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Letters: Ged Meheran details all the good in the former PM’s record, but another reader says we should stop giving him any airtime. Plus, Nick Pattinson on a crossword clue

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It’s the anti net-zero, anti-woke Tony Blair – how was this man ever considered a progressive?

The former PM has form when it comes to pushing corporate interests and meeting populists halfway, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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My mum died in A&E last month – and the place was like a war zone

Amid the debate about trans people on hospital wards we have lost sight of dignity, respect and the horrifying reality of a health service in meltdown, writes Zoe Williams

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I went to a Tesla protest this weekend – here’s what I learned

The demonstration outside the Tesla showroom in west London was one of the smallest I have seen. But everyone who passed by was keen to show their support, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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Why a holiday in the US is out of the question

The US administration’s ‘reassuring’ words, after deporting two German teens, show the border authorities will have a problem with anyone who doesn’t echo their politics, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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All eyes are on Reform right now – but why are they given so much influence?

A strong progressive vote in local elections will be written off as random or outlying, while rightwing insurgency is considered to indicate some fundamental truth, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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Blue Origin’s all-female spaceflight brought down to earth

Letters: Readers critique the symbolism, substance and style of the recent all-female rocket trip

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Truss social: the latest venture from a woman who really knows what the people want

She’s threatening to launch an ‘uncensored and uncancellable’ online platform – like we don’t have enough of those already, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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Having as many babies as possible is not the only way to show you love humanity

Elon Musk is obsessed with falling birth rates, as is the Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán. Why would leftwingers want to buy into their ‘pronatalist’ agenda, asks Zoe Williams

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So Katy Perry went to space. Wasn’t there anyone else we could have sent?

No disrespect to the pop star or the rest of Blue Origin’s all-female crew, but most of them weren’t obvious astronaut material, writes Zoe Williams

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Oh, the terrible guilt of enjoying time off in the sun, when my teenager’s up to her neck in GCSEs

It’s the school holidays and the whole family is having a ball – except poor Cinders, stuck indoors revising, writes Zoe Williams

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Has The White Lotus really forgotten that rich people are the problem?

When the show began in 2021, creator Mike White was happy to remind everyone that greed is the root of all evil. This is no time for him to get bored and move on, writes Zoe Williams

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Mother’s Day has restored my hope in 2025 – but my kids had nothing to do with it

I’ve blown hot and cold on the virtue of Mothering Sunday, but I’m convinced it serves as a meteorological bellwether, writes Zoe Williams

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How to fight a fascist state – what I learned from a second world war briefing for secret agents

You can forget the advice on disguises, secret codes and spreading propaganda by dropping leaflets in train carriages. But there is something for us all here about the need for action, writes Zoe Williams

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Reeves’s Sabrina Carpenter freebie furore proves today’s politicians should avoid one thing: fun

With the UK mired in gloom for the foreseeable future, how can the chancellor possibly think about enjoying herself, asks Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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Badenoch’s attack on net zero is ridiculous. But so were the right’s Brexit claims, and look where they left us

The run-up to 2016 shows ‘common sense’ isn’t enough. Even ignorant, reactionary arguments must be properly countered, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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Book swaps at tube stations are invaluable – bring them back

Letters: Gill Saunders urges a rethink of the ban. Veronica Porter says everything should be done to encourage book ownership

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My beloved tube station book-swap has gone. Who’s to blame for its passing?

There has been outrage over Transport for London’s decision to remove those mini station libraries, writes Zoe Williams, but let’s not rush to call it ‘health and safety gone mad’

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Labour is gaslighting disabled people – and that should terrify us all

The messaging that suggests poverty is caused by low aspiration and that disability is a choice could have come straight from the Conservatives’ playbook, writes Zoe Williams

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Why the whippet will always be top dog

Letters: Readers respond to an article by Zoe Williams on Crufts and the winning whippet

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How did Reform end up in such a mess? Is that a serious question?

Nigel Farage’s team is down to four MPs, with the suspended Rupert Lowe denouncing it as a “protest party led by the messiah”. Let’s not waste time wondering who’s wrong and who’s right, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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Crap jobs, fewer homes, less money, toxic politics. And peak happiness eludes the young: who knew?

Given recent history and the state of the world now, perhaps the thing that makes older people happiest is not being under 45, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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Someone left a strange wheelbarrow in my kitchen. Now what do I do?

It’s not mine and I don’t know where it came from. I’m just hoping that someone will take it away again, writes Zoe Williams

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There’s no denying Trump’s true nature any more. But what will it take to stop another visit to the UK?

The US president appals both leftwingers and rightwingers. Can they really keep him away with protests and petitions, asks Zoe Williams

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Welcome back Billy McFarland and a new Fyre festival. Shows you can’t keep a good fantasist down

Fresh out of jail, does it matter that his 2017 festival was one of the biggest social-media-driven deceptions of our time? Not a bit, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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