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There is a way Europe can afford to step up for Ukraine - make Russia pay for it

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Mark Wallace

What the German elections mean for Reform

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Kitty Donaldson

I actually burned my bra in the 70s - but young women today have lost the meaning of feminism

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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Starmer is walking a tightrope

Starmer is walking a tightrope

The old Leninist saying that there are “decades where nothing happens, and weeks where decades happen” has been rolled out a lot since Russia’s...

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Anne Mcelvoy

The latest battle against Donald Trump's post-truth world is one we should all care about

The latest battle against Donald Trump's post-truth world is one we should all care about

In the blizzard of paperwork that has characterised Donald Trump’s first weeks back in the White House, we may have missed the finer detail of...

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Simon Kelner

Dear Lucy... A letter to my younger self

Dear Lucy... A letter to my younger self

Are you aware, perchance, of the current internet trend, “Taking my younger self out for coffee”. If you didn’t flinch at the word...

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Lucy Mangan

Yes, university is a waste of money - but you should still go

Yes, university is a waste of money - but you should still go

A university degree doesn’t always mean higher earnings further down the line. In other wildly unsurprising news, England is rainy, and Taylor...

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Emily Watkins

Is the Army serious about changing a culture of misogyny?

Is the Army serious about changing a culture of misogyny?

How can you tell if a rotten institution really wants to change after a tragedy? Is it the admission of failure, the apology to a bereaved family,...

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Isabel Hardman

The truth hurts, Nigel, but Donald Trump is no friend of yours

The truth hurts, Nigel, but Donald Trump is no friend of yours

Donald Trump’s British apologists like to say that he is a disrupter who just throws things up in the air. What they didn’t foresee is that his...

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Adam Boulton

One of the greatest gifts I have given my son is the ability to gossip

One of the greatest gifts I have given my son is the ability to gossip

You Didn’t Hear This From Me. If you just leaned forward because you were so eager to get to the next sentence, sadly I’m not about to disclose...

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Polly Hudson

Betrayal of Ukraine is the opening chapter of a dark story for democracy

Betrayal of Ukraine is the opening chapter of a dark story for democracy

Three years ago, I woke to the thunderous dawn sounds of missiles striking Kyiv. I found my colleague Kate on the balcony of our rented flat,...

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Ian Birrell

The town that's hitting back against shoplifting

The town that's hitting back against shoplifting

Richard Barker, a bike shop-owner in Castleford, was sick and tired of thieves targeting businesses in his town, with one violent thug even taking...

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Kitty Donaldson

'Third place is not sustainable’: The Tories are turning on Kemi

'Third place is not sustainable’: The Tories are turning on Kemi

It’s a mantra any seriously competitive parent will try to impose on their child: “There is no such thing as second place. Either you’re first or...

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Katy Balls

My son's got his own radio show - but he's no 'nepo-baby'

My son's got his own radio show - but he's no 'nepo-baby'

I get a WhatsApp telling me that his first track – Duran Duran’s “Hungry Like The Wolf” – is cued up and the microphone levels have been...

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Victoria Derbyshire

Critics of Trump must have their own peace plan

Critics of Trump must have their own peace plan

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...

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Patrick Cockburn

Farage uses US speech to woo voters at home, but avoids the elephant in the room

Farage uses US speech to woo voters at home, but avoids the elephant in the room

WASHINGTON, DC – Nigel Farage strode onto the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) to a ragbag audience of Maga hats and...

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Kitty Donaldson

I may spoil my ballot in the next election for the first time ever - this is why

I may spoil my ballot in the next election for the first time ever - this is why

This is In Conversation with Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, a subscriber-only newsletter from i. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox, every...

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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Macron and Starmer are about to go head to head on Trump

Macron and Starmer are about to go head to head on Trump

Sir Keir Starmer faces a week which may define his premiership, as he travels to Washington DC to meet President Donald Trump with an agenda...

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Kitty Donaldson

Trump's popularity is already cratering - bigly

Trump's popularity is already cratering - bigly

We are only a month into Donald Trump’s second term as president and it’s already beginning to resemble Joe Biden’s first term in office....

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Sarah Baxter