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The Dark Side of the Moon at 50: how Marx, trauma and compassion all influenced Pink Floyd's masterpiece

Dixi et salvavi animam meam.

The Conversation

A union renewed, two-party politics revived: is this the new Restoration? Sunak and Starmer hope so

In their own different ways, the two leaders dream of a return to ‘normality’ – but that’s what got us into this mess , says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Man playing lottery scratchcards every day since 1980s finally WINS on birthday

John Harris, from Dresden, Ontario, Canada, purchased a winning $5 Instant Bingo Doubler ticket from a mini-mart. He waited until he arrived home to scratch off his winnings

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How to dislodge the posh clique that rules Britain

Letters: Simon Bull asks for discrimination against the state-educated to be outlawed, and other readers write on Oxbridge and Eton domination

The Guardian - UK

To understand the Zahawi story and Tory sleaze, look no further than Britain’s posh cliques

Government failure stems from a network of private schools and elite universities, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Ludicrous ideas, perpetual scandal: the Conservatives are in absolute freefall

The force that once thought itself the natural party of government has become a cult of bitterness and denial, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Open up swimming to all – in lakes and rivers as well as public pools

Letters: Margaret Dickinson, Donald Rigg, Paul Tinnion and David Perry respond to an article by John Harris about public pools and leisure centres under threat of closure

The Guardian - UK

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The story of Britain’s pools and leisure centres is one of neglect, decay and the lies of levelling up

As the NHS buckles and public health plunges, our cheap and accessible fitness facilities are being shuttered, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Sweeping social care reforms can wait – homes need money and workers right now

Hospitals can’t discharge patients because councils don’t have the funds to facilitate care afterwards. It’s a perfect storm of neglect, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

There’s no point hoping for honesty about Brexit

Letters: Brexit was based on nostalgia for a mythical golden age and politicians who can see its failings are afraid to speak out, says Pete Dorey. Plus letters from Michael Ayton and Peter Riddle

The Guardian - UK

The wreckage of Brexit is all around us. How long can our politicians indulge in denial?

If both parties ignore the uncomfortable facts, politics will be flooded with dangerous conspiracies and betrayal myths, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

This dire winter feels like wartime. But hope lies with communities helping themselves

From radical local energy projects to transport to volunteer libraries, incredible people are taking action into their own hands, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Tell us: what questions you want answered on Politics Weekly UK?

The Politics Weekly UK team wants to know what questions you want answered as we look to 2023

The Guardian - UK

As Britain’s workers reach their limits, the government has no option but to negotiate

Essential workers from nurses to railway staff have had enough – and the Tories will soon realise union-bashing isn’t the answer, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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Westminster beware: the north is ready to take ‘levelling up’ into its own hands

Resolute mayors and angry MPs have a new confident voice – and they will use it to make the Tories’ empty words a reality, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Only planning reform can fix Britain’s housing crisis

Letters: Readers on how years of poor Tory leadership mean there is no end in sight to the chronic shortage of homes

The Guardian - UK

The Tories are tearing themselves apart over housing – but this is another crisis of their own making

Twelve years of decaying public services mean any sensible conversation about much-needed new housing is impossible, says the Guardian columnist John Harris

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They said we would ‘build back better’ after Covid. What breathtaking deceit

Instead of rewarding us for our suffering, Jeremy Hunt and Rishi Sunak are offering nothing but more hardship, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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The British right’s hostility to climate action is deeply entrenched – and extremely dangerous

With voters increasingly fearful about fires, floods and extreme temperatures, can the Tories find a way back towards reality, asks Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Want to understand Britain’s decline? Try catching a train in the north of England

The recent history of our trains is a hare-brained plunge into underinvestment, privatisation and crony capitalism, says the Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Disastrous cuts loom, but the Tories have a secret weapon – our weary fatalism

People realise austerity 2.0 will wreck Britain, but many of us have lost the ability to imagine things could be different, says the Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Britain is slowly waking up to the truth: Brexit has left us poorer, adrift and alone

Now Boris Johnson’s gone, all but the most hardened of leavers can see through those rosy visions of life outside the EU, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

This Tory crisis reveals a party that has lost touch with reality – and its own heartlands

Liz Truss is unashamed about a plan that will hit even the middle classes hard. But her party’s drift away from them began long ago, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Labour must be the party of electoral reform

Letters: It must build a consensus for a new voting model before the next election, says Dr Anthony Isaacs. Plus letters from Sandy Martin, Glyn Evans and Michael Radcliffe

The Guardian - UK

Truss is on an economic rampage with no mandate. So why is Starmer resisting electoral reform?

The Labour leadership still thinks a rigged voting system can be used for progressive ends, says the Guardian columnist John Harris

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