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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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‘If my boyfriend did what my pastor did, I believe police could investigate’. The campaign to close a serious gap in UK law

England and Wales pioneered the criminalisation of coercive control, but it doesn’t apply outside of intimate or family relationships. Why stop there, asks deputy head of Guardian Opinion Barbara Speed

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The hill I will die on: ‘Being a DJ’ isn’t a proper job

In what other field is a couple of hours’ work taking the credit for somebody else’s brilliance so venerated, says Guardian Opinion joint production editor Phil Mongredien

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The hill I will die on: Fruit with meat? What kind of pervert are you?

Please don’t ever offer me cranberry sauce with my roast turkey – that’s just jam on your Christmas dinner, and who wants that, asks Guardian Opinion deputy editor Katy Guest

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I loved Girls – but could I trust Lena Dunham to write about London?

The risk of cringe British stereotypes felt high. But Mr Darcy fantasies aside, her new series Too Much is an affectionate sendup of the capital, says Guardian Opinion deputy head Barbara Speed

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It turns out you’re never too old to go Interrailing around Europe

Having missed out in my youth, I thought that was that – until I took a revelatory trip with my sons. We’re going again this year, says Guardian Opinion production editor Phil Mongredien

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Something big is happening in the world of contraception. It’s going backwards

A backlash is growing – some women are turning to apps or other methods, but a disturbing number seem to be giving up on birth control altogether, says Guardian Opinion deputy head Barbara Speed

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Jürgen Klopp’s farewell is coming – and Liverpool fans should savour every second

Klopp’s final game at Anfield will be momentous. But in life, the everyday endings we don’t notice are often the most poignant, says Guardian Opinion’s Phil Mongredien

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From Athens to Zabrze, football drew my mental map of Europe. What about yours?

An online quiz revealed my Euro-education came from sticker albums and obscure Uefa ties – and we all have our own version, says Guardian Opinion deputy production editor Phil Mongredien

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Transplanted to the US as a child, two accents seemed like a great idea. Until my first playdate

With the baffling logic of a five-year-old, I concocted two versions of myself – and tried to stop anyone glimpsing the wrong one, says Barbara Speed, a Guardian Opinion deputy editor

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I travelled the UK and Ireland in an electric car, and what a shocker: nothing went wrong

Despite being an EV convert, fearmongering made me anxious before my holiday. But the summer road trip reaffirmed my faith, says Charlotte Naughton, joint production editor of Guardian Opinion

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Our obsession with sleep is doing more harm than good – and ignores the real problem

A dystopian-sounding new test threatens drivers with a ‘legal sleep limit’, but first we need to understand why a good night’s rest is impossible for some, says Barbara Speed, a Guardian Opinion deputy editor

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How Junior Bake Off taught me to be a better adult (and make uglier cakes)

Watching children beam with pride over disastrous desserts helped me overcome my own perfectionism, says Barbara Speed, a Guardian Opinion deputy editor

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Already ‘failed’ Dry January? There’s another way, and I’ve been doing it for years

I started logging every drink in an app. And, reader: it helped, says Barbara Speed, a Guardian Opinion deputy editor

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