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Why ‘go home’ is a meaningless chant to many of us

Letters: Readers respond to Hugh Muir’s article about the simplistic way in which the far right looks at identity and belonging

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When racists shout ‘Go home’, and you come from 15 places, what to do?

A DNA test showed me that theoretically I have links to a long list of countries – and that the way we look at belonging makes little sense, says Hugh Muir, executive editor, Opinion

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Time’s up for tinny tunes and blaring football highlights. London’s headphone cavalry has arrived

The capital’s transport authority will erect signs aimed at noisy mobile phone users. Might the next stop be relative calm and a bit more civility? asks Hugh Muir, executive editor of Opinion

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Pity the beat cops now they’re banned from dancing at the Notting Hill carnival

Britain’s top policeman seems to think violence will go unchecked if officers jig with the crowd. Risible, but hey, better to be stiff as a board than labelled woke, says Guardian columnist Hugh Muir

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Twenty years on from the 7/7 bombings, London’s mayor is fighting for unity

Letters: Jackson Bylett thinks it is heartening that Ken Livingstone’s message is still being delivered so powerfully; Hilary Scarnell says it is vital to build and celebrate diverse communities

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These words of defiant unity followed the horror of the 7/7 bombings. Imagine what we would hear today instead

A response by Ken Livingstone asserted London’s diversity – not as a weakness, but a strength. The politicians now peddling division should read it, says Guardian columnist Hugh Muir

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Look at Wimbledon without human line judges and tell me this: do you really want life to be perfect?

They say tech instead of people on court is progress but society has hard calls to make: sometimes perfect is not worth having, says Guardian columnist Hugh Muir

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If our destiny is cyber-attacks and empty shelves at the Co-op, here’s what we should do next

With threats afar and local, the need to stash essentials is obvious. If anyone can source jerk chicken in a tin, do let me know, writes Guardian columnist Hugh Muir

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Prince Harry tells the BBC of his pain, and it’s queasy viewing. But who will switch it off?

Real-life anguish or confected entertainment? One thing is clear – the soap opera endures because millions still love to watch it, says Guardian columnist Hugh Muir

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‘Stop saying I crashed the economy,’ says Liz Truss. Is it possible to gaslight an entire country?

The former PM has sent a cease and desist letter to the current one. Will everyone who thinks she was useless get one next, asks Guardian writer Hugh Muir

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Arise Sir Sadiq Khan, and enjoy your knighthood. As for the Tories in a rage – ignore them

There’s a very rightwing furore over the London mayor’s appearance on the new year honours list. But if not him, who? asks Guardian writer Hugh Muir

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Finally, the end of ‘the British empire’ – and maybe an honours system a modern country can live with

Reports suggest King Charles would not object to a move away from awards with ‘empire’ in the title. Not before time, says Guardian executive editor Hugh Muir

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This exit poll portends total rejection of these amoral Tories – and incredible vindication for Labour

Punishment seems to come from all sides, with a landslide for Keir Starmer and sizeable gains for the Lib Dems and Reform

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It has been a terrible general election. The least we can do is learn from it

Tomorrow we’ll see politicians engaged in joy and recriminations, but they should worry about the cynicism and disappointment around us, says Guardian columnist Hugh Muir

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Dear Tory voter: I see you’re getting an emergency letter from Boris Johnson. Things can only get worse

Humiliated on the campaign trail, Sunak looks to his predecessor for help. Truly, the lost and the damned, says Guardian columnist Hugh Muir

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Sunak, Johnson, Cameron, Truss – and Cummings in the frame again. This inept elite is playing us all for fools

News of the PM’s secret talks with Dominic Cummings shows how this gilded circle sustain each other – and we let them, says Guardian columnist Hugh Muir

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As we mourn Benjamin Zephaniah’s death, learn this lesson from his brilliant life

He was a man of strong progressive views, readily expressed, and yet retained a public affection that ensured his voice was heard, says Guardian columnist Hugh Muir

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Take the vitality of diverse Britain, set it to music. That’s why Ezra Collective deserve their Mercury prize

There is a musical and social power in the fusion of cultures we see in our inner cities. Plaudits to a band that captures that, says Guardian columnist Hugh Muir

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In times that cry out for leadership, we get followship. Sadiq Khan is bucking that trend with Ulez

Politicians must place facts and judgment over the biases of the public square, says Guardian columnist Hugh Muir

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Lee Anderson’s vile anti-migrant comments pose this question: do we want politics like this?

Even Thatcher’s governments were above the hateful, toxic rhetoric now being favoured by Sunak and his lieutenants, says Guardian columnist Hugh Muir

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I can’t solve Brexit or the culture wars – but I’ve learned to see the other side of even the most polarised debates

My radio show has encouraged guests to articulate and examine the opposing view to their own. It’s a vital skill in fractious times, says the journalist Anne McElvoy

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Pity Nigel Farage as he is deemed too horrible to bank with the elite at Coutts

When the bank’s bosses said ‘Your money is no good here,’ they meant it. He’s raging at them, but what does it say about him, asks Guardian executive Opinion editor Hugh Muir

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They survived and thrived in a hostile Britain. That’s why we revere the Windrush pioneers

Docking at Tilbury 75 years ago today, they had no idea of the difficulties ahead. This nation should salute their achievement, says Hugh Muir, Guardian executive editor, Opinion

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Boris Johnson’s disheartening, shoddy honours list is an apt political epitaph

The ex-PM leaves parliament with a list evoking all that was wrong with his chaotic and damaging years in office, says Guardian columnist Hugh Muir

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An image that should never have been published, and lessons that must be learned

Errors led to the publication of a cartoon of BBC chairman Richard Sharp, its withdrawal and an apology, says Elisabeth Ribbans, the Guardian and Observer’s global readers’ editor

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