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Nesrine Malik

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Trump’s video game war: AI, memes and a simplistic narrative have flattened the conflict in Iran

Trump’s video game war: AI, memes and a simplistic narrative have flattened the conflict in Iran

The war on Iran, even as it spreads and destabilises the Middle East and the global economy, is not real. This is how it is being portrayed by the...

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War in Iran, chaos in the Gulf, repression in the west: and the thread that binds them all is Palestine

War in Iran, chaos in the Gulf, repression in the west: and the thread that binds them all is Palestine

A war spiralling in the Middle East. A death toll now in the thousands across Iran and Lebanon. Energy prices soaring. The Gulf seized up with Iranian...

16.03.2026 10

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The government has decided to charge MONEY to visit the Twelve Apostles! Unaustralian!

09.03.2026 10

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The war on Iran is already upending the Middle East. Look to the Gulf states to see how

There is a tendency to think of the Gulf powers as static and unchanging. They are, after all, fortified by massive wealth and absolute monarchical...

09.03.2026 10

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Keir Starmer has a unique talent – to alienate absolutely everyone

After a tumultuous few weeks, we are once again in “reset” territory. Keir Starmer has bought some more time, there is a modest bounce in his...

16.02.2026 1500

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What links Jeffrey Epstein and Keir Starmer’s government? A thick seam of contempt

09.02.2026 70

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Have we suddenly become a nation of gullible xenophobes overnight?

02.02.2026 40

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Propaganda in cinemas, newsrooms slashed: this is the US media under Trump and his tech barons

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Australia! I quite like bits of it

26.01.2026 60

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Even the Davos elites have woken up, but they need more than just speeches to survive the end of the old order

26.01.2026 60

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What ICE is doing on US streets looks terrifying, but don’t forget: it could happen anywhere

19.01.2026 100

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Trump’s coup in Venezuela didn’t just break the rules – it showed there aren’t any. We’ll all regret that

05.01.2026 150

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Welcome to the twilight zone where Nigel Farage can be accused of racism yet still lead the polls

15.12.2025 90

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Look again at the Nuzzi affair. Because when our politics and media are so debased, the joke’s on us

08.12.2025 10

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It’s not just Gaza. From the West Bank to Syria and Lebanon, Israel’s onslaught continues

01.12.2025 10

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Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive

24.11.2025 10

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Another COP already? Surely you’ve all worked this out by now?

17.11.2025 20

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Labour has entered its musical chairs era – and we’re sucked into another pointless death spiral

17.11.2025 20

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Welcome to Barangaroo! We graciously provide affordable housing but you’re not allowed to enjoy it

10.11.2025 9

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Zohran Mamdani showed how it’s done: ‘identity politics’ can win elections

10.11.2025 10

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Australia’s teacher shortages are some of the shortest (longest?) in the world!

03.11.2025 10

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Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on

03.11.2025 10

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A-level English, voluntary work, delayed citizenship: it’s Labour’s Orwellian Two Minutes Hate for immigrants

20.10.2025 30

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While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland

13.10.2025 20

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Don’t despair, Tories: look upon Reform and see your rightful and fitting legacy

06.10.2025 10

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Kamala Harris’s election memoir shows just how deluded the Democrats still are

29.09.2025 20

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Starmer finally said it: ‘We recognise Palestine.’ But Gaza desperately needs action – where is that?

22.09.2025 10

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Trump’s retreat from Nato was priced in. But his humiliation of Qatar and India spells total chaos

15.09.2025 20

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Reshuffle it how you like, Starmer’s ‘grownup’ Labour has the Tory whiff of spiteful incompetence

08.09.2025 30

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Vote Brexit, stop the boats – the goalposts on immigration keep moving, and those who oppose it will never be appeased

01.09.2025 10

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The Democrats are in deep trouble in the US – and Labour is on the way to joining them

25.08.2025 30

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Gaza’s journalists are talented, professional and dignified. That’s why Israel targets them

18.08.2025 10

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Here’s the truth about Britain’s immigration hysteria: Starmer and co have whipped it up to get cheap votes

11.08.2025 20

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The real danger in this permacrisis is not the political drama: it’s the risk that nothing changes

04.08.2025 20

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Protesting over Gaza’s starvation feels like screaming into a void – but we mustn’t stop

28.07.2025 10

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Zohran Mamdani won by being himself – and his victory has revealed the Islamophobic ugliness of others

30.06.2025 10

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Western leaders call for diplomacy, but they won’t stop this war – they refuse to even name its cause

23.06.2025 10

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In Gaza, Israel destroyed its reputation. Attacking Iran is a belated and dangerous attempt to restore it

16.06.2025 10

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I got British citizenship via the five-year route. Labour’s new 10-year rule will cause untold pain

02.06.2025 20

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The turning point that wasn’t: the way the world talks about Israel’s war has changed. Nothing else has

26.05.2025 10

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Trump makes the Gulf states feel powerful, but the real test is: can they stop Israel’s war?

19.05.2025 20

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Welcome to the era of ‘hostage politics’, where Labour is apparently your only hope

12.05.2025 20

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With ‘AI slop’ distorting our reality, the world is sleepwalking into disaster

21.04.2025 20

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It is difficult to imagine a post-American world. But imagine it we must

14.04.2025 8

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Politicians want to normalise what’s happening in Gaza. Our moral outrage won’t let that happen

07.04.2025 20

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The siege of Khartoum has lifted. Left behind are scenes of unimaginable horror

31.03.2025 20

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Trump’s imperial plan is now eroding the rights of people who thought they were safe

24.03.2025 10

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Many said the Starmer era would be just Tory-lite – now it’s worse than that. Time to stop the pretence

17.03.2025 10

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‘Ceasefire’ is a hollow word for Palestinians – the killings, displacements and denial of aid continue

10.03.2025 10

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The dawn of a new world order? Finally! No wait not like that!

24.02.2025 10

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