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Thu 3 Sept 2026

Today's debates

Person at the conference peers at the AI machine
quote  China’s demise was gleefully predicted by the west – meanwhile, it built an AI revolution
Larry Elliott
Ebikes lying on ground and upright block access, with street sign behind reading Piccadilly
quote  Badly parked ebikes in London are a menace – but other cities have shown us the solution
Agustin Guilisasti
Dozens of people by makeshift tents on the beach, a day after a violent protest during which some tents were set alight.
quote  The Ceuta border breach was leapt on by Europe’s right. That doesn’t absolve Spain
María Ramírez
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A tyre swing hangs from a golden autumn tree over a leaf-covered path in sunlight
quote  The September reset is real. I’m about to become a better person, flaxseed by flaxseed
Emma Brockes
A protester holding a French flag at a ‘gilets jaunes’ demonstration, Paris, 8 December 2018.
quote  The people of France are in an extraordinary funk about their future – here’s why
Paul Taylor
A British H-bomb is tested at Christmas Island in 1957.
quote  I inadvertently misled parliament over a British nuclear scandal. Now I’m calling for justice
Tobias Ellwood
Keir Starmer's silhouetted profile against a blue sky, hand raised while delivering a speech on 11 July 2022 in Gateshead
quote  Farewell Keir Starmer, a terrible politician whom we desperately wanted to be something more
Zoe Williams
Surfers Against Sewage stage a paddle out protest against sewage pollution in Falmouth, 17 May 2025.
quote  Thames Water, I refuse to pay the sewage charge in my bill while you pollute Britain’s rivers and coastlines
Jenny Jones
Graphic showing a hand (with a suit-wearing arm) depositing a £1 coin in a ballot box
quote  Andy Burnham has already made a mistake that will cost him his premiership: he lost his nerve over political donations
George Monbiot
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Kemi Badenoch speaking in the House of Commons on 1 September.
The Guardian view on Kemi Badenoch and the economy: a plan stuck in the Tory comfort zone
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Today's cartoon

Ben Jennings on the rise of datacentres in Britain – cartoon
Ben Jennings on the rise of datacentres in Britain – cartoon
 
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