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Rory Hanrahan

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A business rates cut won’t save our pubs

When the announcement arrived this morning that Andy Burnham is cutting business rates for pubs, social clubs and live music venues by 20 per cent...

23.07.2026 10

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Andy Burnham is not the messiah

Labour’s almost messianic embrace of Andy Burnham, the near-crazed glint in the eyes of the party’s backbenchers when they whisper his name, is...

26.06.2026 20

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The World Cup can’t save England’s pubs

Those endless days of an English summer are nearly upon us. The smell of freshly-cut grass drifts across the village green. Cricket is returning to...

11.06.2026 20

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Kemi Badenoch responded to Henry Nowak’s murder with class

Henry Nowak was an 18-year-old student who was stabbed five times in Southampton and left bleeding out while police handcuffed him and cautioned him....

05.06.2026 20

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IRA trial / Will Gerry Adams let truth prevail?

Picture Gerry Adams in a dimly lit courtroom, one hand raised in statesmanlike denial, the other twitching like Dr. Strangelove’s infamous Nazi...

09.03.2026 30

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Last call / Can Nigel Farage save the great British pub?

07.02.2026 20

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Can Nigel Farage save the great British pub?

07.02.2026 30

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Starmer’s war on pubs shows he was never serious about growth

19.01.2026 50

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Social media visa vetting would protect Britain's Jews

04.01.2026 30

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Why pubs shouldn't ban Labour MPs

27.12.2025 40

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Sins of the father / It's no surprise that the Bondi Beach attackers are related

18.12.2025 30

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Sins of the father / It's no surprise that the Bondi Beach attackers are related

17.12.2025 30

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Herzog Park / Dublin is quietly becoming a Jew-free city

01.12.2025 30

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Rachel Reeves may have just killed the Great British pub

27.11.2025 20

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Britain has imported Ireland’s sectarian strife

08.11.2025 20

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Drink up / Why Jeremy Clarkson’s pub, The Farmer’s Dog, is thriving

03.11.2025 30

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Drink up / Why Jeremy Clarkson’s pub, The Farmer’s Dog, is thriving

02.11.2025 30

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United States / Charlie Kirk could have been president

13.09.2025 20

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Charlie Kirk could have been president

12.09.2025 20

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Let’s raise a pint to BrewDog – and hope it bounces back

07.09.2025 40

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The great British pub is not dead yet

09.08.2025 20

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Norman Tebbit, forgiveness and my father, the IRA bomber

13.07.2025 30

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Last orders / Red tape is ruining Britain’s pubs

29.06.2025 30

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Red tape is ruining Britain’s pubs

29.06.2025 30

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The sad death of the English pub

26.05.2025 30

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Why do some Irish people hate Israel so much?

09.05.2025 20

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Rory Hanrahan