John Harris
Guardian. Co-creator with @johndomokos of Anywhere But Westminster video series. Also columns, reported features
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The rest of the country will suffer so long as Westminster holds the purse strings | John Harris
We were promised an era of civic rebirth. Instead, Covid has shown how obsessively Westminster clings to power, says Guardian columnist John Harris
The pitched battle over lockdowns is missing the point: Covid-19 is a class issue | John Harris
The UK coronavirus crisis – even more so in its second phase – is all about basic inequalities – and lockdown makes these worse, says Guardian columnist John Harris
The pitched battle over lockdowns is missing the point: Covid-19 is a class issue | John Harris
The UK coronavirus crisis – even more so in its second phase – is all about basic inequalities – and lockdown makes these worse, says Guardian columnist John Harris
Boris Johnson tells UK: prepare for a no-deal Brexit
Prime minister says EU must change its approach to talks if deal to be reached
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To the fucking lifeboats.
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A wary Greater Manchester prepares for warfare with ministers over lockdown
'The air between London and Manchester may be turning toxic'
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The key story from yesterday, absent from a lot of national news, is that the govt has made suppprt for local test & trace CONDITIONAL on councils doing what they're told. This is mad, & dangerous. With her usual excellence, @JenWilliamsMEN explains here
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Local lockdowns dreamed up in London are causing nightmares for the rest of England | John Harris
Dealing with Covid is hard enough for cities like Manchester. Centralised power and a shambolic government make it even harder, says Guardan columnist John Harris
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Latest from me: on the Johnson government's grim mixture of incompetence & centralised power, & the watershed revolt against it
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Modern, multicultural and surprisingly liberal: this is the real 'red wall' | John Harris
Attitudes in Labour’s post-industrial heartlands have a lot more in common with metropolitan Britain than you may think, says the Guardian columnist John Harris
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Latest from me: on the Red Wall, a less divided England than we think... and why a Tory culture war won't fly
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Getting 'R' below one key to lifting North West restrictions, says Johnson | ITV News
The Prime Minister has told ITV News that getting the R number below one is the measure that will be used when deciding whether to lift local restrictions.
Boris Johnson blames 'complacent' public for rise in coronavirus
The shameless Prime Minister said 'everyone got a bit blasé' about social distancing - but he did he finally apologise over the Test and Trace fiasco. Meanwhile he also confirmed what needs to happen for local lockdowns to end
Disruption, destruction and chaos has become the new way of governing | John Harris
For the right, exploiting prejudices is all that counts, says Guardian columnist John Harris
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Re Moore/Dacre. Trolling basically, but also so much more. Polite accounts would summarise the govt's mission as 'move fast and break things'. Those of us with longer memories might recall 'Get pissed, destroy'
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Under cover of coronavirus, the Tory government is bulldozing basic liberties | John Harris
The Tories have been increasing police powers and bringing in laws by diktat. When will the left speak up? asks Guardian columnist John Harris
Left Out: The Inside Story of Labour Under Corbyn; This Land: The Story of a Movement - review
Two accounts of Corbynism – by journalists Gabriel Pogrund and Patrick Maguire and the Guardian’s Owen Jones – unpick Labour’s rapid descent from the optimism of ‘Oh, Jeremy Corbyn’ to landslide defeat at the polls
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Latest from me: review of two books about Labour & the Corbyn era: Gabriel Pogrund & Patrick Maguire's Left Out, and This Land by Owen Jones
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The commuter is an English archetype – but for how much longer? | John Harris
After years of grim acceptance, people have glimpsed a different way of life, says Guardian columnist John Harris
How can the north of England hope to level up under lockdown restrictions? | Andy Burnham
The north-south divide is set to widen without a devolved, door-to-door, test, trace, isolate approach to Covid-19
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How can the north of England hope to level up under lockdown restrictions? By @AndyBurnhamGM
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Former Australian PM Tony Abbott confirmed as UK trade adviser
Critics say Abbott’s views on women and homosexuality and denial of climate crisis make him unfit for role
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There is a big strand of what is going on in this country which is all about policy being defined by provocation, noise & outrage. It leads to disaster, but I think the spectacle of disaster might be the point.
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If democracy looks doomed, Extinction Rebellion may have an answer | John Harris
At the heart of a climate emergency bill lies a simple but powerful notion: a citizens’ assembly, says Guardian columnist John Harris
If democracy looks doomed, Extinction Rebellion may have an answer | John Harris
At the heart of a climate emergency bill lies a simple but powerful notion: a citizens’ assembly, says Guardian columnist John Harris
‘Devastation’: how aviation industry’s Covid crisis is hitting towns across UK
Workers from Belfast to Caerphilly fear mass unemployment as government fails to offer support
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Morning everyone! In a different world from the massed wrestling match about (looks at notes) the Proms, thousands of well-paid, unionised jobs are being lost in communities up & down the country. Read about it in today's @guardian, or here: theguardian.com/business/2020/… pic.twitter.com/xi5WCdoAMe
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English councils facing £2bn 'perfect storm' may be forced to slash services – IFS
Soaring spending on Covid-19 compounds damage from depleted revenue in council tax and business rates
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Crucial as ever from @patrickjbutler English councils facing £2bn 'perfect storm' may be forced to slash services
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No news, no shared space, no voice – the Tories are creating a cookie-cutter Britain | John Harris
Covid proves that local communities need power and a sense of place. So why are they being pushed in the opposite direction?, says Guardian columnist John Harris