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First it was no to Polish plumbers, then Afghan refugees. Now the right doesn’t want any migrants at all | Aditya Chakrabortty
This week’s furore over entirely legal migration proves it was never the kind of foreigner you were, simply your foreignness, writes Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Aditya Chakrabortty

25, May, 2023 @5:00 AM

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The lesson from the Diane Abbott row: if we fight racism in silos, we just can’t win
The row caused by Diane Abbott’s dreadful letter was depressing, but just as sad was what it revealed about modern racial politics, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Aditya Chakrabortty

27, Apr, 2023 @5:00 AM

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Disappearing schools, families forced out – and we call this progress? | Aditya Chakrabortty
In inner London, a city without children is not some kind of dystopia but the new reality as communities are hollowed out, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Aditya Chakrabortty

13, Apr, 2023 @5:00 AM

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Beware Hunt’s hype. There’s more poverty ahead and his budget did nothing to change that | Aditya Chakrabortty
The statement will be remembered for the childcare pledge, but there was nothing to meet the scale of Britain’s economic malaise, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Aditya Chakrabortty

15, Mar, 2023 @6:19 PM

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Rats, mould, damp: one woman’s story reveals the ugly truth about the UK’s biggest housing association | Aditya Chakrabortty
A mother of three’s struggle with Clarion over her squalid home reflects a system rigged to favour asset-owners while renters are abandoned, says the Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Aditya Chakrabortty

17, Feb, 2023 @6:00 AM

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Sunak thinks he is following Thatcher’s union-busting playbook. But he has fatally misread it | Aditya Chakrabortty
Unlike her latest tribute act, the iron lady was an astute judge of public opinion, and an avoider of political traps, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Aditya Chakrabortty

01, Feb, 2023 @5:55 PM

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Suella Braverman proved it again: racism is a fire the Tories love to play with | Aditya Chakrabortty
The home secretary was confronted about her inflammatory language. But it’s a rich party tradition, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Aditya Chakrabortty

19, Jan, 2023 @6:00 AM

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Here’s the essential skill for assessing our politics: knowing the difference between lies and bullshit | Aditya Chakrabortty
We have suffered both. Some never speak the truth because they don’t know or care about it. Others know the truth but lie anyway, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Aditya Chakrabortty

22, Dec, 2022 @6:00 AM

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Discipline the poor, protect the rich – it’s the same old Tories, same old class war | Aditya Chakrabortty
Brexit didn’t change the party: austerity was as heartless under Cameron and Osborne as it is under Sunak, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Aditya Chakrabortty

10, Nov, 2022 @6:00 AM

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Welcome to the doom loop of Tory Britain: an austerity that kills, a democracy routed | Aditya Chakrabortty
It was cuts that gave us Brexit and the chaos that followed, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Aditya Chakrabortty

19, Oct, 2022 @12:56 PM

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Why is private health booming and the NHS in crisis? Because that’s what ministers want | Aditya Chakrabortty
Don’t be fooled: your suffering on a record waiting list is great business for some firms, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Aditya Chakrabortty

13, Oct, 2022 @5:00 AM

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This is Truss and Kwarteng’s crisis, not yours – but you’re already a lot poorer because of them | Aditya Chakrabortty
In 25 years of reporting, I have never seen a financial crisis so utterly avoidable, and dragging so much human misery in tow, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Aditya Chakrabortty

28, Sep, 2022 @5:25 PM

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