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The moment Trump caused his own undoing

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Sarah Baxter

Things look good for Kemi Badenoch because we had no expectations

Things look good for Kemi Badenoch because we had no expectations

Kemi Badenoch has had a good year. That sounds controversial, but the expectation was that she would be gone at the end of the year, or at least be...

yesterday 4

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Kwasi Kwarteng

Putin is teaching Europe a brutal lesson about hard power

Putin is teaching Europe a brutal lesson about hard power

Recent weeks have been kind to Russian President Vladimir Putin. First, the US drafted a 28-point plan to end the war in Ukraine that gave Russia...

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Peter Frankopan

The real winner of The Salt Path scandal? Raynor Winn

The real winner of The Salt Path scandal? Raynor Winn

A journalist who works tirelessly to uncover a scandal – discovering claims of lies, theft and deception on a global scale – must surely be hoping...

yesterday 3

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Polly Hudson

Interest rate cut is good news - but there's one group who won't benefit

Interest rate cut is good news - but there's one group who won't benefit

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, every...

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Hamish Mcrae

Furious Putin is trapped in a gilded cage. Only death will free him

Furious Putin is trapped in a gilded cage. Only death will free him

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...

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Dr Mark Galeotti

Prime Minister Farage would probably make you worse off – and this is why

Prime Minister Farage would probably make you worse off – and this is why

Welcome to The i Paper’s new opinion series exploring the extraordinary ascent of a growing power in British politics: the Rise of Reform. • Nigel...

wednesday 20

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Paul Johnson

Streeting's attacks on hard-working doctors show his desperation to be PM

Streeting's attacks on hard-working doctors show his desperation to be PM

There is an unprecedented attack on the British Medical Association (BMA) and its members, but the resident (formerly junior) doctors have an...

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Andrew Fisher

The great Brexit reset has failed. Britain is being taken for a ride

The great Brexit reset has failed. Britain is being taken for a ride

Sir Keir Starmer’s “Brexit reset” has been big on warm words and handshakes, but less successful so far in achieving concrete results. The early...

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Hugo Gye

This is how to tell if you are wealthy

This is how to tell if you are wealthy

People in the UK believe you need an annual income of £213,000 to be wealthy, according to research from HSBC, which is six times the national...

16.12.2025 3

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Hamish Mcrae

Voting Reform because you want change? Let's be honest about what that looks like

Voting Reform because you want change? Let's be honest about what that looks like

On Monday, in Morrisons, I was queuing to pay for a few bits I needed for supper. A black man recognised me. He asked who I’ll vote for in the next...

16.12.2025 2

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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Dale Vince is just the tip of Labour's mega-donor problem

Dale Vince is just the tip of Labour's mega-donor problem

Usually Dale Vince, the Ecotricity green tycoon and Labour donor, confines himself to harrying the Government for cleaner energy solutions or...

16.12.2025 2

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Kitty Donaldson

Plane crashes, no medicine and mass panic – how a 'Q-Day' attack on UK would unfold

Plane crashes, no medicine and mass panic – how a 'Q-Day' attack on UK would unfold

Are we ready for war? Welcome to The i Paper’s opinion series in which our writers tackle a grim question that, until recently, few had thought to...

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Paul Wood