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Opinion

Frontline workers cannot expect to remain unvaccinated in a pandemic and to keep working with vulnerable people
The Owen Paterson affair has unlocked a powerful narrative for Labour – but expect a ferocious Tory counterattack

Pandering to the rich has got us into this mess
Net zero is popular among polluters for good reason – it's toothless compared to emissions restrictions and a carbon tax, says economist Yanis Varoufakis
The former US president made the task of keeping warming to 1.5C far harder, says climate writer Kate Aronoff
Instead of debating MPs' outside earnings, the prime minister was skulking inside a CT scan room

Instead of investing to cheat death, we should be trying to make old age livable and dignified for all, says Guardian columnist John Harris

Electrification of lines is key to a low-carbon system. Yet project after project has been scrappe, says railway employee Aneurin Redman-White
With government support, councils can lead the way in generating clean energy, insulating housing and reskilling staff, says former council worker and Unison rep Stephen Smellie
As a farmer I produce meat and cheese from animals that graze in my orchard on diverse, carbon-sequestering grasslands, says Dorset farmer Jyoti Fernandes
Government investment in new technology would protect jobs and drive a revitalised, low-carbon industry, says steel industry worker Jacqueline Thomas

The flattery of participation has worn off. Still, I keep taking the diversity jobs, either because I'm hopeful, foolish, or broke
The daughter of the Indonesian president responds to our story about the propaganda war waged against him

Everyone suffers when those who come into contact with others go into work when they are unwell
Congress must help usher in a new energy age - a clean energy age with the same level of support that fossil fuels companies have received for over a century
The attempt to scrap the parliamentary standards system is the latest example of a slide into corruption and moral bankruptcy
Fighting climate change is a huge opportunity for Brazil to catalyze the country's sustainable economic development while also protecting the planet

The FDA vaccine approval for five- to 11-year-olds has brought an end to speculation – and joy to parents, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes
Estimating 'excess' fatalities, a more robust analysis method, puts the pandemic's grim toll between 10m and 19m people
Calling the government's spending wasteful, as Labour has, merely plays into the hands of the right
The 'personal responsibility' mantra has gone hand in hand with a rise in cases and deaths. Why has England gone along with it?

A fiscal conservative in the job and a new era of debt limitation could spell disaster for EU countries, says professor of history Adam Tooze
The pragmatic chancellor's departure will be a turning point not only for Germany but also the EU, says the author and director Marion Van Renterghem
Protests, citizens' assemblies, local referendums and mutual aid groups are pushing back against attacks on civil society, says author Richard Youngs
With Marine Le Pen rising in the polls, the president has turned his attention to the ENA, a symbol of inequality, says professor of French Philippe Marlière

An opposition united behind a Catholic anti-corruption candidate could be a real challenge to Viktor Orbán's regime, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
The scandals will keep coming – time for an opposition parties' pact promising to detoxify Westminster, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
The prime minister has no alternative border mechanism for trade with the EU, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
With a disregard for people's lives, countries from the UK to Poland are toughening up, as if in preparation for climate displacement, says author Daniel Trilling