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Fri 18 Sept 2026

Today's debates

Charles Spencer on ITV’s Good Morning Britain, October 2024.
quote  Earl Spencer SLATES the king. Charles DESTROYS Spencer. If only Diana were here to click on it
Marina Hyde
An assistant walks a dog beside a woman in a motorized wheelchair on a narrow brick-walled path
quote  An effective ban on disabled people leaving Britain? You read that right, and we will not settle for it
Frances Ryan
Illustration: Thomas Pullin
quote  Slowly then all at once: this emboldened Celtic alliance could spell the end of the UK
Simon Jenkins
Young people at the London job show in Westfield White City shopping centre, May 2026.
quote  Think it’s time for gen Z to ‘grow up’? You’re even more out of touch than the British state
Gaby Hinsliff
Pedestrians crossing a bridge in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
quote  The spectre of ‘remigration’ is haunting Europe. Slovenia in 1992 gives us a blueprint for this state terror
Miha Mazzini
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Solar panels being fitted on a roof in Wales.
quote  British people understand the climate crisis threat. Today I’m empowering them to tackle it
Andy Burnham
Palestinians search for missing people under the rubble of a destroyed house following Israeli air strikes on Deir Al Balah, 22 February 2024.
quote  Watching NAZA was like peering through a window – and seeing the machinery of killing in Gaza
Mahmoud Mushtaha
Ed Sheeran performing at the Big Weekend festival in Sefton Park in Liverpool, 24 May 2025.
quote  Dear Ed Sheeran, fence-sitting is so last century: musicians can no longer opt out of politics
Zoe Williams
Illustration: Sébastien Thibault
quote  Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity?
George Monbiot
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France EU CanadaPrime Minister Mark Carney arrives at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, where he will deliver an address, on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026.(Justin Tang /The Canadian Press via AP)
The Guardian view on EU-Canada relations: strategic ambition with lessons for Britain
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