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Matt Brittin is the BBC’s next big mistake

Matt Brittin is the BBC’s next big mistake

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The Strait of Hormuz is where the fate of the world economy rests

I’d like you to close your eyes and think hard about the Strait of Hormuz. Listen to this article It’s the narrow strip of bright blue water which...

13.03.2026 20

LBC

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Left populism is here to stay

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05.03.2026 10

New Statesman

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The rise of left populism and the coming fragmentation of British politics, writes Andrew Marr

Right wing populism has become the drumbeat and the political scenery of our times. Listen to this article Its signature moments, from Brexit to the...

27.02.2026 10

LBC

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Threats against MPs are a ‘poison’ and a ‘contagion of hate’ - it must be stopped, writes Andrew Marr

Is it old-fashioned, is it pompous, to say that politicians need to think far more carefully about the language they use? Listen to this article A...

25.02.2026 10

LBC

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Keir Starmer: “I am going to fight”

11.02.2026 20

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Starmer may have bought himself safety for this week - but I still don't believe he can survive the fall, writes Andrew Marr

By Andrew Marr Let's all check our watches. This afternoon, it's going his way. But a crucial hour for the survival of Keir Starmer as Prime...

11.02.2026 7

LBC

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The Mandelson affair is a tale of arrogance & entitlement - the privileged them and the furious us, writes Andrew Marr

By Andrew Marr It has been the day of the fightback. Keir Starmer absolutely laying into Peter Mandelson as a serial liar. Sir Keir Starmer said...

06.02.2026 5

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I think we’ve entered the final stage of the Starmer premiership. I really see no way back, writes Andrew Marr

By Andrew Marr This is going to sound, perhaps like a confession. Even an embarrassing one. But here goes. I have always liked Keir Starmer. Worse,...

05.02.2026 10

LBC

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Will Peter Mandelson be the final nail in Labour's coffin? Asks Andrew Marr

By Andrew Marr Peter Mandelson has stepped down from the House of Lords. Right. Unavoidable. Inevitable. The Epstein and Mandelson scandal is being...

04.02.2026 20

LBC

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Defections and by-elections show all bets are off in Britain's barmy politics, writes Andrew Marr

By Andrew Marr It can be hard to keep up. Tonight, we learn that Labour's leadership struggle gives us a by-election in Gorton and Denton as early as...

28.01.2026 7

LBC

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The turn to Europe is inevitable

21.01.2026 10

New Statesman

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Strong governments can change their minds but how many U-turns before trust collapses, asks Andrew Marr

By Andrew Marr Theme of the day? Easy – it’s U turns. Last night we brought you breaking news of the government U-turning over mandatory ID cards...

15.01.2026 10

LBC

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The interwar years were as bewildering as the present

14.01.2026 10

New Statesman

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The Iranian Revolution will find no benefit from American intervention, writes Andrew Marr

By Andrew Marr In politics as in life there are moments which require decisive action - times to move fast and forcefully. This is not one of them....

14.01.2026 10

LBC

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Trump's Venezuelan invasion proves military might is all that matters, writes Andrew Marr

By Andrew Marr Just a fortnight ago, when MPs were heading off to hit the cherry brandy, try to remember the names of their children and take a break...

07.01.2026 10

LBC

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America’s imperial fights are not necessarily ours

06.01.2026 20

New Statesman

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Prime Minister's Questions isn't funny, isn't clever and nobody is laughing, writes Andrew Marr

By Andrew Marr When I was a small boy and getting a bit above myself - it did happen - my mother would fix me with a stern look and say: "It isn't...

18.12.2025 10

LBC

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5. We need European leaders who can stand up to Trump

14.12.2025 10

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Trump’s attack on a ‘decaying Europe’ isn’t just wrong, it’s a lecture Britain shouldn’t sit through, writes Andrew Marr

By Andrew Marr This American administration really doesn't like us, doesn't like Europe, doesn't like Britain and very much doesn't like London. ...

10.12.2025 8

LBC

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Streeting is right to ask whether we are overdiagnosing mental health conditions, writes Andrew Marr

By Andrew Marr I hope this doesn't sound self-indulgent but I have been analysing myself. Am I easily distracted and forgetful? Yes, 'fraid so. Do I...

06.12.2025 9

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The Budget has pushed Starmer and Reeves closer to the edge

05.12.2025 10

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Reeves and Starmer don't care about the longer term, they're just fighting to save their jobs, writes Andrew Marr

By Andrew Marr I’ve been covering these things since the early 1980s and never before has an entire Budget been leaked ahead of time, as the Office...

27.11.2025 9

LBC

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Twilight in Kyiv

26.11.2025 10

New Statesman

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Is this the end of Labour?

20.11.2025 10

New Statesman

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Mahmood's migration measures signify a crunch moment for the government, writes Andrew Marr

By Andrew Marr The Home secretary Shabana Mahmood today laid out the most radical plan yet to remove refugees’ rights to stay here permanently. It...

18.11.2025 10

LBC

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The dissolution of the Starmerites

15.11.2025 10

New Statesman

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The BBC’s darkest hour

12.11.2025 10

New Statesman

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Headless BBC now faces its biggest threat, writes Andrew Marr

By Andrew Marr So yet another tough guy, don’t-give-an-inch leader of the BBC is out. Tim Davie was bad at politics, rubbing MPs up the wrong way,...

11.11.2025 10

LBC

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Why Rachel Reeves should break her tax promise, writes Andrew Marr

By Andrew Marr Maybe I’m the only person in the land who feels like this, but I’m feeling quietly sorry for the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves. Every...

29.10.2025 9

LBC

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I thought Labour would fix everything. I was wrong

22.10.2025 10

New Statesman

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5. Tax the old

16.10.2025 10

New Statesman

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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...

15.10.2025 10

LBC

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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 10

LBC

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Is Shabana Mahmood the next prime minister?

08.10.2025 10

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

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 9

LBC

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How Starmer can avoid civil war

27.09.2025 10

New Statesman

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The supreme folly of a Labour civil war

25.09.2025 10

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 10

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 20

LBC

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Peter Mandelson is more dangerous than ever

12.09.2025 10

New Statesman

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Civil war looms over this brittle Labour government

11.09.2025 9

New Statesman

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Farage rises. Burnham watches. But Starmer fights on

10.09.2025 8

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 9

New Statesman

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Keir Starmer can stop a deputy leadership election

05.09.2025 10

New Statesman

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The left’s immigration failure

04.09.2025 10

New Statesman

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Angela Rayner should survive, but at what cost?

03.09.2025 9

New Statesman

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