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Booyakasha! Ali G is back – but even he can’t match the absurdity of modern Britain

Sacha Baron Cohen’s character once exposed the contradictions of an emerging multicultural nation. But nearly 30 years on Britain has changed – and so has the joke, says assistant Opinion editor Jason Okundaye

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The Jason Arday affair has much to say about the current state of academia

Letters: Guardian readers reflect on the university system’s approach to Black academics and how it deals with job applications and promotions

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The takedown of Jason Arday has overjoyed the right, and must be a wake-up call for the left

The Cambridge academic has rightly now resigned. But that won’t end the targeting of senior black figures or the lazy way institutions promote faux equality, says Guardian columnist Jason Okundaye

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Some advice for Andy Burnham? Crack down on ‘rip-off Britain’ – and make sure voters feel the benefits

Fining errant corporations is welcome – but when consumers are also getting shaken down on their local high street, it’s time for a new and boisterous approach, says Guardian Opinion assistant editor Jason Okundaye

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The new Isa rules melt my brain: but that’s not even the worst thing about these changes for first-time buyers

Quite aside from all the convolutions, it’s clear the government is ignorant of the reality for young people like me hoping to get on the property ladder, says Guardian Opinion assistant editor Jason Okundaye

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The right has created a false reality – fuelled by toxic images delivered straight to your phone

After a week of violence and discord, this is clear: some politicians know images supersede inconvenient facts. And Labour has no good response, says Guardian Opinion assistant editor Jason Okundaye

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Henry Nowak was failed in the last moments of his life – and then again by Britain’s disgraceful political class

There are vital lessons to be learned from Nowak’s death. Instead, it has been used to refuel a pervasive lie about ethnic minorities and ‘two-tier’ policing, says Guardian Opinion assistant editor Jason Okundaye

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To understand Britain’s new politics, look no further than this Shakespearean saga in Worcestershire

What should be a story of Reform incompetence instead speaks to the broader refusal of Westminster to adapt to multiparty democracy, says assistant Guardian Opinion editor Jason Okundaye

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Wondered where the culture wars would end? Try a white influencer suing a charity for not offering her an internship

The GB News commentator Sophie Corcoran’s case against 10,000 Interns is part of a broader strategy of anti-DEI lawfare imported from Trump’s US, says Jason Okundaye, assistant Opinion editor at the Guardian

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Joe Rogan and the influencers who built Maga are revolting over Iran. Was this an alliance doomed to fail?

Unlike Trump’s cronies in the White House, outside voices are not so easily disciplined. There’s a lesson here for all future political movements, says Jason Okundaye, an assistant Opinion editor at the Guardian

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Behind the rise of Clavicular and ‘looksmaxxing’ there are insecure young men who feel they don’t measure up

What is a very private struggle – coming to terms with one’s own appearance – is being reshaped into a site of competition and ridicule, says assistant Opinion editor Jason Okundaye

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Minorities in adverts are menaced, footballers observing Ramadan are booed. Is this the Britain we want?

Intolerance is in vogue and leaders are failing to meet the moment. When King Charles seems the best and bravest hope, the problem is clear, says Guardian assistant opinion editor Jason Okundaye

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I was at the Baftas – and while hearing the N-word was unsettling, all anger should be aimed at the BBC

By failing to remove John Davidson’s tic from the broadcast, editors let down both black and disabled people, says Guardian assistant Opinion editor Jason Okundaye

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Go to university! No, get a trade! How can young people survive when all the paths are landmined?

Is it to be a degree and heavy debt when graduate jobs are shrinking? Or forgoing a degree, knowing society still worships them? Confused, angry: who wouldn’t be

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Olivia Colman sometimes thinks of herself as a gay man. As a gay man myself, I say – welcome

Her comments have been put through Britain’s culture war meat-grinder, but sexuality and gender is as fluid and interesting as we want it to be, says Guardian assistant Opinion editor Jason Okundaye

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Does it matter when celebrities like Bad Bunny castigate Trump and ICE at the Grammys? You bet!

Famous people who speak out are often derided, but throughout time artists have used the platform they have. And if not now, when, asks Guardian assistant opinion editor Jason Okundaye

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On £100k and feeling hard-done-by? It seems absurd – but a cold truth lies beneath

It comes to something when ‘Henrys’ in London worry about money, but that’s the reality of today’s wages and the cost of city living, says Jason Okundaye, a Guardian assistant opinion editor

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The hill I will die on: Films and TV shows are better if you read the spoilers first

Please note, this piece absolutely includes spoilers for Cruel Intentions, a film made 26 years ago. Do read on, says assistant Opinion editor Jason Okundaye

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Bad blood between the Beckhams at Christmas might seem trite. But here’s why it’s important

It’s celebrity catnip, but beyond the headlines this is also a tale of family dysfunction. At this time of year, so many people know about that, says Guardian Opinion assistant editor Jason Okundaye

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When it’s developers v people, usually the money wins. I saw how one community came out on top

A social housing victory at the ‘luxury’ Battersea power station development shows the power of grassroots politics – and holds a lesson for all of our cities, says Guardian assistant opinion editor Jason Okundaye

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Who knew it would take an American pope to remind us of the value of art and good taste?

Anti-AI and pro-beauty, Leo XIV has proved an unlikely custodian of culture – and a patron of meaningful work in a world of algorithmic slop, says Guardian assistant newsletter editor Jason Okundaye

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Welcome to the great unwokening of Hollywood! Shame no one can be bothered to turn up

Sydney Sweeney has become the poster child of a predicted rightwing cultural domination. So why is no one watching her films, asks Guardian assistant newsletter editor Jason Okundaye

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If the right really wants free speech in universities, why is it so obsessed with discrediting students?

The media loves to manufacture outrage about what students get up to – and to discipline those who dare challenge conservatives, says Jason Okundaye, a Guardian assistant newsletter editor

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No shame, no opprobrium: racism is priced in now. Of all the right’s victories, this one has been critical

In this age of Tory nativism and Faragist populism, the question isn’t ‘is this person a bigot?’ Now it is ‘does that matter at all?’ says Guardian writer Jason Okundaye

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Farewell, Amazon Fresh – the no tills thing was all a bit too awkward

The ‘just walk out’ innovation promised frictionless shopping – but these days, maybe we all need a bit less tech in our lives, says assistant newsletter editor Jason Okundaye

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