | Polly Toynbee https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/28/andy-burnham-electoral-reform-proportional-representation #ElectoralReform #ProportionalRepresentation #FirstPastThePost #AndyBurnham #Politics #UkNews #Labour

If Labour didn’t exist, would you invent it? Streeting, Rayner, Burnham – you need to tell us why https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/15/labour-wes-streeting-angela-rayner-andy-burnham-leader #Labour #Politics #KeirStarmer #WesStreeting #AndyBurnham #UkNews

Coles has been busted for ‘misleading’ shoppers about their already annoying Down Down prices | First Dog on the Moon https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/may/15/coles-has-been-busted-for-misleading-shoppers-about-their-already-annoying-down-down-prices #Supermarkets #ConsumerAffairs #AustralianCompetitionAndConsumerCommissionAccc #Coles #Woolworths