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Adam Boulton

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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 10

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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 10

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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 8

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

22.01.2026 6

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

09.01.2026 6

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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 5

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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 10

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

10.11.2025 6

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

01.11.2025 10

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

03.10.2025 6

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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 9

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Elon Musk is feeling the pain of falling out with Trump

25.07.2025 5

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

11.07.2025 6

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

29.06.2025 10

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

06.06.2025 6

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

15.05.2025 6

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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 7

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JD Vance is the man who could bring down Trump

24.03.2025 8

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

23.02.2025 9

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Rachel Reeves has two options - break some rules or face the sack

09.02.2025 4

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The UK is about to see the benefits of Brexit

24.01.2025 5

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Joe Biden may well be the last democratic president of our lifetime

19.01.2025 5

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Keir Starmer has the measure of Donald Trump

10.01.2025 10

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Nick Clegg will hope to return to public service. But do we want him? 

Nick Clegg has largely avoided the public eye in the UK during his six years in Silicon Valley. After one rare private meeting also attended by...

04.01.2025 2

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Kemi Badenoch is no match for Nigel Farage - and it shows

The Christmas truce broke down on Boxing Day. Before they had fully digested their turkey, Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch were trading blows. In a...

27.12.2024 5

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Peter Mandelson is the only politician not to lie to me - he'll thrive in the US

Gossip about Lord Mandelson being sent to Washington, DC has been circulating for weeks. “What do you call an ambassador, Peter?” he was teased at...

20.12.2024 4

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