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Jawad Iqbal

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No one needs Liz Truss’s ‘uncensorable’ social platform

No one needs Liz Truss’s ‘uncensorable’ social platform
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Blue Origin’s all-female space flight was a step backwards for feminism

14.04.2025 3

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The cynicism of picking Idris Elba for London mayor

The cynicism of picking Idris Elba for London mayor
31.03.2025 40

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Why Prevent’s boss had to go

28.03.2025 3

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Thomas Tuchel is off to a good start

23.03.2025 10

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Football / Thomas Tuchel is off to a good start

22.03.2025 10

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Only Seb Coe could have saved the Olympics

21.03.2025 20

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Football / Gareth Southgate has nothing original to say

19.03.2025 5

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Keir Starmer has had his best week since becoming Prime Minister

03.03.2025 10

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Zelensky made a fatal mistake in going toe-to-toe with Trump

01.03.2025 10

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Dodds’s departure is embarrassing for David Lammy

28.02.2025 3

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Trump Gaza / There is reason behind Trump’s AI Gaza video

26.02.2025 4

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The danger of Emma Raducanu’s ‘fixated’ fan ordeal

20.02.2025 10

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Hostage-taking / Why Iran wanted to arrest two British ‘spies’

19.02.2025 10

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JD Vance’s criticism of Europe is hard to take

15.02.2025 8

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Saudi Arabia’s beer ban shows why it shouldn’t host the World Cup

13.02.2025 9

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Did Keir Starmer’s voice coach really count as a Covid ‘key worker’?

03.02.2025 20

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Special relationship? / Will Donald Trump be fooled by Peter Mandelson’s volte-face?

29.01.2025 7

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Labour pains / The hypocrisy of Ed Miliband’s vanity photographer

28.01.2025 40

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The reinvention of Rishi Sunak

23.01.2025 9

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Southport attack / Is Starmer right about the ‘new’ terror threat?

22.01.2025 20

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Labour’s grooming gang inquiry mess

17.01.2025 10

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Gareth Southgate’s knighthood is a reward for failure

Some of football’s greatest names have been knighted for their achievements in the game. Sir Alf Ramsey received his gong for leading England to...

31.12.2024 4

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We’ll learn nothing from the murder of Sara Sharif

What exactly do the authorities hope to learn that they do not already know from the safeguarding review now underway into the violent death of 10-...

14.12.2024 10

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The Saudi Arabia 2034 World Cup is a new low for Fifa

Saudi Arabia has been confirmed as the host country for the 2034 World Cup tournament. It has been an open secret for some time that the Saudis...

11.12.2024 5

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Syria’s nightmare isn’t over yet

Trying to predict what comes next in Syria after the toppling of dictator Bashar al-Assad is a fool’s errand. It is hard not to be moved by the...

10.12.2024 10

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The problem with the FA’s rainbow laces furore

The suits who run football in this country can always be relied upon to make a pig’s ear of things. The latest example of their capacity to cock up...

03.12.2024 4

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Starmer can’t afford to lose the argument on slavery reparations

The Commonwealth – whose 56 nations are meeting in the Pacific island nation of Samoa – looks set to defy Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer by...

24.10.2024 2

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The mystery of the missing Sue Gray

What has become of Sue Gray, the Prime Minister’s former Downing Street chief of staff, who was rather unceremoniously removed from her official...

23.10.2024 10

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What is the point of the Commonwealth?

The Commonwealth is outdated, pointless and increasingly irrelevant. What better time to point this out than on the day when this historical oddity...

21.10.2024 9

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Labour’s crackdown on hereditary privilege is hard to stomach

Do our new Labour rulers ever pause to think about how something they say or do might look to others? Do they consider, even for a nanosecond, how...

16.10.2024 3

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Thomas Tuchel would be a divisive choice for England manager

Thomas Tuchel, the former Chelsea and Bayern Munich manager, has emerged as the favourite to succeed Gareth Southgate as England manager. The Times...

15.10.2024 3

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India’s ‘murder’ spat with Canada has come at the worst time

The alleged involvement of agents of a foreign government in the murder of a citizen is a crime that violates national sovereignty and the...

15.10.2024 4

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Why India’s super-rich are snapping up Rolexes

Here’s a question: what do crazy rich Indians want more than anything? The answer appears to be luxury watches, and the more the merrier. From...

13.10.2024 4

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Hamish Falconer and the trouble with Labour’s ‘Red Princes’

The appearance on our television screens of one Hamish Falconer, the newly-elected Labour MP for Lincoln, tells us much more about Keir Starmer’s...

08.10.2024 9

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Is Morgan McSweeney the answer to Keir Starmer’s troubles?

It might be best described as the war for Keir Starmer’s ear in Downing Street, a battle to the bitter end between two of the Prime Minister’s most...

07.10.2024 3

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Simon Case’s departure is an opportunity for Starmer

Simon Case, the Cabinet Secretary, has finally put an end to Whitehall’s worst-kept secret by formally announcing that he will quit at the end of...

30.09.2024 2

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Starmer needs to make peace with Elon Musk

It is tantrums at dawn between Elon Musk and Keir Starmer’s Labour government. The Tesla billionaire and owner of Twitter is hopping mad after...

27.09.2024 3

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Why is Sadiq Khan trying to restart his fight with Donald Trump?

London mayor Sadiq Khan, whose official day job is running the capital, is in New York this week, where he has denounced Donald Trump and urged...

25.09.2024 2

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Freebie row / Gary Neville’s tin-eared defence of Keir Starmer

Gary Neville, the Sky Sports pundit and former Manchester United footballer, can’t help himself when it comes to tedious political rants. His...

24.09.2024 2

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When will the families of Lucy Letby’s victims be allowed to move on?

When Lucy Letby was convicted last year of murdering seven infants and attempting to kill seven others it seemed that the parents of her victims...

11.09.2024 7

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Attack / How fake news thrived in the aftermath of the Southport stabbings

It has fallen to Jonathan Hall KC, the independent reviewer of state threat legislation, to say the obvious in pointing out that the recent riots...

09.09.2024 2

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