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Ray Mears: This is the golden rule of preparing for war

Are we ready for war? Welcome to The i Paper’s new opinion series in which our writers tackle the unexpected question that has suddenly become...

yesterday 9

Ray Mears

I predict Reeves and Starmer will be brutally ejected - just like I was

On Wednesday, Rachel Reeves will stand at the despatch box in the House of Commons and deliver her Budget. The weeks leading up to this point have...

yesterday 5

Kwasi Kwarteng

Replace council tax and scrap stamp duty: How Rachel Reeves can save Labour

On Wednesday, Rachel Reeves will stand at the despatch box in the House of Commons and deliver her Budget. The weeks leading up to this point have...

yesterday 4

Hugo Gye

Property rich but cash poor? You are still wealthy and should be taxed

Let me give Rachel Reeves some credit for once: the so-called “mansion tax” set to be introduced in Wednesday’s Budget is a good idea. Asking...

yesterday 2

Ben Kentish

On Budget day, Reeves will be fighting for her political career

Rachel Reeves’s tax-raising Budget is as exhaustively previewed as any Hollywood blockbuster movie sequel. It will look familiar, if you have sat...

previous day 10

Anne Mcelvoy

Tony Blair: A sincere deceiver who broke Britain's trust on migration

Who broke Britain? Welcome to The i Paper’s new opinion series in which our range of experts tackle this question and identify the individuals...

previous day 1

Robert Tombs

Nigel Farage's dark past won't stop his rise

That Nigel Farage seems to have been a nasty little racist and anti-Semite in his teenage years is, despite his denials, pretty well established by...

previous day 8

David Aaronovitch

Why 'Big Dog' Starmer isn't worried about leadership plotters – for now

Sir Keir Starmer drained his beer and stood up to leave the Proud Mary restaurant in Johannesburg on Friday night. He had spent 30 minutes in a...

previous day 4

Kitty Donaldson

I negotiated Brexit – this is how Zelensky should respond to Trump’s deal

Donald Trump is offering Ukraine what many people are saying is the world’s worst peace deal. The deal on offer, seemingly covered in Russian...

previous day 4

Alexander Dragonetti

Young, skint workers are subsidising wealthy pensioners - time to means test the state pension

There are few political third rails hotter than the state pension. Touch it, however lightly, and every party retreats as if scorched. That is why,...

sunday 2

Stefano Hatfield

Trump's pathetic 'peace' plan leaves Europe on the brink of defeat

It is exactly 21 years since the Orange Revolution in Ukraine, when citizens rose up to challenge the result of an election scarred by corruption,...

sunday 7

Ian Birrell

Trump's Ukraine deal is the only option – thanks to Europe

This is Dispatches with Patrick Cockburn, a subscriber-only newsletter from The i Paper. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox, every...

22.11.2025 3

Patrick Cockburn

One comment from my son and I knew I had a problem with my phone

Welcome to The i Paper’s new opinion series, How I Parent , in which our writers open up about how they tackle challenges of raising their children...

22.11.2025 2

Dr Punam Krishan

My husband cooks all the meals in our house - I resent cleaning up his mess

Most of us don’t have much in common with celebrities. They live pampered lives, in huge, opulent homes, with unimaginable wealth, so moments where...

22.11.2025 10

Polly Hudson

Dominic Cummings is an even worse villain than we thought

Baroness Hallett’s UK Covid-19 Inquiry report must be an Emperor’s New Clothes Moment in British politics. She lays out in black and white that the...

21.11.2025 2

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