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Adam Boulton

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The Labour leader Farage really fears

The Labour leader Farage really fears

Those colleagues at Westminster who remember Andy Burnham as an MP and minister have a less ecstatic view of his powers than the citizens of Greater...

15.05.2026 10

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Streeting's power grab looks doomed – but he's taking Starmer down with him

There are many uncertainties but Wes Streeting’s resignation spells the end of Keir Starmer’s premiership – although Starmer, the master of...

14.05.2026 10

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Starmer couldn't run a bath - let alone the country

Appointing Lord Peter Mandelson as UK ambassador to the US was the boldest move of Sir Keir Starmer’s time as Prime Minister. It is also the most...

17.04.2026 20

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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 30

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A new dark age is dawning for British politics

Yesterday’s result in the Gorton and Denton by-election confirms that when it comes to political leadership, we are truly without a paddle. Or to...

28.02.2026 20

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Make no mistake, Andrew can still bring the royals crashing down with him

19.02.2026 10

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The real reason Trump is sidelining JD Vance

The “new sheriff in town” swaggered into the Munich Security Conference a year ago and launched a shock and awe attack on his transatlantic allies...

13.02.2026 10

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The scariest thing about Trump: he says he is perfectly well

22.01.2026 9

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JD Vance's influence is fading - he looks increasingly desperate

09.01.2026 10

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Big money wrecked US politics. Now it could ruin ours

26.12.2025 10

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Russia is coming for the UK - and every household must pay for protection

13.12.2025 10

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The workers’ rights U-turn is proof – this government is self-destructing

The importance of party manifestos has been increasingly downgraded in modern elections. Slippery parties do not want to make promises that they...

28.11.2025 10

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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 10

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Rachel Reeves is now doomed

14.11.2025 20

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The BBC is being sucked into the abyss of Trump's culture wars

10.11.2025 10

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Charles and William have saved the House of Windsor - for now

01.11.2025 20

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JD Vance's casual racism reveals America's moral decay

03.10.2025 10

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Yvette Cooper's luck is about to run out

23.08.2025 10

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Vance and Lammy ditched principles for power - no wonder they're mates

08.08.2025 10

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Elon Musk is feeling the pain of falling out with Trump

25.07.2025 10

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Don’t be fooled – Nigel Farage doesn’t actually want to stop the boats

11.07.2025 9

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Never write Trump off: this was his best week in office

29.06.2025 20

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Israel is winning the war in Gaza - a two-state solution is becoming impossible

06.06.2025 10

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Trump is getting fed up with Putin – not that the Russian President cares

15.05.2025 10

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The only person who can bring Elon Musk down is Donald Trump

19.04.2025 10

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Farage has one thing right about Brexit. It's now everyone for themselves

03.04.2025 10

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JD Vance is the man who could bring down Trump

24.03.2025 10

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It's all starting to go wrong for Reform – but don't blame Rupert Lowe

09.03.2025 10

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