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Lewes looks like an idyll. Yet it represents so much that is wrong with the UK

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Britain’s future is more uncertain than at any time since 1945

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There is little point in recognising a Palestinian state reduced to rubble

22.05.2025 6

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Trump and Putin’s call opens the door to talks, but in Ukraine the fighting will go on

20.05.2025 4

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Europe demonises Trump – yet has no plan to end these wars

19.05.2025 9

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Nigel Farage is just like Ian Paisley

10.05.2025 5

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Israel is now a Middle East superpower

06.05.2025 3

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Keir Starmer is the UK's Joe Biden

03.05.2025 5

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Moral and physical courage essential to stop Trump

26.04.2025 10

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In Gaza, we are seeing the normalisation of evil

19.04.2025 10

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Joe Biden should not be shocked at what is happening in the US – much of it is his fault

16.04.2025 3

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Trump is deciding the fate of billions with demonic frivolity

12.04.2025 10

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Trump's Liz Truss moment will hurt America forever

10.04.2025 3

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Trump has abdicated America's superpower status

05.04.2025 6

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Trump is trying to turn back the clock - but it will cost Americans dearly

03.04.2025 5

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Putin will escalate the war if he doesn't get what he wants from Trump

31.03.2025 3

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Donald Trump is making too many enemies to succeed

29.03.2025 9

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Trump and other 'populists' are showing themselves to be the fascists they always were

22.03.2025 10

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Trump and Putin’s call showed peace in Ukraine is still a long way off

19.03.2025 5

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The mass killings in Syria are being ignored – but may shape the Middle East

17.03.2025 7

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The nuclear town rising from the ashes of austerity

13.03.2025 10

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An obvious trap has been set for Putin

12.03.2025 5

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The death of 642 British soldiers is a warning to Starmer on Ukraine

08.03.2025 20

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Starmer's peace plan means little - Trump holds the real power

03.03.2025 3

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Critics of Trump must have their own peace plan

22.02.2025 4

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It’s naive to assume Trump has betrayed Ukraine

20.02.2025 4

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Southport and Nottingham killings expose the failures of our mental health system

15.02.2025 10

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A dramatic and drastically different Europe is about to emerge

13.02.2025 6

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Supreme power has eroded whatever judgement Trump once had

11.02.2025 4

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Trump's own Trail of Tears: Gaza plans are reminiscent of US treatment of Native Americans

08.02.2025 20

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Trump's 'Night of the Long Knives' brings fascism closer

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Starmer's political instincts are poor – he looks increasingly like the UK's Joe Biden

25.01.2025 10

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Oligarchs are capitulating, but Americans are deeply divided on Trump

20.01.2025 5

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Gaza war has nurtured more hate than any conflict since 1945

17.01.2025 5

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This is not the Donald Trump Israel expected

16.01.2025 3

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A ceasefire at last - but the seeds of future conflicts have been sown

15.01.2025 2

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It's time for Labour to take the fight to Elon Musk

11.01.2025 9

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This is a century already shaped by war - and inadequate leaders

This is Dispatches with Patrick Cockburn, a subscriber-only newsletter from i. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox, every single...

04.01.2025 3

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The only war Donald Trump really wants to win

The second Donald Trump presidency will differ crucially from the first because, from his first day in the White House, he must cope with...

31.12.2024 3

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'It is like being back in Victorian times' – low pay, uncertain hours and a workforce in revolt

Alex, a waitress in a restaurant on a zero-hours contract, says that the worst aspect of her job is that “you cannot control your life, and you...

16.12.2024 7

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The new carve -up of the Middle East will not bring peace

This is Dispatches with Patrick Cockburn, a subscriber-only newsletter from i. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox, every single...

14.12.2024 4

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The winners and losers of the political earthquake in Syria

At first glance, the international winners and losers following the overthrow of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad are obvious enough. The US,...

10.12.2024 3

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The likely fall of Assad – and what happens next

Syrian rebels are attacking towards the city of Homs in central Syria, the fall of which will open the road to Damascus and the overthrow of...

06.12.2024 6

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The fall of Aleppo has reignited two civil wars

Syrian rebels have captured most of Aleppo, Syria’s second largest city, after launching a surprise offensive in which they have so far faced...

05.12.2024 6

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The Arab world has been crushed between two jaws

We are witnessing a new carve-up of the Arab world more radical than anything that has happened since the UK and France as imperial powers...

30.11.2024 6

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The ceasefire in Lebanon will reshape the Middle East

The ceasefire in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah may be shaky, but it is nevertheless an important stage in the radical reshaping of the...

27.11.2024 3

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Can America ever really be great again?

This is Dispatches with Patrick Cockburn, a subscriber-only newsletter from i. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox, every single...

23.11.2024 30

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Joe Biden has provoked Putin but this is not WW3

The decision by President Joe Biden to permit Ukraine to use US-supplied missiles to strike inside Russia is another shift in the escalatory spiral...

18.11.2024 2

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From the Church to the US, we are cursed with second-rate leaders

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16.11.2024 3

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Is Trump a fascist? Probably - but not like those of the 30s

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09.11.2024 3

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