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Did ‘Yadav pride’ songs galvanise support for the NDA in Bihar?

After a post-mortem on its Bihar assembly poll performance, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has decided to crack down on the booming ecosystem of election-time music. On Saturday, the party said it will send legal notices to singers and creators who used RJD flags, symbols or leader names in their…

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My schoolmates mocked me for being a UPF-free, ‘weird lunchbox’ kid. Turns out my mum was right all along

In the 90s my mum embarrassed me with her rejection of ultra-processed foods – but the growing body of evidence about them is vindicating her, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

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The BBC is under threat like never before. This is how to save it

A moment of peril demands a new approach – on everything from funding to the BBC charter, says Pat Younge, former chief creative officer of BBC Television

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Who knew it would take an American pope to remind us of the value of art and good taste?

Anti-AI and pro-beauty, Leo XIV has proved an unlikely custodian of culture – and a patron of meaningful work in a world of algorithmic slop, says Guardian assistant newsletter editor Jason Okundaye

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The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark

This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde

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Conservatives must apologise for their disastrous handling of Covid

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The Covid inquiry’s conclusion that the needless loss of 23,000 lives was due to government decision-making at the start of the pandemic, made worse by the toxic and chaotic leadership of Boris Johnson, has yet to make many leading Tories of the day sufficiently penitent

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The Guardian view on the Covid-19 inquiry: the UK did too little, too late. Lessons must be learned

Editorial: The latest report on the pandemic shows that grave failings were not limited to Boris Johnson. The government needs to prepare for the next crisis

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The Guardian view on authentic casting in Wicked: finally a true celebration of difference

Editorial: The wider TV and film industries have a long way to go in including disabled actors and creators, and leaving stereotypes behind

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Vote for competent leaders, not entertainers – that’s what I wish the Covid report could say

To prevent a future pandemic we’d need agile leadership, smart decision-making, humility and trustworthiness. How does one build those into a political system, asks Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

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Rachel Reeves is studiously ignoring the cause of Britain’s woes: the Brexit-shaped hole in the roof

The autumn budget will mop up some damage, but the true source of the economic crisis is clear. The government should now fix it – tragically, it won’t, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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Labour MPs face a serious dilemma on asylum seekers – but this is not the way out of it

The party sees its harsh policies as politically necessary. But what happened to talking up the value of migrants for a thriving economy and society, asks Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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AI is changing the relationship between journalist and audience. There is much at stake

There is no point pretending that change is not happening, or that it can be avoided. But these are the risks we must address

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OPINION - Why do parents let their children sit on the Tube while adults stand?

Children should give up their seats to adults - not the other way round

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The most shocking thing about beauty products for kids? Where the demand is coming from

A new brand flogging face masks for four-year-olds is disturbing, but it’s worth asking why children are asking for these products in the first place, says Guardian fashion and lifestyle editor Morwenna Ferrier

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Tech should help us be creative. AI rips our creativity away

AI-generated songs are topping Spotify charts. This isn’t about the ‘democratization’ of art – it’s about scale

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There’s a catastrophic black hole in our climate data – and it’s a gift to deniers

Climate sceptics tell us that more people die of extreme cold than extreme heat. What’s the truth? asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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This is modern Britain – where a princess pleading for children’s rights seems almost radical

It is uncomfortable to watch royals appealing to the nation’s best instincts while an elected government feels compelled to chase our worst, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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Spain has too rosy a view of Franco’s regime. Let’s remind ourselves of its horrors

Little is taught about the murderous, incompetent dictatorship – and now almost one in five young people say Franco was good for the country, says historian Giles Tremlett

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This shameful Covid report leaves no way back for Boris Johnson

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW : Editorial: That 23,000 people in England alone lost their lives because of the dithering of the former leader is a fitting – and awful – denouement to the political career of a man who was never up to the job of prime minister

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The Guardian view on devastation in Gaza: the world wants to move on, but Palestinians can’t

Editorial: Drenched by floods and abandoned amid the ruins, people in Gaza can draw no comfort from US plans

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The Guardian view on Nigel Farage’s youthful views: the past still matters

Editorial: Voters need to know if a party leader said racist things at school. Interviewers have a duty to keep pressing for fuller facts

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Unelected Lords are blocking assisted dying – this is a democratic outrage

Second chambers are a good idea, but they should not be able to overturn clear decisions reached by an elected body, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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The man who froze his wife and got a new girlfriend: a stranger, sadder tale than I expected

The story has sparked debates about cryogenics and fidelity. But it also tells us something deeper about our responses to loss, says writer and journalist Imogen West-Knights

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A decade since Dad died, cricket has become a reminder of his love for us

With each series (and what is more exciting than the Ashes at home?) the place gets expanded with new memories forged from the old ones

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‘Why don’t you bake?’ A scolding that stung – until I heard it in a new way

My aunt was chastising me for not carrying on my mother’s legacy of pineapple tarts and butter cakes. Why had I been so resistant? asks writer Ying Reinhardt

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