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Who broke Britain? Welcome to The i Paper’s opinion series in which our range of experts tackle this question and identify the individuals whose...
Donald Trump’s madcap threat to destroy Iran’s “whole civilisation” sent shudders down spines in Washington. Armageddon has been averted for...
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My dear friend the Colonel and I have tea together from time to time at one of the country’s most august establishments. He’s not really a...
I consider it self-growth that at age 31, I am starting to accept that men I go on dates with will casually tell me they think they, too, might just...
This is Armchair Economics with Hamish McRae, a subscriber-only newsletter from The i Paper. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox,...
It has now been more than four years since we launched The Rest Is Politics. The somewhat more significant event around that time was Russia’s...
The ceasefire in the Iran war is an admission that the US and Israel have utterly failed to achieve their goals in the conflict. They had hoped their...
The Tories want to liberate British businesses and Reform wants to create “a stable pro-enterprise environment”. Both froth a lot about “too...
There goes Wireless. The London music festival, often described as the capital’s flagship rap weekender, has now been ignominiously cancelled after...
For a man purportedly “leading” fevered last-minute negotiations with Iran to solve the catastrophe that his boss has created in the Middle East,...
Working out what a world leader actually means when they deliver public statements has always been core to the art of diplomacy. Traditionally, this...
In the last week there have been no fewer than three shocking instances of group criminality on Britain’s high streets. First, a “link-up” flash...
The economic fallout of the Iran war is no more apparent than at the petrol pump. Prices are up 20 per cent on average, having already cost drivers in...
After humming and hawing, Nigel Farage has said he wants to keep the triple lock on state pensions. It may be Reform’s worst mistake yet. The triple...
What does Putin do next? Welcome to The i Paper’s opinion series in which our writers and experts take a deeper look at the future for the Russian...
Donald Trump picked up his phone, flexed his trigger finger, and in response to a highly sensitive situation that will affect thousands of people’s...
I am not religious (though I say that with a non-negligible degree of guilt and a quick glance skywards in apology because what I actually am is a...
There is something quietly seismic about a change that does not arrive with a bang but a birthday. From this week, the state pension age begins its...
Project Save Starmer is launched with a very small bang. The Easter break and Iran crisis mark the moment a small band of outright supporters and much...
After almost 10 years of blessedly peaceful singleness, I think I may finally be ready to commit to marriage. Not to a straight man, you understand....
Donald Trump held an Easter lunch at the White House attended by faith leaders and cabinet members which was barred to the media. Things went wrong,...
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I have long been fascinated by chess. The intrigue came a while after I was first taught it as a child and took hold when I saw others play it....
When I tell people that I only date men younger than me, they often look at me with pity, disdain, or ask if I’m having a midlife crisis. For the...
It’s officially become both springtime and British Summer Time since we last spoke, and though everyone but the most miserable soul will be pleased...
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Donald Trump has left his supposed allies in a dire position. His war on Iran failed to bring down the ayatollahs’ regime and has led to the worst...
If Britain made the slightest bit of sense, we would not be sending King Charles to the US. There wouldn’t even be a conversation about it. It would...
It’s a calamity foretold. Many disappointed, upset and angry traditional Labour supporters will not vote for the party in this May’s council...
When you change your job title to Secretary of War – as Donald Trump’s Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has attempted to do – it seems that...
Keir Starmer has made a serious mistake. Ok, I appreciate that I need to narrow it down and be more specific: Starmer has made another serious mistake...
The comedian George Carlin was unforgiving in his disdain for people like me: “The Baby Boomers,” he said, “[are] whiny, narcissistic,...
The Government said this week that children under five should face tighter limits on screen-time, with ministers warning about the impact of excessive...
In January I argued that alongside the moral imperative, British support for Ukraine bought us critical time to prepare for a future Russian attack...
Angela Rayner is launching a podcast, Beyond the Bubble, which is already a very Angela-shaped contradiction, because the protagonist’s mission is...
Eight years ago I joined a remarkable single mother called Charlotte Caldwell and her lively 12-year-old son on a trip to Canada that changed our drug...
Manosphere. The buzzword of the moment. I can’t tell you the number of conversations I’ve had in the past week when the subject inevitably turns...
This year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), America’s biggest annual Republican get-together, is taking place in Grapevine,...
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One of the most boring, aggrandising cliches of our age is that Donald Trump is unpredictable. That, like Cato Fong – the chandelier-swinging...
Hell hath no fury like a woman who testifies in court about her ex-husband – and that’s exactly why Sarah Ferguson should give evidence to the...
Peter Mandelson may have lost his prestigious posting as ambassador to Washington, resigned from the Labour Party and stepped down from an active role...
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No one will, or should, put out the bunting to greet the news that public satisfaction with the NHS has risen for the first time since 2019. It’s a...
Whatever Donald Trump touches, he destroys. It can be people, institutions or ideas – the result is always the same. His empty smile beckons them...
When Sophie Rain joined OnlyFans, the “paid subscription” service best known for homemade pornography, she claimed to be 18 years old. She would...
Welcome to Power Players, The i Paper’s opinion series in which our writers and experts take an in-depth look at the key figures in American...
Donald Trump has long thought, despite abundant evidence to the contrary, that wars are easy to end. He seems to sincerely believe that he has ended...
You won’t believe what the hyper-woke BBC has done now – a source speaking to The Sun called it “the corporation’s most embarrassing decision...