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Ej Ward

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I'd rather walk home than get the Northern Line (and let's face it, at the moment it would be quicker)

I'd rather walk home than get the Northern Line (and let's face it, at the moment it would be quicker)

Commuting on the London Underground has always required a certain level of resignation... Listen to this article This week, the Northern line has...

29.04.2026 10

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We’re an island nation with a navy on paper but the reality behind the scenes should worry us all

We’re an island nation with a navy on paper but the reality behind the scenes should worry us all

Speaking to Royal Navy officers and industry figures over the past few weeks has been a slightly unsettling experience. Listen to this article Not...

24.04.2026 10

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Britain spends tens of billions on defence, so why does our military kit arrive late, cost more, and still fail to work when it matters?

Defence procurement isn’t a sexy subject. It’s a dry landscape of contracts, tenders, and technical specifications. Listen to this article No...

19.04.2026 10

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Unlocking the housing market, downsizing is the solution no one wants to touch

The Spring Statement was a relatively quiet affair compared to previous years and while expected, it has shifted people’s focus toward the Autumn...

08.04.2026 10

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Starmer says we're not at war with Iran, but Tehran has already started targeting us, and it's only going to get worse

Britain is no longer watching the Iran conflict from a safe distance, we are now inside it, just not in the way the public expect. Listen to this...

22.03.2026 20

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Thirty years after Dunblane, a community’s grief became a nation’s resolve

On 13 March 1996, I was at work at Viewforth in Stirling. Listen to this article The first indication that something significant had happened was the...

13.03.2026 10

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If the crown is in peril, King Charles must consider the unthinkable and step aside for William, writes Shelagh Fogarty

A notion has started to take shape in my mind since last Thursday’s arrest of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor at the King’s Sandringham Estate and I...

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When leaders don’t understand AI, public trust is the real casualty

By EJ Ward This week, the chief constable of West Midlands Police apologised to MPs after admitting he had given incorrect evidence about a decision...

18.01.2026 10

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The level of US restraint in Venezuela is not accidental - it's the difference between a raid and all-out war

By EJ Ward I am not going to litigate the legality of this raid. Plenty of people with thicker textbooks and louder opinions will do that for months....

04.01.2026 10

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Dry January doesn’t mean turning your back on the pub, this is the moment our locals need loyalty, not quiet abandonment

By EJ Ward Dry January is back... Every year it arrives with the same earnest intentions and the same faintly puritan edge, as if the only way to...

02.01.2026 10

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Prostate care in this country is failing - it’s costing 12,000 lives a year unnecessarily

By EJ Ward Keir Starmer and his government have expressed a commitment to earlier cancer diagnosis and treatment as part of a 10-year NHS reform...

15.12.2025 20

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Rachel Reeves’ Budget will kill off more great British pubs

By EJ Ward There is no building in Britain I love more than a pub. Not a grand cathedral or a glistening tower or a parliament stuffed with people...

01.12.2025 10

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Is this really the bold foster care reform England needs, or just another sticking plaster on a system in freefall?

By EJ Ward The government’s recent pledge to reform foster care in England is, on the surface, a welcome signal of intent. Children’s Minister...

29.11.2025 10

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A budget that sidelines the young is a budget that sidelines Britain

By EJ Ward I know I’m not a typical teenager.  At 19 I have my dream job, racing cars, but most young people, my friends and their siblings,...

23.11.2025 10

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When Brewdog can't survive in Shoreditch, it's a stark warning: is this last orders for the British pub?

25 July 2025, 09:52 By EJ Ward It feels like shouting into the void. Only a few weeks ago, I was writing about the plight of the British pub,...

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We’re drowning in leaks while they cash in – Thames Water is everything that’s wrong with Britain

14 July 2025, 10:58 By EJ Ward There’s a new river in Clapham. It wasn’t there yesterday. And it certainly wasn’t on any map. But thanks to...

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Save our pubs – it’s time for government to raise a glass, not raise taxes

10 July 2025, 08:34 By EJ Ward There’s a quiet death happening on our high streets—one pub at a time. The latest figures from the British Beer...

11.07.2025 20

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Power at risk: Nation-state attacks could black out Britain – so why aren’t we ready?

6 June 2025, 07:30 By EJ Ward Few services are more critical than energy in keeping our society running. April’s mass blackouts, which affected...

07.06.2025 30

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Did dry January bump up inflation? The ONS seems to think so – the unintended side effect of expensive nights out

20 February 2025, 07:43 By EJ Ward So, you’ve completed Dry January (well done!), but now you're looking at your bank account and wondering—did...

22.02.2025 20

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The growing problem of small pension pots and why consolidation is key to better retirement savings

16 February 2025, 06:30 | Updated: 17 February 2025, 09:36 By EJ Ward A new report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has brought renewed...

18.02.2025 30

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Lambeth’s net zero obsession: councillors in tears, ‘wellbeing’ leave for staff—but no listening to residents

14 February 2025, 15:03 By EJ Ward A public meeting that ends with councillors in tears and staff needing “wellbeing” leave should be a wake-up...

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Farage urges farmers to 'keep the pressure up' as tractor protest hits Westminster over Labour’s ‘family farm tax’

10 February 2025, 10:00 By EJ Ward Nigel Farage has thrown his weight behind farmers staging a tractor protest outside Parliament on Monday, urging...

11.02.2025 10

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Daughter of murdered MP Sir David Amess demands inquiry for all victims failed by Prevent

6 February 2025, 08:57 Daughter of murdered MP says ‘everyone failed by Prevent’ should get inquiry By EJ Ward The daughter of a murdered MP has...

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