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The Guardian view on events in Ceuta: chaos and tragedy are weaponised by the far right

Editorial: Instead of finger-pointing at Spain, mainstream EU leaders should be showing solidarity with its prime minister, Pedro Sánchez

The Guardian - UK · Aug 3

The Guardian view on funerals: the law must change following Robert Bush’s crimes

Editorial: An undertaker’s trial has exposed a regulatory blind spot. The public, as well as trade bodies, should be involved in shaping reform

The Guardian - UK · Aug 3

Reform’s Operation Fortress is an insult to the intelligence of the British voter

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Immigration is not a defence matter – and Nigel Farage’s vainglorious posturing over the Channel only shows how much trouble he and his party are really in

The Independent UK · Aug 3

My olive oil is uncool, apparently. Welcome to the world of microsnobbery

Social media has supposedly ramped up our impulse to judge each other on the most trivial grounds – but is this really a new thing, asks Emma Beddington

The Guardian - UK · Aug 3

The most dynamic countries are surging ahead with high-speed rail. Others, like Britain, are stuck in the station

Around the world, these trains have boosted economies, development and prestige. The costs of missing out are high, says transport writer and author Christian Wolmar

The Guardian - UK · Aug 3

Ring my doorbell if you really must. But text first so I know what to expect

There’s nothing worse than the unannounced ‘pop-in’. No wonder young people simply refuse to open up, writes Polly Hudson

The Guardian - UK · Aug 3

The right hates The Odyssey because of its ‘wokeness’ – but it missed an even bigger threat to its worldview

The new film extols the value of a rules-based world order. That’s far more radical than any casting decision says Labour MP and classicist Peter Swallow

The Guardian - UK · Aug 3

Finally, we have a PM for the digital age. But real change requires more than just being good on camera

Connection with voters on screen only pays off when it’s matched with bold policies in the real world – as it has for Zohran Mamdani in New York, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The Guardian - UK · Aug 3

‘Reservation Hatao Andolan’ gets caste and merit wrong

On July 22, as the protests against Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan gathered momentum, something unusual began happening online.

Newslaundry · Aug 3

Budgets open to all

The decision to broadcast the House committee's scrutiny of the 2027 budget has quietly become one of the most important democratic reforms in recent years. For the first time, the public can witness how nearly 3.8 trillion baht of taxpayers' money would be spent.

Bangkok Post · Aug 2