Sunak’s wealth isn’t a problem for voters – except when he refuses to talk...
Authenticity, not net worth, is the issue when a millionaire prime minister tries too hard to be normalPeople don’t generally go into British politics for the money, although the money isn’t bad. The...
View ArticleHow is Britain rising to this inspiring coronation moment? By obsessing about...
Nothing says ‘monumental’ like commemorative mugs, a tarragon quiche and 4,000 articles about two California residentsIn the week before Harry and Meghan’s wedding I watched a woman in the Kensington...
View ArticleFor years, we believed we could live as both Ukrainians and Russians. Not any...
Growing up near the border there was no physical barrier. Now war has forced citizens of both sides to choose their identitiesWhere do you call home? I’ve travelled and lived in so many places that the...
View ArticleMy vaping addiction came out of nowhere – and I'm finding it impossible to...
The jury’s still out on whether vapes are better for us than smoking. So why is the UK government handing them out?I am vaping right now. It’s a watermelon one, which I bought from Sainsbury’s rather...
View ArticleVoter ID will disenfranchise poor and marginalised people. Our best defence?...
There has been too little publicity to help people comply. If ministers won’t spread the word, we should do so ourselvesWhen the polling card for this May’s local elections arrived, as usual I stuck it...
View ArticleMessage to Suella Braverman: you are betraying the Windrush scandal...
A new report says the UK’s compensation scheme is ‘hostile’. When will ministers live up to their responsibilities?As we mark 75 years since the Empire Windrush anchored in Tilbury docks, heralding the...
View ArticleFor all the scandals, a toxic culture in places like the CBI and the Met can...
I spend a lot of time helping troubled organisations, and the recurring problem is bosses prioritising targets over clear and decent valuesThe Metropolitan police has clear values on its website and a...
View ArticleThe Pentagon leaks reveal the rot at the heart of US intelligence – but they...
This latest cache of secret documents is yet another own goal by a pathologically confused security serviceSo far this century, there have been three major public “compromises” of US intelligence...
View ArticleThe Guardian view on the PM’s family finances: out of touch with reality |...
Rishi Sunak doesn’t merely look aloof – he appears to think the rules don’t apply to himPolling companies often ask voters to pick a description from a list of phrases that they most associate with...
View ArticleThe Guardian view on management consultants: overused, underperforming |...
The omnipresence of consultancies is harming public services, while creating lucrative opportunities for private profitShortly after Margaret Thatcher took power, her environment secretary, Michael...
View ArticleRacism in Britain is not a black and white issue. It’s far more complicated |...
A report on ethnic inequality reveals that that Irish, Jewish and Traveller people are among the most abusedSomething was amiss but I couldn’t say why. I was a sixth-form student and talking to a girl...
View ArticleLet's be clear: Joe Biden isn’t the problem for Northern Ireland – it’s the...
When it comes to Irish politics, the US president has baggage. But the DUP’s attempts to cast him as a meddling nationalist won’t washNormally it is difficult for a visitor to arrive in Ireland without...
View ArticleJunior doctors are key to fixing the NHS crisis | Letters
Readers on the poor pay and working conditions that have led junior doctors down the path of strikesThe government needs to be more proactive in relation to the crisis happening in our healthcare...
View ArticleHow type 2 diabetes can remain hidden | Letter
Dr David Griffith points out that the lack of symptoms for type 2 diabetes makes it a particularly pernicious conditionYour article on diabetes provided much useful information (Inaction on diabetes...
View ArticleClarity on C of E blessings for same-sex couples | Letter
Rev Dr Ian Paul says Church of England bishops are proposing a blessing be offered to people, not a relationshipThe Church of England does not “plan to offer to bless the civil marriages of same-sex...
View ArticleThe climate cost of insulating our homes | Letter
Paul Brannen makes the case for using natural materials for home insulationYour report (UK insulation scheme would take 300 years to meet government targets, say critics, 9 April) is bad climate news,...
View ArticlePopping the cork when you’re on your own | Brief letters
Champagne celebration | Meaty matters | Problem potholes | Silencing Alexa | Bags of confusionJust like Tim Dowling’s wife (Tim Dowling: my wife is alone while I’m on tour. Will she cope?, 15 April), I...
View ArticleFor years, I urged minorities to join the Tories. But now there’s Suella...
I thought the party couldn’t sink lower than Boris Johnson, but the awful rhetoric now must make it intolerable for people of colour I have been a politics junkie since 1960. Accordingly, I remember...
View ArticleSunak needn’t worry – maths mania already has our schools in a stranglehold |...
The obsession with a subject most people don’t need to study until they are 18 is typical of a system that fails to equip pupils for modern lifeRishi Sunak is clearly gripped by maths. Today’s attack...
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