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Farage's one word that exposes how badly he is panicking

Farage's one word that exposes how badly he is panicking

Dan Jukes, an aide to the Reform leader, and the party’s head of policy, James Orr, have both stood down after Channel 4 broadcast the...

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Isabel Hardman

The disaster Britain has spent a decade refusing to discuss

The disaster Britain has spent a decade refusing to discuss

The most remarkable thing for me about Andy Burnham’s first address to the House of Commons as Prime Minister this week was his mention of the...

yesterday 8

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Lorraine Kelly

Trump is the last person who should be giving advice on family

Trump is the last person who should be giving advice on family

In a certain sense, I suppose you could say that Prince Harry, Meghan, King Charles, the late Queen and the entire British people got off lightly....

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Simon Kelner

The chilling sentence that could stop JD Vance becoming president

The chilling sentence that could stop JD Vance becoming president

Vice President JD Vance has made faith a huge part of his political identity. He wasn’t baptised, but as a teenager attended Pentecostal services...

previous day 10

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James Ball

The innocent women betrayed by Muslim countries who should know better

The innocent women betrayed by Muslim countries who should know better

Why, oh why, are the vast majority of Muslim nations so unremittingly repressive and undemocratic? We, who rightly condemn the cruelties, unjust laws...

previous day 10

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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Your triple lock pension is dead (if you're under 50)

Your triple lock pension is dead (if you're under 50)

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,...

previous day 10

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Hamish McRae

I nearly made the Bonnie Blue documentary. The real story turned out to be us

I nearly made the Bonnie Blue documentary. The real story turned out to be us

Two years ago I was in the running to direct a Channel 4 documentary about Bonnie Blue. It came down to me and, I believe, two other directors. We...

previous day 10

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Poppy Jay

I want my disability benefits interrogated by Jeremy Vine (what a rotter!)

I want my disability benefits interrogated by Jeremy Vine (what a rotter!)

Before I start this column, I’ll declare an interest. Lots of people, when they’re drunk, have a weak spot, and do things they wouldn’t do...

wednesday 10

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Julie Burchill

Hopeless Badenoch is a terrible leader – but she got one thing right about Burnham

Hopeless Badenoch is a terrible leader – but she got one thing right about Burnham

Prime Minister’s Questions is usually incredibly tedious – a pantomime of performative emptiness that sucks the will to live from anyone foolish...

wednesday 10

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Ian Dunt

The Democrat who has finally worked out how to beat Trump

The Democrat who has finally worked out how to beat Trump

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

wednesday 10

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Noah Berlatsky

There's a quiet new relationship killer – 'mercy sex’

There's a quiet new relationship killer – 'mercy sex’

Allow me to paint a picture that I am sure will be all too familiar to the heterosexual women reading this article. You finally crawl into your bed...

01.09.2026 20

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Kate Lister

The Nepal disaster exposes the reality of a gruesome regime

The Nepal disaster exposes the reality of a gruesome regime

The footage was horrific: a massive wave of ice, mud and floodwater smashing into buildings on the border between China and Nepal with devastating...

31.08.2026 20

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Ian Birrell

The beer ‘punk’ who became a British hate figure

The beer ‘punk’ who became a British hate figure

Who broke Britain? Welcome to The i Paper’s opinion series in which experts and writers debate the issues that concern them about modern Britain....

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Imogen West-Knights

We’re going to hear a lot more about Trump’s ‘Epstein class’

We’re going to hear a lot more about Trump’s ‘Epstein class’

The Democrats have finally come up with a mid-term message that they think will resonate with voters. As you might expect, it’s all about Donald...

29.08.2026 10

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Sarah Baxter

It is open season on Muslims – I fear for our survival in Britain

It is open season on Muslims – I fear for our survival in Britain

The equalities minister Bridget Phillipson has publicly stated that racism (and sexism) have “become normalised in the UK”. It will cost her...

27.08.2026 20

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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

The new battlefield tactics that really can beat Putin's nuclear threat

The new battlefield tactics that really can beat Putin's nuclear threat

“Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” J Robert Oppenheimer’s reflections on watching the Trinity nuclear test in 1945 marked a sea...

27.08.2026 30

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Alexander Dragonetti

We are raising a generation that doesn’t know how to work

We are raising a generation that doesn’t know how to work

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,...

27.08.2026 10

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Hamish McRae

We're about to find out who Andy Burnham really is

We're about to find out who Andy Burnham really is

In person, Andy Burnham appears jovial and unassuming. But in terms of foreign policy, he is starting to look tough and decisive. He spent this week...

26.08.2026 20

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Ian Dunt

Farage wants to be Britain’s Trump. Now the money around him looks familiar

Farage wants to be Britain’s Trump. Now the money around him looks familiar

Of course Nigel Farage and his chums are benefitting financially from a “gold-plated” pension scheme of a type that they intend to prevent other...

26.08.2026 20

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James O'Brien

The state school kids being shut out of Britain’s cultural boom

The state school kids being shut out of Britain’s cultural boom

Britain has long punched above its weight creatively. We export actors, musicians, writers, designers, game developers, theatre and film-makers with...

24.08.2026 20

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Stefano Hatfield

Playboy’s comeback is not sexy. It’s depressing

Playboy has relaunched. Apparently it did so last month, but I didn’t know about it until a few days ago when I saw a copy of the new – quarterly,...

23.08.2026 10

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Lucy Mangan

The asylum policy that sounds fair - until it reaches your town

Sooner or later, the heady days of the early Andy Burnham bounce and summer of “money off now” remedies on bus fares, pub business tax caps and...

23.08.2026 20

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Anne McElvoy

Diana's brother is telling her story. It's about to get awkward for the royals

His eulogy at Diana’s funeral was electrifying. As her brother, Earl Spencer, stared down at the Royal Family, vowing to protect Diana’s sons and...

22.08.2026 20

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Jennie Bond

I'm 32 and can't grow up. Boomers are to blame

This summer, I have been to five “sports days” run by friends in their thirties. We’ve had all the races – egg and spoon, three-legged, sack...

22.08.2026 20

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Pravina Rudra

Why talk of an early election isn't going away

An early election is an idea that will not die, no matter how many times Prime Minister Andy Burnham and his team try to quash it. Burnham is...

21.08.2026 30

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Kitty Donaldson

Melania's not-so-subtle message to Trump's favourite aide

“I heard you missed me,” Melania Trump teased last night at her first public outing in a month since the World Cup final. “Here I am.” Timing...

21.08.2026 20

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Sarah Baxter

My 22-year-old moved back in with no job and £50,000 of debt. I couldn’t be happier he's home

If you had come round to our house at any time in the last 10 years, you wouldn’t need to be told that we had two sons. You’d have guessed...

21.08.2026 20

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Victoria Derbyshire

The cynical pricing trick leaving you permanently ripped off

Although it was all my own fault, I couldn’t help but stand there and curse Michael O’Leary. I am not a regular user of his airline, Ryanair, and...

21.08.2026 20

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Simon Kelner

Harry and Meghan, beware. William and Kate do not want you back in their world

One thing the Harry and Meghan saga will never be short of is plot twists. So news that the first couple of Montecito will soon rock up to re-bond...

20.08.2026 20

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Anne McElvoy

Welcome to the UK, where you're trapped in a house no one can buy

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,...

20.08.2026 20

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Hamish McRae

Reform's shattered confidence is behind its latest act of self harm

Freedom of speech is a product of confidence. It is embraced by confident cultures, confident institutions and confident people. This helps explain...

19.08.2026 30

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Ian Dunt

Jason Arday's tragic death must also be a moment of change for Britain

It takes a village to raise a child – a proverb attributed to some African cultures – inspires people who believe in communal responsibility in...

19.08.2026 20

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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Badenoch thinks she's Boudicca meets Thatcher. How I wish that were true

Everybody knows that there is a lot of pressure on Andy Burnham, whose honeymoon period as Prime Minister must surely be at least approaching the...

18.08.2026 20

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James O'Brien

Andy Burnham is heading for a collision with Donald Trump

Andy Burnham has had a lucky escape. The new UK Prime Minister believed he was exchanging messages with Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff...

18.08.2026 20

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James Ball

The hosepipe ban hypocrisy that will make you furious

To start the week, here is a quick-fire question and answer quiz. Q. How many data centres have been built in the UK this century? A. 450. Q. How many...

18.08.2026 20

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Simon Kelner

Reform is right about benefits - our economy will collapse without action

You would be forgiven for thinking that the Conservatives and Reform UK now agree on something. If one looks past the different tactics – with the...

17.08.2026 30

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Rupert Yorke

The UK is much closer to war with Russia than you think

If the war in Ukraine has been a back-burner issue in a summer dominated by the US-Iran war and a blithe new resident in No 10, the coming weeks will...

17.08.2026 30

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Anne McElvoy

William is still smouldering with rage at the brother who 'betrayed' him

The word is that Prince Harry is planning to make more frequent trips back to the UK. He wants more of a foothold here and less drama. It’s a novel...

17.08.2026 30

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Jennie Bond

Trump's terrifying secret prisons that epitomise his America

To celebrate 50 years of independence from Britain, the kingdom of Swaziland changed its name to Eswatini in 2018. I had to look up the tiny nation on...

16.08.2026 20

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Sarah Baxter

The summer that killed my sex life

Have you ever tried dating in a British heatwave? Well don’t. Just don’t. It is grim and clammy out here, take it from a woman who has tried. If...

16.08.2026 20

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Kate Lister

Farage is now Britain’s most dangerous diva

Nigel Farage is a diva. His vanities make other politicians look pallid and small. Fortunately for him, mainstream and alternative media journalists...

15.08.2026 20

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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Putin won’t invade Europe - his plan is far more insidious

This is Dispatches, a subscriber-only newsletter from The i Paper normally written by Patrick Cockburn. While Patrick is away, former BBC foreign...

15.08.2026 20

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Paul Wood

Farage has gone from PM in waiting to being scared of a bin

Nigel Farage has properly lost his touch. Once upon a time, he’d have known how to play this. He’d have gone along with the joke, turned up...

14.08.2026 20

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Ian Dunt

There's one reason why university is always worth the money

In common with thousands of adults up and down the country, my phone pinged at just after eight this morning. It was my honorary god-daughter who had...

13.08.2026 30

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Simon Kelner

I’m 44 and men in their 20s have started hitting on me - it’s deeply weird

Something very strange starts to happen to a woman in her forties – and I imagine in her fifties, sixties, and beyond: she enters her sexy older...

13.08.2026 20

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Kate Lister

The true face of Reform is snarling and dangerous

Somewhere inside Zia Yusuf, there’s a competent politician trying to get out. The Reform UK home affairs spokesman is well-dressed, relatively...

12.08.2026 20

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Ian Dunt

I'm discovering how hard it is for my immigrant parents to grow old in Britain

It’s Eid and I’m sitting at the dinner table. My parents have rustled up a feast and I’m in complete denial about how much ghee has gone into...

12.08.2026 40

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Poppy Jay

The single change I made that utterly transformed my confidence

I don’t remember where I learned that you’re not supposed to blow your own trumpet. Unlike most rote manners that are drilled into children you...

12.08.2026 10

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Sarah Carson

Racists think they can do what they like in Britain. We can prove them wrong

In what circumstances might you expect a violent mob to congregate outside your home, hurling bricks at your windows and attacking police officers...

12.08.2026 20

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James O'Brien

The ‘raging moderate’ plotting to save America from Trump

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

12.08.2026 20

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Peter Slevin