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New Statesman

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Donald Trump has achieved something many thought impossible in Gaza, writes Andrew Marr

Donald Trump has achieved something many thought impossible in Gaza, writes Andrew Marr

By Andrew Marr It’s the day that many of us thought would never happen. Families reunited in Israel and Gaza alike, jubilant celebrations in Tel...

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LBC

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The last day of the Tory conference raised one glaringly obvious question: are the Conservatives over?

The last day of the Tory conference raised one glaringly obvious question: are the Conservatives over?

By Andrew Marr The concluding day of the Tory conference, with the big speech from Kemi Badenoch, is a good moment to ask the hard but glaringly...

09.10.2025 3

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Is Shabana Mahmood the next prime minister?

08.10.2025 20

New Statesman

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Starmer has not yet proved he can solve our quicksand politics

02.10.2025 10

New Statesman

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Starmer finds his voice confronting Farage but still faces a winter of trials, writes Andrew Marr

Starmer finds his voice confronting Farage but still faces a winter of trials, writes Andrew Marr

By Andrew Marr The only way was ever up. Keir Starmer arrived at the Labour conference in Liverpool facing terrible opinion polls, hideous economic...

02.10.2025 4

LBC

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How Starmer can avoid civil war

27.09.2025 5

New Statesman

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The supreme folly of a Labour civil war

25.09.2025 9

New Statesman

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Nigel Farage's immigration proposals are revolutionary, writes Andrew Marr

By Andrew Marr Nigel Farage’s proposals for abolishing settled leave to remain in this country and presumably, therefore deporting hundreds of...

23.09.2025 6

LBC

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Whose Empire Now? Is Britain Becoming a Subsidiary of Trump’s America writes Andrew Marr

By Andrew Marr The images from Donald Trump’s State visit have so far been all the highly predictable ones - the big green whirlybirds, the...

18.09.2025 10

LBC

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Peter Mandelson is more dangerous than ever

12.09.2025 4

New Statesman

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Civil war looms over this brittle Labour government

11.09.2025 4

New Statesman

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Farage rises. Burnham watches. But Starmer fights on

10.09.2025 20

New Statesman

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Angela Rayner’s exit risks a civil war Labour cannot afford, writes Andrew Marr

By Andrew Marr Angela Rayner was always going to go. Once Sir Laurie Magnus concluded that the legal advice she had relied on was wrong, her position...

06.09.2025 10

LBC

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Keir Starmer’s reshuffle pushes Labour to the right

05.09.2025 4

New Statesman

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Keir Starmer can stop a deputy leadership election

05.09.2025 30

New Statesman

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The left’s immigration failure

04.09.2025 5

New Statesman

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Angela Rayner should survive, but at what cost?

03.09.2025 5

New Statesman

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This Autumn will decide Starmer’s grip on power, writes Andrew Marr

By Andrew Marr It’s going to be another massive autumn in politics. Lined up, we have the Donald Trump state visit to the UK, further desperate...

03.09.2025 10

LBC

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Social media shows a broken Britain. Step outside and you’ll see different, writes Andrew Marr

By Andrew Marr Autumn. A new political season begins. As it does, I’d like briefly to look back at the summer. If you’ve viewed it mostly through...

02.09.2025 9

LBC

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Keir Starmer seeks to grip his government

01.09.2025 5

New Statesman

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Britain’s decline is as much intellectual as political

31.07.2025 6

New Statesman

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Labour's immigration plans are falling apart, writes Andrew Marr

23 July 2025, 10:54 By Andrew Marr Let’s start with the blindingly obvious. This isn’t working. So far, nothing done by Labour ministers to stop...

26.07.2025 5

LBC

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Keir Starmer is no politician – but this could be his strength

23.07.2025 6

New Statesman

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Not everyone who’s dangerous has clear political or religious beliefs, writes Andrew Marr

16 July 2025, 18:45 By Andrew Marr Here’s a difficult question: what is a terrorist? You might think the answer’s obvious, someone who murders...

19.07.2025 4

LBC

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Far-right memes are poisoning British politics

16.07.2025 3

New Statesman

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The great Afghan cover-up

16.07.2025 3

New Statesman

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Wander round Westminster and everyone’s out for more money, writes Andrew Marr

9 July 2025, 18:59 By Andrew Marr We are, my friends, living in a state which has lost all touch with reality. Wander round Westminster and...

11.07.2025 8

LBC

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I think we're closer to the end of the NHS as we’ve known it than doctors’ leaders realise, writes Andrew Marr

8 July 2025, 16:53 | Updated: 8 July 2025, 18:18 By Andrew Marr Resident doctors, we used to call them junior doctors - I’m sure, deserve more pay...

10.07.2025 10

LBC

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Keir Starmer has time to turn this around

09.07.2025 10

New Statesman

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What I remember of 7/7 is utter disorientated helplessness - which is the meaning of terror attacks, writes Andrew Marr

7 July 2025, 17:13 | Updated: 7 July 2025, 17:17 By Andrew Marr Many of you, not all, will have your own very vivid memories of what happened 20...

09.07.2025 6

LBC

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Keir Starmer's first year: The government is struggling but far from doomed, writes Andrew Marr

4 July 2025, 11:34 By Andrew Marr One year on, and they are a puzzle, Keir Starmer and his government. The Prime Minister has done well abroad –...

08.07.2025 2

LBC

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Politics is theatre. But what happened to Rachel Reeves during PMQs was absolutely horrible, writes Andrew Marr

2 July 2025, 17:56 | Updated: 3 July 2025, 09:00 By Andrew Marr Politics is also theatre. The words they use, their expressions, the way they...

04.07.2025 10

LBC

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We must prepare for Prime Minister Farage

03.07.2025 10

New Statesman

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The meaning of the Chancellor’s tears

02.07.2025 3

New Statesman

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A humbling week for Keir Starmer

28.06.2025 5

New Statesman

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Keir Starmer is trapped between Mr Rock and Mr Hard Place on welfare cuts, writes Andrew Marr

25 June 2025, 18:01 | Updated: 26 June 2025, 10:22 By Andrew Marr Keir Starmer and the Labour government are heading at speed towards what could be...

28.06.2025 4

LBC

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While Palestine Action are often childish, self-righteous berks - is banning the group really the correct decision?

23 June 2025, 17:43 | Updated: 24 June 2025, 00:37 By Andrew Marr Palestine Action was today banned by the Government. The Home Secretary Yvette...

26.06.2025 2

LBC

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State of Emergency

25.06.2025 3

New Statesman

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The White House fallout with Iran is a potentially catastrophic example of mutual miscommunication, writes Andrew Marr

18 June 2025, 19:54 By Andrew Marr It looks very much as if the war between Israel and Iran is, as we suggested yesterday, escalating. Donald Trump...

21.06.2025 8

LBC

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Labour must show it can build a state fit for purpose

20.06.2025 10

New Statesman

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After Iraq, are we quite sure that smashing Iran is the sensible, proper thing to do? asks Andrew Marr

17 June 2025, 20:10 | Updated: 18 June 2025, 10:35 By Andrew Marr “An end. A real end. Not a ceasefire.” What President Trump means by that,...

19.06.2025 10

LBC

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Rachel Reeves’ choices today could spell recovery or disaster and during this century, the choice has never been starker

11 June 2025, 15:24 By Andrew Marr I want to start with a few simple, important, big-picture thoughts about this spending review. First, it isn’t...

13.06.2025 7

LBC

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Laughing at the populist right is not a political strategy

12.06.2025 4

New Statesman

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If you’re going to make a U-turn, do it properly, writes Andrew Marr

9 June 2025, 17:55 | Updated: 9 June 2025, 18:01 By Andrew Marr If you’re going to make a U-turn, do it properly. If you’re going to own up to...

12.06.2025 5

LBC

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Has any Chancellor faced a challenge this daunting?

11.06.2025 20

New Statesman

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There are no quick fixes for Labour - the only answer is to hold tight, says Andrew Marr

7 June 2025, 20:21 By Andrew Marr The view from number 11. No-one else will do it this week. So, with lobbying for more money coming from all sides;...

10.06.2025 5

LBC

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Things will only get incrementally better for Keir Starmer

04.06.2025 10

New Statesman

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What’s the point of a Labour government that allows child poverty?

23.05.2025 10

New Statesman

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Brexiteer anger at Keir Starmer's 'EU reset' is 'ludicrous and unpatriotic', says Andrew Marr

19 May 2025, 18:37 | Updated: 20 May 2025, 07:45 By Andrew Marr I am a pretty gentle, relaxed, herbivorous kind of woodland creature. I don’t get...

21.05.2025 10

LBC

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