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The Observer
Expelling legal migrants is a move straight from the Idi Amin playbook
This latest Tory plan for expulsions opens the door to curtailing the rights of us all
4 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Sunil Amrith: the author who almost lost his nerve – then won big
If scale of ambition is a measure of significance, the author Sunil Amrith cannot be beaten.
2 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Musk has put a hex on X, but his $44bn bought a lot of power
Three years ago, when Elon Musk completed his $44bn acquisition of the social network then known as Twitter, he wrote an open letter to the service's advertisers.
3 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Trump eyes conquest of Davos
Reports that Donald Trump has decided join the annual global elite gathering in Davos in January are a mixed blessing for the World Economic Forum (WEF).
1 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Two elections, two stories – and neither good for Labour
This week's two elections were a story of very different turnouts. Record numbers voted in Thursday's Caerphilly byelection but the number taking part in Labour's deputy leadership race dropped off a cliff.
2 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Good grief! How traditional mourning is giving way to something a little less grave
Martha Gill
4 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
China to Suffolk via the Arctic: new sea route brings climate peril
Melting ice sheet opens up north-east passage - which brings fresh political and environmental dangers
3 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Israel will have to address its self-inflicted PTSD
A 'moral hazard' looms for the country's citizens as they come to terms with atrocities in Gaza, warns Steve Biddulph
3 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Messageboard 4chan refuses to pay fine over 'free speech'
The US messageboard 4chan is openly defying British regulators, refusing to comply with the Online Safety Act in what its lawyers call a “war” over free speech.
1 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Jesper Brodin
The former flat-pack king is now poised to take on the refugee crisis, writes Andrew Anthony
4 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Prison officers helped missing Epping hotel sex offender find his way to the station
Hadush Kebatu, who was due to be deported, was heard asking staff: 'Where do I go, what do I do?' before taking train to London
3 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Reform's Doge-style cost-cutting units 'haven't found any waste', say councils
The party's attempt to mimic Elon Musk's efficiency department in the US has been branded 'fantasy politics' by critics
3 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
High visa prices could deter top US scientists from moving to UK
Thousands of top scientists and researchers in the US, feeling unloved and underfunded by the Trump administration, are looking for new possibilities abroad.
1 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Victorious Lucy Powell has a resonant message – and the PM would be wise to listen to it
After a disastrous byelection in Wales, Labour's new deputy leader should not be frozen out by Starmer
4 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
A China teacup
The spying case looks more like an injustice than a serious threat to national security
2 min |
October 19, 2025
The Observer
Mercury prize seals the star power of the loyal 'Geordie Springsteen'
Musician Sam Fender's 'melody-rich and expansive' third album last week claimed the prestigious honour. Andrew Butler analyses the power of his biographical lyrics
3 min |
October 19, 2025
The Observer
Northern Ireland's lesson for Gaza
A long-term end to the horror in Gaza is only possible through Palestinian self-determination alongside Israeli security - the internationally agreed foundation for lasting peace since the Oslo Accords, now over 30 years old.
3 min |
October 19, 2025
The Observer
More income tax on high earners won't fix things. It's time to limit the Isa allowance
Like most people in their 50s with PhDs in economics, I am in the top 10% of the income distribution.
2 min |
October 19, 2025
The Observer
Maga is damaging America's reputation John Major
For most of the postwar years, America has been the rock upon which democracy prospered.
3 min |
October 19, 2025
The Observer
To encourage economic growth, the whole system of tax relief for R&D needs a revamp
We can't fix the fiscal mess the UK is in without economic growth.
2 min |
October 19, 2025
The Observer
Tay-Tay's Ophelia is positively drowning in highbrow artistic references
It’s well known that pop cyclone Taylor Swift can boost a region’s economy just by performing in it.
2 min |
October 19, 2025
The Observer
Without a two-state solution or single state with equal rights, what hope is there?
Can the Gaza ceasefire, shaky though it is, become the harbinger of a wider resolution to the conflict, even of “everlasting peace in the Middle East”, as Donald Trump, never short of admiration for his own dealmaking skills, suggests?
4 min |
October 19, 2025
The Observer
Robert Caro
Global leaders attest, no one writes better about power than the great biographer
6 min |
October 19, 2025
The Observer
Far-right fans in pitch protest over Gary Neville
Britain First, the far-right extremist group, yesterday claimed credit for a pitch invasion that briefly delayed the League Two game between Salford City and Oldham.
2 min |
October 19, 2025
The Observer
KP Law's £1bn suit is a tall order
The £1bn baby powder lawsuit brought last week on behalf of 3,000 people against Johnson & Johnson could prove a turning point in how Britain's legal system holds companies to account.
1 min |
October 19, 2025
The Observer
Anyone for padel? No, I hadn't heard of it either
It's loved worldwide and I knew zip about it. Time to get swinging
2 min |
October 19, 2025
The Observer
The brain-training firm struggling to remember who it has worked with
Lovebrain claimed a dazzling array of global brands as clients. It wasn't all true - and the booming brain fitness industry is built on rather shaky science
3 min |
October 19, 2025
The Observer
Allwyn hopes its lottery deal is a winning ticket
Despite promising revenue from EuroMillions, the UK lotto operator is mired in a court battle over the way it got its licence and beset by complaints about its new gaming terminals
3 min |
October 19, 2025
The Observer
ChatGPT spending stalls as AI 'bubble' gets bigger
European spending on ChatGPT has stalled since May, according to an analysis of transaction data by Deutsche Bank.
2 min |
October 19, 2025
The Observer
'They can exile us, but can't silence us': the young YouTubers taking on Orbán
Hungary's ruling party and its allies have seized control of the mainstream media, but the video platform is giving journalists a voice.
4 min |