Audio released of president discussing buying a model’s story will change little. Both in the US and UK, too many voters don’t seem to care

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Vote Leave’s fraud and last week’s sharp practice in parliament show that the Brexit process is undermining vital institutions

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Two is a coincidence, but three’s a trend – and now three Tory MPs in the space of 24 hours have uttered the phrase “national unity government”. It sounds fantastical, in a country that has had no such thing for three-quarters of a century, but could it happen – and should it?

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Two is a coincidence, but three’s a trend – and now three Tory MPs in the space of 24 hours have uttered the phrase “national unity government”. It sounds fantastical, in a country that has had no such thing for three-quarters of a century, but could it happen – and should it?

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Vladimir Putin must be dreading Monday’s edition of Komsomolskaya Pravda, Russia’s big and breezy tabloid. It will doubtless splash on an explosive interview with Donald Trump ahead of his visit to Moscow, in which the US president will slam Putin’s handling of the war in Syria, suggest US-Russian relations are doomed and lavish praise on the Russian leader’s “very talented” rival. Poor Vladimir must be quaking in his boots.

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Heather Stewart is joined by Jonathan Freedland, Ian Dunt, Madeline Grant and Matthew Goodwin on a chaotic week for the government. It began with the resignation of David Davis and Boris Johnson and ended in a diplomatic firestorm with the arrival of President Donald Trump

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One of the joys of the news business is that, no matter how long you’ve been at it, you can still never be certain what will count as news. It’s an unstable category, one that changes shape depending on timing, context and, crucially, who’s deciding.

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One of the joys of the news business is that, no matter how long you’ve been at it, you can still never be certain what will count as news. It’s an unstable category, one that changes shape depending on timing, context and, crucially, who’s deciding.

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The nation’s new spiritual leader, Zen master and guide, Gareth Southgate, tells us not to get carried away, and we should surely heed his wisdom. We must not get overexcited, either with premature hopes of England winning the World Cup or – and this is a particular danger for those of us in the punditry business – with overanalysing the meaning of Tuesday’s penalty shootout victory over Colombia.

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You’ll remember Godwin’s law, which holds that the longer an online debate goes on, the likelier it is that someone will mention Hitler or the Nazis. It was an amusing observation and one that served a useful purpose, guarding against hyperbole and fatuous comparison. Except last August, as the American far right staged a torchlight parade in Charlottesville, Mike Godwin suspended his own law. “By all means, compare these shitheads to Nazis,” he tweeted. “Again and again. I’m with you.”

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