The Guardianadded this to PoliticsBrexit Brexit has made this country as anxious as I have ever known itThe Guardian - Deborah MattinsonTheir verdict? Politicians are 'totally useless', 'clueless' or 'unbelievably poor' I have been listening to people in focus groups since the late 1980s and I cannot recall a time when the national mood
The Guardianadded this to PoliticsBrexit Boris Johnson’s no-deal Brexit plan ‘will trigger early election’The Guardian - Michael Savage and Toby HelmTop Tories say attempt to appease hardliners means coalition of support for his leadership bid will not survive the autumn Boris Johnson’s attempts to appease hardline Tory Brexiters will tilt the party
The Guardianadded this to PoliticsConservative Party Tory leadership race: the triumphs and turkeysThe Guardian - Michael SavageThe week that nominations closed, the first candidates left the race and you-know-who stormed into an early lead ‘I am personally pining for Big Ben’s bongs’ For a candidate who had recently admitting
The Guardianadded this to Sport Top StoriesWarren Gatland Lions will suffer in South Africa unless Premiership final moved – GatlandThe Guardian - Gerard MeagherEngland stars will be at risk of missing out on a place in the 2021 British & Irish Lions Test side in South Africa if Premiership Rugby refuses to move its final to give the touring squad an extra week’s
The Guardianadded this to US SportPlay buttonPatrick Reed Patrick Reed in no mood for a ruck after US Open club-snapping tantrumThe Guardian - Ewan Murray at Pebble BeachAnybody seeking a heartfelt show of contrition from Patrick Reed after the US Open temper tantrum that resulted in him becoming a social media phenomenon will be sorely disappointed. An unrepentant Reed,
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesRefugees Let UK refugees apply for asylum abroad, campaigners urgeThe Guardian - James TapperCampaigners have called on ministers to allow refugees to “apply safely” for asylum from outside the UK after two boats carrying 40 people were intercepted off the Kent coast. Officers from UK Border stopped
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesIran Iran-US dispute grows over attacks on oil tankers in Gulf of OmanThe Guardian - Martin Chulov, Julian Borger and agenciesDivisions over responsibility for last week’s attack on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman deepened this weekend amid warnings over the danger of a major confrontation in the region, despite hints by
The Guardianadded this to PoliticsBoris Johnson Kenneth Clarke: ‘If there’s no other way you’ve got to bring the government down’The Guardian - Toby HelmSince he entered parliament in 1970, Kenneth Clarke has served under eight Conservative leaders, from Edward Heath to Theresa May. He has also stood three times, in 1997, 2001 and 2005, to be Tory leader
The Guardianadded this to FootballWest Ham United West Ham fear missing out to Valencia in race for Celta Vigo’s Maxi GómezThe Guardian - Jacob SteinbergWest Ham face an uphill battle to convince Maxi Gómez to choose them over Valencia after lodging a £25m bid for the Celta Vigo striker. Manuel Pellegrini is determined to continue improving his squad signing
The Guardianadded this to World NewsTehran Tehran has held firm in its tussles with TrumpThe Guardian - Martin Chulov Middle East correspondentFor much of this year, two beliefs have held firm in the halls of power in Iran: US attempts to strangle its economy cannot be tolerated and Donald Trump has no intention of going to war. Far from wilting
The Guardianadded this to PoliticsBrexit ‘We’re a divided kingdom now’: UK sinking into Brexit gloomThe Guardian - Nosheen IqbalIf Britain were a car it would be a Bentley, says Lorraine Beerman. Grand, impressive, prestigious. A split rumbles within the room – a focus group of older Leave voters from greater London. Perhaps a
The Guardianadded this to PoliticsNews Divided, pessimistic, angry: survey reveals bleak mood of pre-Brexit UKThe Guardian - Nosheen IqbalI’m hearing anxieties voiced in a way that I haven’t heard since the 1990s Deborah Mattinson, BritainThinks Britain is a more polarised and pessimistic nation than it has been for decades, according to
The Guardianadded this to CricketImran Tahir Imran Tahir too good for Afghanistan as South Africa ease to winThe Guardian - Vic Marks at the Cardiff Wales StadiumIf Afghanistan are the standard bearers for the old ICC associate cricketing nations, they are not advancing the cause so far in this World Cup. They have been unlucky. There may be a bit of turmoil behind
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesArt Cold War Steve: satire is my antidote to a scary worldThe Guardian - Harriet SherwoodI don’t know what I would do if couldn’t satirise these repellent, grotesque imbeciles Christopher Spencer As the world around him gets madder by the day, the process of creating satirical collages has
The Guardianadded this to World NewsPlay buttonIran Oil tanker attacks – Iran 'summons British ambassador to Tehran'The Guardian - Guardian staff and agenciesIran summoned the British ambassador to Tehran on Saturday after the UK said it blamed the country for attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, the ISNA news agency reported. “During the meeting
The Guardianadded this to CricketGlenn Maxwell Unpredictable Glenn Maxwell gives turbo-charged Australia extra boostThe Guardian - Geoff Lemon at the OvalIn Australian cricket, one of the most intriguing games is Maxwellball. It leaves some spectators thrilled, some frustrated, many both in varying measures. Glenn Maxwell himself has shown he has the technique
The Guardianadded this to FootballLe Havre Women’s World Cup diary: the Murder Basement, trains and dodgy loosThe Guardian - Sophie Lawson in FranceWhen the day starts off watching an Australian and American play Game of Thrones pinball in a bar in Reims something has either gone very wrong or very right with your night. It was the afters of Norway
The Guardianadded this to Comment is FreeOpinion (UK) Are only certain kinds of people deemed worthy of our compassion?The Guardian - Kenan MalikHad Warren been helping Americans, or Klemp rescuing Europeans, they would have been hailed as heroes When is a Good Samaritan not a Good Samaritan? When he or she helps someone undeserving of our humanity.
The Guardianadded this to FootballEgypt Ahmed ‘Kouka’ Hassan: ‘Salah is a brother. He is a role model for me and all Egyptians’The Guardian - Will UnwinAhmed Hassan has made a career out of bouncing back from disappointment and this summer he hopes to use those negative experiences to inspire Egypt – the hosts and favourites – to Africa Cup of Nations
The Guardianadded this to StageThe Theatre Franco Zeffirelli obituaryThe Guardian - John Francis LaneFranco Zeffirelli, who has died aged 96, was not only one of Italy’s most talented directors and designers in the theatrical arts, but was also involved with cinema and television for more than half a
The Guardianadded this to CricketAaron Finch Aaron Finch and Mitchell Starc power Australia to victory over Sri LankaThe Guardian - Barney Ronay at the OvalOn a mild, grey, agreeably boisterous day at the Oval Australia took a decisive step towards the knockout stages of the World Cup with an 87-run defeat of Sri Lanka. It was a victory built around a rollicking,
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesPlay buttonFilm (UK) Franco Zeffirelli was a master charmer - no wonder we all fell for his Romeo and JulietThe Guardian - Peter BradshawFranco Zeffirelli was the mainstream maestro of high culture on screens big and small who dashingly made his international movie reputation with an exuberant and accessible adaptation of Romeo and Juliet
The Guardianadded this to PoliticsLeo Varadkar Varadkar: removing Irish backstop would be as bad as no-deal BrexitThe Guardian - Press AssociationLeo Varadkar has said that removing the border backstop would be as bad for Ireland as a no-deal Brexit. Some contenders to replace Theresa May as prime minister, including frontrunner Boris Johnson, proposed
The Guardianadded this to CricketJos Buttler Jos Buttler could be given leading role for England against AfghanistanThe Guardian - Ali MartinThe joke going around the England dressing room after Friday’s World Cup group stage victory over West Indies was that they simply could not wait to get out of Southampton. Nothing against the place, course,
The Guardianadded this to Comment is FreeOpinion (UK) When will the resistance in Britain to populism properly begin?The Guardian - Nick CohenIt was a new type of press conference where Johnson’s claque booed reporters for asking questions The resistance to the Johnson-Farage axis will not come from the parliamentary Conservative party. In MPs,
The Guardianadded this to BooksBooks Book clinic: which European fiction will revive my love of modernist novels?The Guardian - Alex PrestonQ: I read Joyce and Beckett as a young man, and reading Milkman by Anna Burns recently and Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders has reawakened my interest in modernist novels. European literature in
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesDivorce Taffy Brodesser-Akner: ‘People really love how messy the truth is’The Guardian - Laura SnapesTaffy Brodesser-Akner is an award-winning American journalist who made her name writing profiles for magazines such as GQ and ESPN. In 2017, she was hired by the New York Times, where her work has included
The Guardianadded this to BusinessBoeing Pilots reveal safety fears over Boeing’s fleet of DreamlinersThe Guardian - Anna TimsAirline pilots have voiced fears over the safety of a fleet of Boeing aircraft after a crucial fire-fighting system has been found to have the potential to malfunction. Boeing has issued an alert to airlines
The Guardianadded this to Sport Top StoriesCricket India v Pakistan: Mickey Arthur tells his players they can be heroesThe Guardian - Sean IngleThe Pakistan coach, Mickey Arthur, has promised his young side they will go down in history if they can “produce the perfect game” and beat India for the first time at a World Cup. Organisers are forecasting
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesGlobal Politics Lesley Sharp: ‘Women in their 50s are regarded as having waning powers’The Guardian - Sarah CromptonLesley Sharp is one of the busiest, best and most recognisable of British actresses, with a career that spans Top Girls at the Royal Court, Bob and Rose on TV, and The Full Monty in the cinema. Next week
