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Polymarket just entered a $90 trillion market where a 5% move can wipe you out•
UK flight cancellations top 2,000 as pressure grows on air traffic control boss on second day of travel chaos – business live•
England v Pakistan, third men’s cricket Test, day one – live•
The Filter Q&A: sexual culture and wellbeing expert Alix Fox is answers your questions•
Germany’s Merz cancels phone call with Trump after social media post celebrating AfD win – Europe live•
Liz Truss relaunches podcast on channel of broadcaster famous for ‘grow concrete’ exchange•
Texas had one of the biggest socialist party chapters in the country – could it come back?•
Death and fear stalk Haitians in Ohio city amid Trump’s anti-immigrant crackdown•

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Opinion

Comment, analysis and opinion from our columnists.

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Opinion stories

The housing crisis is a political choice. Here is how we fix it

Decades of underbuilding did not happen by accident. Our columnist sets out a five-point plan.

Polly Toynbee-Marsh4h ago

We are sleepwalking into an AI-shaped education system nobody voted for

Schools are adopting tools faster than we can evaluate them. Parents deserve a say.

Gaby Hinsliff-Reed15h ago

Football has never been richer, or more fragile

Record TV deals mask a sport living beyond its means, argues our chief sports writer.

Barney Ronay-Hill1d ago

Britain's rivers are dying in plain sight. Where is the outrage?

Sewage spills are up again. It is time to hold water companies to account.

George Monbiot-Hale1d ago