SHOCKING: 7 - What They Never Told You

Power, corruption and lies: the TV show that could teach Keir Starmer a lot about being bold

First shown in the dying days of a Tory government, with Labour on the brink of power, the BBC drama offers warnings for a PM-in-waiting, writes Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2023

Finally, three reasons for Donald Trump to be afraid: a courtroom, a jury and the truth

This week’s indictment of the former president may not diminish his supporters’ devotion, but it will challenge his fraudulent conception of reality, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK · Aug 4, 2023

Israelis’ defiance of Netanyahu holds a lesson for anyone who cares about democracy

Mass protests against the man who was Trumpian before Trump are part of a worldwide struggle, says the Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2023

With even leavers regretting Brexit, there’s one path back to rejoining the EU

It seems only a matter of time before we reverse this national act of self-harm. Especially if we learn from Nigel Farage, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2023

To save their own skins, Trump and Johnson are destroying something precious: our faith in the law

Both men sing from the Berlusconi songsheet, denouncing charges against them as partisan attacks while we pay the price, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK · Jun 16, 2023

After the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, another threat lies on Ukraine’s horizon: Donald Trump

The would-be president and the US right look ready to side with Putin, and walk away from a fight the free world must win, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2023

At 12, I was in Auschwitz. My parents and seven siblings were murdered. Here is how I built a life

Ivor Perl survived the Holocaust, then spent 50 years quietly looking after his family and business in the UK. Eventually, he started to open up – describing the luck, hope, belief and pity that have helped him to live

The Guardian - UK · Jun 6, 2023

Not for the first time, Sunak has been hung out to dry by Johnson – how much more can he take?

By giving his WhatsApps to the Covid inquiry, the former PM has revealed Sunak’s reticence for what it really is, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2023

The future of AI is chilling – humans have to act together to overcome this threat to civilisation

The challenge seems daunting. But we have overcome terrifying dangers before, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK · May 26, 2023

They’re openly saying it: Brexit has failed. But what comes next may be very dark indeed

The ‘remoaner elite’, the civil service, the BBC, universities, unions, refugees: anything is blamed but Brexit itself, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2023