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Britain's not having babies and there's a three letter reason why: men

Britain's not having babies and there's a three letter reason why: men

In news that will shock precisely no-one, fewer women than ever are having babies – and we now know it’s not simply down to choosing to be...

yesterday 10

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Victoria Richards

Trump is dragging Starmer into a world of hurt on Iran

Trump is dragging Starmer into a world of hurt on Iran

The future of a fragile Labour government may well be written some 4000 miles away in the Straits of Hormuz. As the Iran crisis deepens and consumers...

yesterday 10

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Anne Mcelvoy

We are failing the very people we should be supporting the most

We are failing the very people we should be supporting the most

Let me tell you about a young man called Sam. He lives in Manchester – although exists might be a better word, since he never leaves his bed in a...

previous day 8

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Ian Birrell

It may not look like it, but Trump has a grand strategy – and it's working

It may not look like it, but Trump has a grand strategy – and it's working

As American and Chinese negotiators met in Paris this weekend ahead of Donald Trump’s summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, events thousands of...

previous day 8

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Jonathan Sacerdoti

I retrained in my fifties – it’s the solution to Britain’s ugly workplace ageism

I retrained in my fifties – it’s the solution to Britain’s ugly workplace ageism

Untold stress and sleepless nights: Bill Howell’s story, recently featured in The i Paper, about his struggles to find a full-time role after 30...

previous day 9

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Stefano Hatfield

Pete Hegseth is too foolish to see he is becoming Trump's sacrificial lamb

Pete Hegseth is too foolish to see he is becoming Trump's sacrificial lamb

We are beginning to see in real time what happens when a vain, looksmaxxing US secretary of war encounters death and destruction, and it isn’t...

saturday 8

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Sarah Baxter

Trump’s delusions have ripped open a new war zone

Trump’s delusions have ripped open a new war zone

In the first weeks of the US-led war against Iraq in 1991, my friend Christopher Hitchens, who opposed the war, had a classic clash on US television...

saturday 10

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Patrick Cockburn

The low-cost, easy alternatives to disposable nappies

The low-cost, easy alternatives to disposable nappies

New-born babies may be cute, but they don’t half-generate a lot of waste. As any new parents will know, it can often feel like the nappy changes...

13.03.2026 3

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Tom Bawden

I called a man racist - and ended up having to apologise

I called a man racist - and ended up having to apologise

It was a busy Friday night in central London. My friend and I grabbed a drink after work and began the usual game of table roulette, weaving through...

13.03.2026 6

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Poppy Jay

Trump's biggest mistake could actually save Starmer

Trump's biggest mistake could actually save Starmer

Chaos in the Middle East has spread to Britain, and there is a real danger that everyone in the country will suffer in the coming months as the...

13.03.2026 10

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Hugo Gye

Only one man in No 10 seems to have any integrity left

Only one man in No 10 seems to have any integrity left

In his bestselling and influential turn-of-the-millennium book The Tipping Point, journalist and author Malcolm Gladwell explores what it is that...

12.03.2026 9

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Simon Kelner

This is the White House's most shocking video yet and even Maga isn't impressed

The death toll is mounting. On 28 February at least 168 people, most of them schoolgirls, were killed in an air strike at Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’...

12.03.2026 10

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Adam Boulton

We should rejoice at Meghan Markle's £1,700 meet and greet - she's no Fergie

We should rejoice at Meghan Markle's £1,700 meet and greet - she's no Fergie

Underestimate the Duchess of Sussex at your peril. Meghan Markle is showing the world (and her dissenters) that she can go from royal to reality TV...

12.03.2026 10

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Victoria Richards

Americans are paying for Trump's rashness - it will come back to bite him

Americans are paying for Trump's rashness - it will come back to bite him

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,...

12.03.2026 10

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Hamish Mcrae

Trump is the bad workman blaming his tools

Trump is the bad workman blaming his tools

So there we are at this week’s summit of leaders from the continents of North and South America and one of the statesmen present is on the podium,...

11.03.2026 10

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Simon Kelner

Hegseth's fragile masculinity has doomed the US

Hegseth's fragile masculinity has doomed the US

The best way to understand the US position on Iran is machismo. There’s no point looking for a strategic calculation – you won’t find it. Donald...

11.03.2026 8

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Ian Dunt

The grim irony of Labour’s anti-immigrant rabble rousers

The grim irony of Labour’s anti-immigrant rabble rousers

On Friday, we dined at an Oxford college. It was all very graceful and civilised. Unfortunately, a typhoon of fury about Home Secretary Shabana...

11.03.2026 10

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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Starmer can’t stop Polanski, but Britain’s dog owners might

Starmer can’t stop Polanski, but Britain’s dog owners might

Zack Polanski has a credible chance of leading – or playing a leading role in – the next government. His Green Party is, according to two polls,...

10.03.2026 8

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Andrew Fisher

Paper-boat Britain is adrift in a global storm

Paper-boat Britain is adrift in a global storm

As global energy prices skyrocket, and fears rise of a direct blow to British households’ bills, my mind returns to the most infuriating video on...

10.03.2026 10

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Mark Wallace

Air strikes alone will not defeat Iran - and Trump is now trapped

Air strikes alone will not defeat Iran - and Trump is now trapped

US and Israeli air strikes hit 4,000 targets in the first 100 hours of its bombing campaign against Iran, with more attacks being carried out by the...

10.03.2026 10

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Patrick Cockburn

No moral person should be setting foot in the US

No moral person should be setting foot in the US

For British tourists, the US has long been a favourite destination. Brits make up the largest number of overseas visitors to the country. The...

10.03.2026 10

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Ian Birrell

Draft-dodger Trump is flexing US military muscle - but can't see its big mistake

Draft-dodger Trump is flexing US military muscle - but can't see its big mistake

The aims of Donald Trump’s latest war are blurred with constantly shifting rationale for unleashing mayhem in the Middle East. There are suggestions...

09.03.2026 10

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Ian Birrell

Parents, be realistic about how clever your child is - university isn't for everyone

Parents, be realistic about how clever your child is - university isn't for everyone

This week, Professor Adam Tickell, vice-chancellor of the University of Birmingham, suggested something that was once unsayable in British education:...

09.03.2026 10

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Stefano Hatfield

Trump set out to humiliate Starmer - but instead handed him a lifeline

Trump set out to humiliate Starmer - but instead handed him a lifeline

Sir Keir Starmer has irked a US leader who is on a vaguely defined mission to liberate Iran from oppressive theocratic mullahs, stop an out-of-control...

08.03.2026 8

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Anne Mcelvoy

Ostracising Beatrice and Eugenie is a cowardly move

Ostracising Beatrice and Eugenie is a cowardly move

There is no news that has given me greater pleasure in recent months than the increasingly frequent bulletins charting the downfall of the Queen’s...

08.03.2026 10

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Lucy Mangan

My husband and I know we'd be great dads - here's why we're childfree

My husband and I know we'd be great dads - here's why we're childfree

At some point during almost every dinner or night out, the conversation turns to the same question. Someone leans in with a smile and says: “So…...

08.03.2026 10

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Scott Mills

JD Vance is vanishing before our eyes

JD Vance is vanishing before our eyes

When the Iran war started, JD Vance was photographed in the White House Situation Room looking disheveled and tieless beneath the grand seal of the...

07.03.2026 10

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Sarah Baxter

Trump's administration has gone full fascist

Trump's administration has gone full fascist

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...

07.03.2026 10

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Patrick Cockburn

Starmer is facing a dangerous new rebellion. It could actually bring him down

Starmer is facing a dangerous new rebellion. It could actually bring him down

Sir Keir Starmer has a porn problem, and it could be as serious as the “Pincher moment” which did for Boris Johnson, Labour MPs are warning. In a...

06.03.2026 10

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Kitty Donaldson

Trump has a dangerous new red line for his attack dogs

Trump has a dangerous new red line for his attack dogs

There is an old saying in politics: if you want loyalty, get a dog. The trouble for Kristi Noem is that she infamously shot hers as a 14-month-old...

06.03.2026 9

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James Ball

The Bronx real estate hustler who proves Trump is the boss from hell

The Bronx real estate hustler who proves Trump is the boss from hell

Welcome to Power Players, The i Paper’s new opinion series in which our writers and experts take an in-depth look at the key figures in American...

06.03.2026 5

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Ben Judah

In six days, Trump has exposed Britain for the broken, clunky machine it is

You would have had to have been living under a rock this year not to take a punt that Donald Trump would attack Iran. From when the US President...

05.03.2026 10

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Kitty Donaldson

We should pity the Dubai influencers - no, really

Dubai’s defenders love to tell you that their luxury desert paradise is so safe you can leave your phone on the beach and nobody will touch it....

05.03.2026 9

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Sarah Carson

People keep telling me I deserve to be disabled

During my long stay in hospital last year, my friend Katie made me laugh when she came to visit me, bringing a perfume called KARMA as a gift. Ironic,...

05.03.2026 10

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Julie Burchill

Trump's inner circle are paranoid and confused - he's exposed

Donald Trump has been doing his own spinning about Operation Epic Fury with a round of media interviews. But behind the confident chatter, the US...

04.03.2026 10

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Sarah Baxter

No one wants to say it, but Trump's tantrum could save Starmer

The Donald Trump charm offensive began even before he returned to the White House. Weeks before the 2024 presidential election, Sir Keir Starmer and...

04.03.2026 10

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Hugo Gye

Childless women have become public enemy number one

When I was growing up in the 1990s, it was teenage, single mothers who were the target of right-wing pundits, wanging on about “broken...

04.03.2026 10

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Kate Lister

How to survive the age of chaos as a liberal

So, what do virtuous, liberal, democrats do now? This is the question of our age. Each new event, whether domestic or international, forces us to...

04.03.2026 10

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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Trump claims the special relationship is over. This is the truth

Reports of the death of the special relationship are greatly exaggerated. Donald Trump might be having a pop at Sir Keir Starmer for not immediately...

03.03.2026 10

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Kitty Donaldson

Reeves's Spring Statement was empty, dull - and an utter triumph

For the first time in a long time, Rachel Reeves looked happy. The Conservative benches tried their best to damage her. They mock-laughed whenever she...

03.03.2026 10

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Ian Dunt

Trump has left Vance with no good options. The VP is fighting for his future

JD Vance, a man who styles himself as a devout Christian, made his deal with a devil a long time ago. When he saw that supporting Donald Trump – a...

03.03.2026 10

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James Ball

If you want to understand why Britain is broken, just look down

In the manifesto which presaged the landslide election of this Labour Government, there was a very specific pledge. It wasn’t an abstract promise...

03.03.2026 10

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Simon Kelner

Grow up, freeloaders - students should absolutely pay for university

University has been sold to young people as the gateway to opportunity, yet the cost of that promise has risen dramatically. In England, graduates now...

03.03.2026 7

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Kwasi Kwarteng

I never understood my pension - Rachel Reeves has changed that

Last week, I had one of the most intimidating meetings of my life – and I’ve met prime ministers, a US president – and once had one-on-ones with...

02.03.2026 10

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Stefano Hatfield

My maternity nightmare left with me a broken coccyx and fourth-degree tearing

I keep a record – more of a running total really, just the headlines and maybe a brief note appended here and there – of birth stories that make...

02.03.2026 10

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Lucy Mangan

The godfather of reality TV who turned Britain into a nation of narcissists

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...

02.03.2026 10

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Sarah Carson

No decent person should mourn the Ayatollah's death

Iran’s Supreme Leader has been granted his supposed heart’s desire, killed by the Great Satan at the age of 86. “Sometimes I imagine myself...

01.03.2026 10

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Ian Birrell

The Iran crisis has Labour insiders asking if Rayner could really be PM

The fate of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei along with the head of the mighty Revolutionary Guards and the country’s defence minister and security corps,...

01.03.2026 9

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Anne Mcelvoy

Trump has gambled everything on Iran's collapse. It spells disaster

The US and Israeli surprise attack on Iran has had a huge early success by killing the Iranian spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along with...

01.03.2026 10

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Patrick Cockburn

Trump’s showdown with the Ayatollah will reshape the world

President Donald Trump has assembled the largest American naval armada in the Middle East since the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. He is using this...

28.02.2026 10

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Patrick Cockburn