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Not since 9/11 has the UK faced such a security crisis – and threat to our liberal principles | Gaby Hinsliff
By Gaby Hinsliff
The combination of Iranian, Russian and Chinese aggression is deeply concerning: just how much more concerned with security should the country be?
#Iran #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #USmilitary #Worldnews #MinistryofDefence #UKnews #TheGuardian #GabyHinsliff
Burnham’s surprise EU-turn could deliver the Tories from a generational mess | Gaby Hinsliff
By Gaby Hinsliff
Badenoch would never have reopened the door on Brexit, but now that the PM has, it suits the Conservatives to let him walk through it
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/06/andy-burnham-eu-tories-kemi-badenoch-brexit
#Brexit #KemiBadenoch #AndyBurnham #Conservativeconference #Conservativeconference2026 #Conservatives #EuropeanUnion #Europe #Politics #UKnews #Labour #TheGuardian #GabyHinsliff
After rape allegations at Cornell University, why are women again being urged to talk to their sons? Why not men? | Gaby Hinsliff
By Gaby Hinsliff
Boys learn by watching how the men they respect treat their partners, female colleagues, women on the street. Now is the time for those men to step up
#Rapeandsexualassault #Sexualconsent #Violenceagainstwomenandgirls #USuniversities #Relationshipsandsexeducation #Fraternitiesandsororities #Youngpeople #Parentsandparenting #USnews #Worldnews #TheGuardian #GabyHinsliff
Britain needs cash and everyone knows we should break the pensions triple lock. Where is the courage? | Gaby Hinsliff
By Gaby Hinsliff
The issue cannot be avoided any longer. Andy Burnham and his chancellor must face the fear of a pensioner backlash, and find a fair solution
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/22/britain-pensions-triple-lock-andy-burnham
#Pensions #Familyfinances #AndyBurnham #JohnHealey #Labour #Money #Politics #UKnews #Statepensions #Welfare #Olderpeople #Generationalinequality #Taxandspending #TheGuardian #GabyHinsliff
Children and mature adults we know about, but why is society so clueless about young people in between? | Gaby Hinsliff
By Gaby Hinsliff
While there’s much mocking of gen Z, the idea that the state should do more for those aged 18 to 25 is catching on around Westminster. About time, too
#Youngpeople #Society #Youthunemployment #Generationalinequality #Inequality #Unemployment #UKnews #Education #TheGuardian #GabyHinsliff
We must pause risky AI research while we still have the power to do so | Gaby Hinsliff
By Gaby Hinsliff
Warnings of AI’s existential threat to humanity are piling up – it’s time to listen and take them deadly seriously
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/11/risky-ai-research-pause-humanity
#AIartificialintelligence #Technology #Computing #Technologypolicy #Ethics #Anthropic #OpenAI #Worldnews #Politics #TheGuardian #GabyHinsliff
A Reform UK without Nigel Farage used to be unthinkable. Not any more | Gaby Hinsliff
By Gaby Hinsliff
The scandals are building, his touch perhaps not quite what it was. And, most of all, his party rivals are beginning to sense an opportunity
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/07/reform-uk-nigel-farage-scandals
#ReformUK #NigelFarage #Politics #UKnews #TheGuardian #GabyHinsliff
Losing a parent is a bewildering, lonely experience. Here are the things I wish I had known before | Gaby Hinsliff
By Gaby Hinsliff
There’ll be exhaustion, love tinged with occasional rage, even moments of black humour. But my mum would want me to tell you: don’t be afraid
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/05/losing-parent-bewildering-lonely-experience
#Bereavement #Deathanddying #Family #Society #UKnews #Lifeandstyle #TheGuardian #GabyHinsliff
The Future Starts With Us by Gordon Brown review – the ex-PM’s recipe for beating populism
By Gaby Hinsliff
Global crises are tightly linked to how we treat each other at the local level, argues this optimistic book
#Politicsbooks #Books #GordonBrown #Culture #Economics #Societybooks #TheGuardian #GabyHinsliff
Burnham is choosing jobs over climate security. That’s a big risk | Gaby Hinsliff
By Gaby Hinsliff
The PM’s net zero pragmatism may please some voters, but as parts of the country go up in flames, it’s an increasingly hard sell
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/18/andy-burnham-climate-security-net-zero-jobs
#Environmentpolicy #AndyBurnham #Wildfires #Extremeheat #Fossilfuels #UKnews #Politics #TheGuardian #GabyHinsliff
The Burnham bounce is eclipsing the Green surge – and Zack Polanski’s radical hope is being tested | Gaby Hinsliff
By Gaby Hinsliff
The new PM is enjoying a honeymoon period but, longer-term, the Greens have the freedom to say whatever Labour won’t
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/31/andy-burnham-bounce-green-surge-zack-polanski
#Greenparty #Politics #ZackPolanski #AndyBurnham #UKnews #Socialism #TheGuardian #GabyHinsliff
My generation shouldn’t be scared of a care tax – we’re paying one already | Gaby Hinsliff
By Gaby Hinsliff
If Andy Burnham is minded to grasp the nettle, he will need to sell it to people like me. The right will call it a ‘death tax’ – why not a levy for ageing well?
#Socialcare #Society #Carers #AndyBurnham #Inheritancetax #Politics #UKnews #Alzheimers #Taxandspending #TheGuardian #GabyHinsliff
Meta’s smartglasses mean any child can be covertly filmed. In the age of AI, how do we tackle that risk?
By Gaby Hinsliff
The company argues that it’s for individuals to ensure they don’t ‘actively exploit’ this technology. That won’t keep children safe
#Wearabletechnology #Meta #Technology #Childprotection #Privacy #Society #Children #Worldnews #TheGuardian #GabyHinsliff
Ann Widdecombe’s death should make Britain ask itself: what sort of political culture do we want?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/17/ann-widdecombe-death-britain-political-culture?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#GabyHinsliff
Ann Widdecombe’s death should make Britain ask itself: what sort of political culture do we want? | Gaby Hinsliff
By Gaby Hinsliff
Dehumanising politicians is the first step towards justifying their elimination. It matters more than ever to keep putting the person back into the picture
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/17/ann-widdecombe-death-britain-political-culture
#AnnWiddecombe #Politics #HouseofCommons #UKnews #TheGuardian #GabyHinsliff
It’s the silver lining from this terrible age of Donald Trump: he is pushing Britain closer to the EU
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/03/donald-trump-silver-lining-uk-eu-closer?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#GabyHinsliff
If you want to know what Reform would be like in power, look at how it threatened Bangor University
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/13/reform-power-bangor-university-debating-society-authoritarian?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#GabyHinsliff
By seeking to defuse domestic tensions over Gaza, West Midlands police ended up making matters worse
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/16/gaza-west-midlands-police-british-jews-british-muslims-villa-park?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#GabyHinsliff
This piece by Gaby Hinsliff, prompted by an anthropologist's study of English railway enthusiasts, caught my attention.
I'm less interested in considering the question "Should we stop trying to make men more like women?" than in challenging the all too often presented and hopelessly simplistic dichotomy of emotional regulation: "bottling it all up" versus "letting it all out".
Surely we can have a more variegated and sensitive account of how we might or might not express our feelings, one that would allow for individuality, irony, indirectness as well as intimacy, and that would show awareness of both the Scylla of incontinence and the Charybdis of inhibition.
#Psychology #Feelings #Emotion #Gender #Anthropology #GabyHinsliff #SelfExpression #Repression #Inhibition
Image: Spilled water bottle -- Dsw4 -- Wikimedia Commons -- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
When a chatbot’s advice is a matter of life or death, how can we leave AI to the free market wild west?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/09/would-you-entrust-a-childs-life-to-a-chatbot-thats-what-happens-every-day-that-we-fail-to-regulate-ai?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#GabyHinsliff
Blame migrants, or blame the rich? That’s the populist divide in Britain’s politics now
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/02/blame-migrants-blame-the-rich-populist-divide-britains-politics?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#GabyHinsliff
As the war in Ukraine grinds on, western support is beginning to crack
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/03/ukraine-russia-war-west-military-aid?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#GabyHinsliff
Murdoch brainwashed Britain. That’s the comforting tale the left tells itself. But is it true?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/24/rupert-murdoch-brainwashed-britain-comforting-tale-left-tells-itself-but-is-it-true?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#GabyHinsliff
Junking green policies, junking investment: scorched-earth Conservatism is all Sunak offers now
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/22/rishi-sunak-tories-green-u-turn-politics?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#GabyHinsliff
Councils, sewage, school buildings: Britain has neglected the dull but vital stuff – and is paying a heavy price
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/07/councils-sewage-school-buildings-britain-basic-services?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#GabyHinsliff
Collapsing schools are the latest sign of a crumbling country – and a lesson in Tory cost-cutting
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/05/collapsing-schools-crumbling-tory-quick-fixes?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#GabyHinsliff
The dirty secret behind Tory ‘crime week’: their policies ruined policing
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/01/tory-crime-week-policing-police-leads-budget-cuts?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#GabyHinsliff
GCSE results show us a nation of overwhelmed, vulnerable children. Where is the support?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/24/gcse-results-children-covid-19-social-media-tests?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#GCSE
#GabyHinsliff
A Lucy Letby inquiry must answer this: why was she seen as a victim, not a killer?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/22/lucy-letby-inquiry-countess-of-chester-hospital-doctors-nurse?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#GabyHinsliff
Forget 2024. The brightest Tory stars are vying to rebuild the party in the wake of defeat
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/06/tories-next-election-but-one-rupert-harrison-nick-timothy?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#GabyHinsliff
The people have spoken – and they want to speak to real live humans, not a rail ticket self-service app
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/28/humans-train-ticket-self-service-app-automation?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#GabyHinsliff
Labour’s overhaul of gender recognition won’t satisfy either side. But it’s a start
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/25/labour-gender-recognition-anneliese-dodds?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#GabyHinsliff
An inconvenient truth: you can’t sell the green revolution to people who can’t afford it
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/20/green-revolution-cost-of-living-crisis-heat-pump-car?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#GabyHinsliff
The Huw Edwards feeding frenzy has been truly awful – but it could yet strengthen the BBC
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/13/huw-edwards-bbc-transparency?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#BBC
#GabyHinsliff
Gove finally has a plan to tackle the housing crisis, but only because the end is nigh for the Tories
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/10/tories-michael-gove-housing-crisis-plan?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#GabyHinsliff
Hiking interest rates isn’t working. That leaves us all poorer – and Rishi Sunak carrying the can
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/22/interest-rates-poorer-rishi-sunak-britain-economic?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#GabyHinsliff
A mother jailed for procuring her own miscarriage. Is that what we want in 21st-century Britain?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/13/procuring-miscarriage-abortion-legislation-reproductive-rights?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#GabyHinsliff
Weight-loss drugs aren’t a magic bullet for Britain’s obesity crisis
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/08/weight-loss-drugs-britain-obesity-crisis-ministers-wegovy?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#GabyHinsliff
Millennials are a growing electoral force, and their thinking on tax is a gamechanger
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/02/millennials-tax-gamechanger-income-redistribution-rightwing?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#GabyHinsliff
The lesson from the Phillip Schofield scandal? A moral grey area is not OK in any workplace
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/29/phillip-schofield-scandal-workplace-metoo-this-morning-itv?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#GabyHinsliff
The Covid inquiry is digging up Boris Johnson’s blunders and the mess keeps piling up
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/28/covid-inquiry-boris-johnson-blunders-looking-grim-for-tories?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#GabyHinsliff
Tory populists have a real enemy in their sights – they’re gunning for the Tory realists
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/16/tories-election-leadership-race-party?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#GabyHinsliff
Charles is the king of apathy, not our hearts – he risks it all by asking for more
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/02/king-charles-apathy-coronation?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#GabyHinsliff
Voter ID will disenfranchise poor and marginalised people. Our best defence? Talk about it
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/18/voter-id-poor-marginalised-publicity?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#VoterId
#GabyHinsliff
Should Ofsted behave like swooping hawks? How can schools thrive in a climate of fear?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/23/ofsted-schools-teachers-inspection?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#GabyHinsliff
Sunak and Hunt have the Tory blind spot: they can’t see how greedy they look to everyone else
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/17/rishi-sunak-jeremy-hunt-tory-budget?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#GabyHinsliff