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Ian Birrell

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Putin's real motives have been clear for decades. We're fools for just realising

Putin's real motives have been clear for decades. We're fools for just realising
yesterday 4

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Gen Z protests show older generations have failed them

Gen Z protests show older generations have failed them
sunday 3

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The Tories deserve no pity. They owe us an apology for Brexit, austerity, and Truss

The Tories deserve no pity. They owe us an apology for Brexit, austerity, and Truss
05.10.2025 5

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Russian tentacles are reaching deep into British democracy

Russian tentacles are reaching deep into British democracy
29.09.2025 5

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Ed Davey needs to stop his stunts and defend liberalism

22.09.2025 8

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Putin is threatening Europe - how the UK responds is crucial

11.09.2025 20

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Inside Reform's conference it was worse than I thought

08.09.2025 10

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Could Andy Burnham replace Keir Starmer as PM?

31.08.2025 10

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Farage is selling his poisonous brand of populism to a seething electorate

26.08.2025 4

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The hypocrisy in defending Lucy Connolly

24.08.2025 7

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Be under no illusion: Trump's betrayal of Ukraine is a shocking tragedy

17.08.2025 9

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Trump is giving Putin what he wants - now Europe has to make a generation-defining decision

10.08.2025 10

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Taxing private healthcare is populist nonsense

05.08.2025 4

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An academic, an arrogant minister and a fight for equality that has gone horribly wrong

04.08.2025 10

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Farage wants you to think London is finished - he couldn't be more wrong

28.07.2025 8

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I am horrified by the selfishness of resident doctors

24.07.2025 4

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Trump has become the victim of his own conspiracy theories

20.07.2025 6

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Bob Vylan and Kneecap have exposed a disturbing truth about our democracy

29.06.2025 9

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The Middle East conflict could decide Vladimir Putin's fate

23.06.2025 4

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Be in no doubt about the tragic consequences of assisted dying

23.06.2025 10

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The world’s wealthiest dynasty is growing richer from Britain's SEND crisis

02.06.2025 20

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The Tories are doomed – whoever is in charge

25.05.2025 4

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Why does this Government seem to dislike people with disabilities?

19.05.2025 20

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Putin is toying with Trump - and he's falling for it

11.05.2025 4

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These are truly perilous times – and the worst could be yet to come

07.05.2025 3

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Reform is about to be put under the microscope and the strain will start to show

04.05.2025 4

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History will not be kind to Trump’s shameful sycophants

30.04.2025 4

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Don't count on Trump's volatility saving Ukraine

27.04.2025 4

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How British tourists can help to fight back against Trump

21.04.2025 10

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China and private equity are cannibalising Britain

13.04.2025 7

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Trump's tariffs mark the end of the most successful economic creed in history

06.04.2025 10

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Right-wing leaders are regretting supporting Trump

30.03.2025 10

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One judge could save US democracy from Trump

23.03.2025 60

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Starmer should tell his party the truth about foreign aid

09.03.2025 10

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Trump and Zelensky was a horror show, but there was a more disturbing display

02.03.2025 30

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Betrayal of Ukraine is the opening chapter of a dark story for democracy

23.02.2025 4

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Trump is selling out Ukraine before our eyes

16.02.2025 6

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Books / The nerdy obsessive who became the world’s richest man

11.02.2025 10

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Books / The nerdy obsessive who became the world’s richest man

11.02.2025 10

The Spectator

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Andrew Gwynne's messages prove it - politicians are laughing at us

10.02.2025 10

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Trump’s reaction to the deadly aviation disaster was uniquely sinister

02.02.2025 3

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CIA joins growing support for Covid 'lab leak' theory – but the real story is in Germany

27.01.2025 10

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The one critic Elon Musk can't counter: his daughter

26.01.2025 10

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There's only one way we can stop young men lurching to the hard right

19.01.2025 6

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Trump's bullying of Canada, Panama and Greenland plays right into despots' hands

12.01.2025 3

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Labour is ideologically confused on health and education

Sir Keir Starmer came to power pledging to bring order and stability to government after 14 dismal years of Conservative rule, trading on his...

08.01.2025 3

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Rachel Reeves' attempt to charm China is utterly shameful

A few days before Christmas, a Chinese ship started its engines in the freezing waters between Denmark and Sweden and sailed off, leaving a global...

06.01.2025 20

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Joe Biden let us all down in 2024

When Joe Biden took office as president of the United States, he insisted he was driven to run for the White House by the noble desire to preserve...

22.12.2024 5

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Porn's reckoning is coming. Gisèle Pélicot's case will make sure of it

It was just another ordinary November day in the life of an ordinary retired couple in an ordinary village in France as they chatted over breakfast...

15.12.2024 6

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Assad's fall is a cause for celebration, though more chaos may come

Thirteen years ago, seven boys sat around in school swigging soft drinks after a game of football while television reports showed the uprisings...

09.12.2024 7

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