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We are failing the very people we should be supporting the most

We are failing the very people we should be supporting the most

Let me tell you about a young man called Sam. He lives in Manchester – although exists might be a better word, since he never leaves his bed in a...

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No moral person should be setting foot in the US

No moral person should be setting foot in the US

For British tourists, the US has long been a favourite destination. Brits make up the largest number of overseas visitors to the country. The...

10.03.2026 10

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Draft-dodger Trump is flexing US military muscle - but can't see its big mistake

Draft-dodger Trump is flexing US military muscle - but can't see its big mistake

The aims of Donald Trump’s latest war are blurred with constantly shifting rationale for unleashing mayhem in the Middle East. There are suggestions...

09.03.2026 10

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No decent person should mourn the Ayatollah's death

Iran’s Supreme Leader has been granted his supposed heart’s desire, killed by the Great Satan at the age of 86. “Sometimes I imagine myself...

01.03.2026 10

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It's time to talk about who could replace the monarchy

22.02.2026 10

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How a European nation could turn the tide of populism - but Trump has other ideas

The video posted on social media last week was a sinister echo from the past, from those days when Russia’s spooks used surveillance and sinister...

15.02.2026 9

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Books / Are western governments actively facilitating money laundering?

10.02.2026 5

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Books / Are western governments actively facilitating money laundering?

10.02.2026 6

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The dark unfolding Epstein drama is leading us into the abyss

09.02.2026 4

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Parents of SEND children should fear what Starmer is planning

01.02.2026 10

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Trump's ICE spreads mayhem and misery - and sounds a dark warning for Europe

26.01.2026 20

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The Jenrick frenzy proves how deeply unserious UK politics has become

19.01.2026 10

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Trump is using Putin to disguise what he really wants from Greenland

15.01.2026 10

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Trump is echoing Putin’s justification for invading Ukraine

05.01.2026 10

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Zelensky faces a bitter choice: take on Trump – or betray his own people

14.12.2025 4

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Make no mistake, Trump has just declared war on Europe

08.12.2025 20

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Putin is pushing two vile myths about Ukraine – and Trump is helping him

30.11.2025 7

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Trump's pathetic 'peace' plan leaves Europe on the brink of defeat

24.11.2025 9

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The mistaken prisoner release exposes a crisis far bigger than Labour ineptitude

10.11.2025 10

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My daughter died a year ago. Mexico's Day of the Dead helped soothe my grief

03.11.2025 10

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Farage's duplicity on Russia makes him totally unfit to lead our country

19.10.2025 8

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

14.10.2025 10

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Gen Z protests show older generations have failed them

12.10.2025 5

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

05.10.2025 7

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Russian tentacles are reaching deep into British democracy

29.09.2025 8

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Ed Davey needs to stop his stunts and defend liberalism

22.09.2025 10

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Putin is threatening Europe - how the UK responds is crucial

11.09.2025 7

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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 20

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

26.08.2025 6

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The hypocrisy in defending Lucy Connolly

24.08.2025 10

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

17.08.2025 10

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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 6

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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 9

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I am horrified by the selfishness of resident doctors

24.07.2025 7

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Trump has become the victim of his own conspiracy theories

20.07.2025 7

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

29.06.2025 10

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The Middle East conflict could decide Vladimir Putin's fate

23.06.2025 6

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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 7

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Why does this Government seem to dislike people with disabilities?

19.05.2025 10

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

11.05.2025 5

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

07.05.2025 7

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

04.05.2025 6

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History will not be kind to Trump’s shameful sycophants

30.04.2025 8

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Don't count on Trump's volatility saving Ukraine

27.04.2025 10

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