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Hubristic Israel rules the new Middle Eastern order - but it is brittle too

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Patrick Cockburn

Mass starvation in Gaza is the great horror of our age

Mass starvation in Gaza is the great horror of our age

The mass starvation and daily massacre of Palestinians in Gaza are setting the moral tone for the rest of the world. Governments which make only...

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Patrick Cockburn

Elon Musk is feeling the pain of falling out with Trump

Elon Musk is feeling the pain of falling out with Trump

Two rules govern Donald Trump’s approach to life: everything is about money, and there must always be winners and losers. That truly is his “art of...

yesterday 3

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Adam Boulton

Denise Welch is right: Taylor Swift would be the worst daughter-in-law in the world

Denise Welch is right: Taylor Swift would be the worst daughter-in-law in the world

As AI prepares to take over the world, it can learn everything it needs to know about motherly love from watching one episode of a US chat show....

yesterday 3

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Polly Hudson

I’ve stopped dating men and I’ve never felt more at peace

I’ve stopped dating men and I’ve never felt more at peace

I’ve gone cold turkey. No more dating apps. No more awkward small talk over overpriced rosé. No more replying to exes out of boredom. I haven’t...

yesterday 3

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Rose Osullivan

Trump is fleeing Epstein attention - if only he knew what Brits have in store

Trump is fleeing Epstein attention - if only he knew what Brits have in store

Donald Trump’s Scottish golfing mini-break could not arrive at a better time. The embattled US President doesn’t do “holidays”, but loves...

yesterday 2

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Sarah Baxter

The walls are closing in on Trump as Murdoch refuses to be cowed

The walls are closing in on Trump as Murdoch refuses to be cowed

For the Epstein conspiracy theory cranks, it must feel like Vindication Day. After weeks of fevered debate about what information exists about...

previous day 4

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Alison Phillips

Melania won’t be able to stay quiet forever as Trump-Epstein controversy explodes  

Melania won’t be able to stay quiet forever as Trump-Epstein controversy explodes  

Donald Trump almost never shuts up. Melania Trump, by contrast, hardly ever speaks. She keeps a lower profile than any other first lady of the...

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James Ball

I am horrified by the selfishness of resident doctors

I am horrified by the selfishness of resident doctors

It is painfully symbolic that the British Medical Association (BMA) prepared for its latest round of strikes by sending its first delegation to the...

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Ian Birrell

Nigel Farage has played a blinder on the state pension – and not just because he's right

Nigel Farage has played a blinder on the state pension – and not just because he's right

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...

wednesday 2

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Hamish Mcrae

Farage is honouring a British tradition - a very ugly one

Farage is honouring a British tradition - a very ugly one

Last October, in a now-notorious tweet, former childminder Lucy Connolly wrote: “Mass deportation now. Set fire to all the f-ing hotels full of the...

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Kate Maltby

Has Bridget Jones taught us nothing about having sex with your boss? 

Has Bridget Jones taught us nothing about having sex with your boss? 

If last week’s exposé of a couple apparently adulterously canoodling at a Coldplay concert has taught us anything, it is surely this: do not...

wednesday 9

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Kate Lister

Want to take the whole of August off? It would cause more inequality than Covid

Want to take the whole of August off? It would cause more inequality than Covid

Imagine a world where August is a universal month off for the UK — a time for rest, family, holidays and no work. It’s a practice favoured in...

22.07.2025 7

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Hamish Mcrae

Take responsibility for your pension – it's not fair to rely on younger people

Take responsibility for your pension – it's not fair to rely on younger people

We are not saving enough for our pensions, says the Government, and it is right. Nearly half of all working-age adults are not saving anything at...

22.07.2025 1

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Hamish Mcrae

A new Section 28 is here – and it will harm gender-nonconforming children

A new Section 28 is here – and it will harm gender-nonconforming children

Poor teachers. Badly paid, overworked, and before teaching a single fact, they have to deal with pupils imbibing Andrew Tate, suffering mental...

22.07.2025 9

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Patrick Strudwick

Kemi Badenoch’s shadow cabinet reshuffle was deliberately bland

Kemi Badenoch’s shadow cabinet reshuffle was deliberately bland

There is always a slightly melancholy air to a Shadow Cabinet reshuffle. By definition, the power in the hands of each individual is very small,...

22.07.2025 1

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Eliot Wilson

The mood is shifting on Gaza – but spineless UK is being left behind

The mood is shifting on Gaza – but spineless UK is being left behind

How the world turns. Today, this lifelong leftie is revolted by Foreign Secretary David Lammy and venerates Kit Malthouse, a Tory MP, and once a...

22.07.2025 2

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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Britain has a drug problem: let's have a grown-up conversation about it

Britain has a drug problem: let's have a grown-up conversation about it

It’s officially summer, which means one thing – news outlets are full of stories about drugged-up Brits overdoing it in Ibiza, Berlin or your music...

22.07.2025 2

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Zing Tsjeng