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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

The Guardian - UK

Eric Trump Defends SpaceX After Bloomberg Op-Ed Slams Starlink as 'Overpromising and Underdelivering'— Elon Musk Backs Him Up

On Thursday, Eric Trump pushed back against criticism of Space Exploration Technologies Corp’s (NASDAQ:SPCX) Starlink service, arguing the company’s broader achievements in space exploration far outweigh concerns raised in an Opinion column.

Benzinga

When I claim my black Britishness in this age of intolerance, here is the music that goes with it

A wonderful thing happened on a visit to the new V&A East: a very public, taxpayer-funded soundtrack of my life, says Hugh Muir, executive editor, Opinion

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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

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

A brutal wrestle on a plane, passengers outraged, attendants helpless: I saw the UK’s deportation policy at work

On the runway at Gatwick, the visceral reality of forced removals was laid bare. If only more could see what is done in our name, says Hugh Muir, executive editor, Opinion

The Guardian - UK

No generation is safe from the nostalgia industry – just look at the disappointing Malcolm in the Middle reboot

The revival of the hit 2000s sitcom has none of the political subversiveness of the original. But should we be surprised? asks Opinion deputy editor Yohann Koshy

The Guardian - UK

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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

The Guardian - UK

Welcome to the MrBeastification of British politics: the latest trick up Nigel Farage’s sleeve

The Reform UK leader’s energy bill giveaway certainly grabs our attention – but it’s all a distraction from the real winners and losers, says Guardian deputy Opinion editor Kirsty Major

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

A man pushed me in the street, he wanted to teach me a lesson. Is that OK now?

Many women reading this will have experienced something similar: a warning that sharing public space isn’t a man’s job, it’s a woman’s, says Lucy Pasha-Robinson, a Guardian assistant Opinion editor

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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

The Guardian - UK

What if floods left your home unsellable? That’s the reality facing more and more people in Britain

Christine wanted to enjoy her retirement, but then the banks of a local brook burst and turned her and her neighbours’ lives upside-down, says Guardian deputy Opinion editor Kirsty Major

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

I went home, to one of Labour’s safest seats, and it felt like a newly minted Reform constituency

Knowsley is a Labour stronghold. But judging by the polls and the people I spoke to, the messages of the right are truly cutting through, says deputy Opinion editor Kirsty Major

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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

The Guardian - UK

A broken housing market is driving inequality right across Europe – and fuelling the far right

From Lisbon to Amsterdam, housing policy has led to haves and have-nots. But, as our new series uncovers, it doesn’t have to be this way, says Guardian Opinion deputy editor Kirsty Major

The Guardian - UK

If you support streamlined planning, ask yourself this: what if someone built a new home on your roof?

Adding two storeys to an existing block of flats meant an ordeal for its residents. In this age of ‘build, baby, build’, are there enough protections, asks Kirsty Major, a deputy Opinion editor for the Guardian

The Independent UK

Trump says he dined with Jeff Bezos hours after dramatic change to Washington Post opinion section

Before apparently meeting Trump for dinner on Wednesday evening, Jeff Bezos sparked outrage among Washington Post journalists and readers when he announced that the paper’s opinion section will focus on “free markets” and “personal liberties” moving forward.

Latin Times

Washington Post Editor Quits Rather Than Bending to Bezos' Demand to Eliminate Opposing 'Viewpoints' From Opinion Section

Changes made to the operations of The Washington Post's Opinion section by the outlet's billionaire owner, Jeff Bezos, have caused the publication's Opinion Editor to resign from his position.

The Guardian - UK

Meet the young families stuck in their starter homes thanks to the UK housing crisis

The arrival of a child is as good a reason as any to upsize, but this is no longer an option for many ‘second steppers’, says Guardian deputy Opinion editor Kirsty Major

The Guardian - UK

Charli xcx covered in red wine, Anna Sorokin in an ankle tag on Dancing with the Stars – it has been 12 months marked by chaos, indulgence and mess, says Guardian deputy Opinion editor Kirsty Major

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