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Making Britain’s voting system fairer won’t enable parties like Reform – it’s the only way to challenge them

Bringing in proportional representation is the best way of defending and rebuilding the legitimacy of our democracy, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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My kids are holidaying without me – and I’m worried they’ll repeat my foreign faux pas

As my nonchalant offspring head to France, I have tried to instil in them a hard-learned lesson about hunger, buffet cars and theft, says Zoe Williams

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Angela Rayner’s suit and Victoria Starmer’s secret power: why do I suddenly smell sexism?

Are their outfits too expensive? Do they wield some undeclared influence? Labour women are under attack – and it feels just like the 1950s, says Zoe Williams

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The truth about vaginas: how I became a committed vulva-splainer

Janelle Monáe’s trousers do not represent a vagina. They represent a vulva. Have some respect, writes Zoe Williams

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Joe Biden was a winner, once. It’s a huge risk to assume he can win again

An aversion to risk among the Democrats has kept the US president in the race for the White House. But win-at-all-costs logic isn’t great for politics at the best of times, writes Zoe Williams

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With our futures at stake, Sunak and Starmer argued like managers of an imperilled golf club

‘Are you two the best we’ve got?’ It was a harsh question, but it summed up last night’s final leaders debate, says the Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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Reform on student fees and Labour on ‘fleeceholds’ – could we build a better Britain using party manifestos?

I read them all so you don’t have to. None in isolation would set the world alight, but look closely and there are some good ideas, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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The power of Rish! All this self-inflicted damage takes a level of slapstick genius

The gambling saga might have been a three-day scandal. Instead he’d let it rumble on until he was almost on his knees

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I’m really excited about this election – and even Nigel Farage can’t extinguish my delight

The prospect of kicking out the Tories? However much time and effort you are spending managing your expectations, that outcome remains delicious, writes Zoe Williams

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The nature march had a huge turnout – so why didn’t it make bigger news?

Disruptive demonstrations are decried by the press, but given acres of coverage. This is the new conundrum of public protest: the only way to be talked about is if you’re demonised, writes Zoe Williams

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Starmer fighting one seat, Corbyn the one next door: a schism and a symbol of battles to come

The current Labour leader will win; the former leader might. And the dynamics of their rift are being played out around the country, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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This should be the climate election. Instead we are in a frustrating, Farage-obsessed fantasyland

Bloviators and untruths continue to generate more news than common sense and the environment. But some parties are trying to make a difference, writes Zoe Williams

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Within Labour’s manifesto lies the blueprint of a different Britain. I hope it builds it

Keir Starmer showed genuine anger in Manchester – I see welcome flashes of campaigning zeal, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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How much do you love your children? With prom season approaching, it’s time for more competitive parenting

From crisps, to screens, to nits, there’s nothing that can’t be weaponised by a sufficiently motivated mother or father, writes Zoe Williams

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Why do Tories keep repeating their £2,000 tax smear? Because Brexit convinced them that lying works

The prime minister’s claim that Labour would raise taxes by this enormous amount has been roundly disproven. But, as with the Leave campaign’s spurious claims, this lie has legs, writes Zoe Williams

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Stormy Daniels has never been cowed. And now, she is vindicated

What she has been through would sink most people. But the woman at the white-hot centre of Donald Trump’s 34 felony convictions was always going to hold her nerve, writes Zoe Williams

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Getting fit is great – but it could turn you into a rightwing jerk

The more self-actualised you become, the higher you are on self-righteousness, blaming other people’s problems on their failure to be as healthy as you, writes Zoe Williams

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Six televised rounds of Starmer v Sunak? I can’t imagine anything worse

These debates are rarely useful, let alone enlightening. Let’s have a head-to-head of progressive parties instead, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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Worried about your beach body? Take a lesson from gen Z

Young women find my generation’s reflexive, internalised fat-shaming weird and ridiculous. So, at 50, Zoe Williams is taking a leaf from their book

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Is Rishi Sunak actively trying to lose the election? Let’s consider the mounting evidence

All the mishaps, unforced errors, pratfalls – they only make sense if we assume the prime minister has a secret and unspoken plan up his sleeve, writes Zoe Williams

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I have finally mastered a TikTok recipe for bao buns – but they take almost five hours

What am I doing with my one wild and precious life? Struggling to follow fast, frantic cookery instructions and developing a whole new swearing habit, writes Zoe Williams

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A generation of students is being ripped off – and our blood should be boiling

Politicians talk about tuition fees as if the students were somehow getting a good deal. In reality, they’re being shockingly exploited, writes Zoe Williams

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My fellow citizens – we share confined spaces, but do I have to overhear your chat, your music, your TikTok?

With telephone signal now more available on the London underground, it’s time for a new etiquette about how we co-exist, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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The birth trauma scandal is not about one bad apple, one bad culture or one bad area – it’s about the mess of austerity

When I gave birth in the 00s, things were not perfect by any stretch, but unlike now, they were not broken absolutely everywhere, writes Zoe Williams

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Have I got this right? Does Kristi Noem really want Joe Biden to start killing dogs too?

Donald Trump’s would-be running mate has already outraged the US by shooting her own pet. This is no time to double down, says Zoe Williams

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