Bethan Benwell says it was actually New Labour that first turned its back on the findings of Lord Parekh’s report, while Martin Rose wonders if the phrase British Asian is itself a token of non-acceptanceIt is true that Lord Parekh’s report and its vis…
The Guardian view on Boris Johnson’s Britain: cry, the corrupt country
The prime minister’s denials are both a thoughtless exaggeration and a wholly inadequate response to recent scandalsBoris Johnson headed back to the Cop26 conference this week, doubtless hoping that his trip might divert attention from the sleaze alleg…
Sir John Chilcot obituary
Civil servant who chaired the Iraq war inquiry and gave a damning verdict on Tony BlairSir John Chilcot, who has died aged 82 of kidney disease, was the quietly spoken mandarin famous for his excoriating verdict on the conduct of the Iraq war, begun in…
Pandora papers: at a glance
Key revelations from leaked files exposing an alternative financial world where the super-rich can hide their assets and pay little or no taxPandora papers news and reaction – live updatesSee all of our Pandora papers coverage Continue reading…
Starmer’s bonfire of promises is likely to see Labour’s electoral chances crash and burn | Michael Chessum
To win at the ballot box, the opposition party needs to ditch Blairite policies and offer a radical anti-establishment narrativeMaybe it was all a dream. Five years ago, I remember squeezing into my seat in Labour’s packed Liverpool conference venue to…
Dump the New Labour playbook, Keir Starmer, and set out your programme for radical change | John McDonnell
The Labour leader must offer a new voice and new vision if he is to win the next electionWhen Jeremy Corbyn and I stood down from the leading positions in the Labour party, we agreed Keir Starmer should not be treated the way we were by some Labour MPs…
The problem is bigger than Keir Starmer – Labour’s centrists have run out of ideas | Andy Beckett
The leader’s long essay has a few bright notes, but it shows again that it’s his wing of the party that has failed to ‘modernise’These ought to be good times for the British centre left. A divisive Tory government is running into trouble. The Labour le…
Who’s to blame for the Afghanistan chaos? Remember the war’s cheerleaders | George Monbiot
Today the media are looking for scapegoats, but 20 years ago they helped facilitate the disastrous interventionEveryone is to blame for the catastrophe in Afghanistan, except the people who started it. Yes, Joe Biden screwed up by rushing out so chaoti…
The UK must answer for a litany of strategic failings in Afghanistan | Letters
The UK should never have joined the US invasion, writes Dr Taj Hargey, and its reputation is being stained by America’s unilateral retreat. Plus letters from Jonathan Worthington and Sandra KhadhouriIn Wednesday’s revelatory parliamentary debates there…
Tory values? Urination, urination, urination | Stewart Lee
Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen knows the real reason for empty shelves is working-class people going to universityDid the Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen cultivate lagoons of urine in his rural Leicestershire constituency? In 2014, the Environment Agenc…