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Ousting Starmer over Mandelson would be madness – yet it’s open season in Westminster

Ousting Starmer over Mandelson would be madness – yet it’s open season in Westminster

Does the United Kingdom really need a new prime minister? In particular, does it need Wes Streeting, Angela Rayner or Ed Miliband, reportedly lining...

24.04.2026 10

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Sanctions don’t result in regime change. Whether against Iran or Russia, western countries need shrewder tactics

The chancellor of the exchequer and the IMF agree. Britain’s economy is about to take its greatest hit for decades. This is collateral damage from...

17.04.2026 20

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These enormous wind turbine projects would damage Wales – and all to supply the rest of the UK with energy

Yes, the world is getting hotter, and yes, Britain should produce more renewable energy. But what should be the price of that principle? The Cambrian...

10.04.2026 10

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To a world at a loss as to how to handle Trump, I say this: the only answer may be to wait him out

The US is extraordinary. One day it goes to the far side of the moon and revives the space age. On the same day, its president is looking to the far...

03.04.2026 10

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This is a key moment in the war on Iran – and Starmer must resist the UK being dragged into it any further

Is this the turning point? A deranged US president and an Israeli prime minister facing prosecution are seeking to entice the armies of the world into...

20.03.2026 50

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The king’s visit to the US must go ahead despite Trump’s terrible military aggression

Should King Charles’s state visit to the United States next month be cancelled? The case for doing so is powerful. America is waging an unprovoked...

13.03.2026 20

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Trump broke his promises to pursue this unwinnable war. Britain must not follow him into the abyss

Keir Starmer’s immediate response to the Israeli-US attack on Iran last weekend was sensible and correct. Donald Trump had lied that the US was at...

06.03.2026 30

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Dirty Business, The Lady, Mandelson’s arrest – are they truth, ‘faction’ or just more drama?

Was that really Peter Mandelson getting into a police car on Monday? Was it really the same Mandelson who had supposedly been about to flee to the...

27.02.2026 20

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Stripped of finery, detained by police as an ordinary citizen: now Andrew – and Britain – enter a whole new era

The arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is a seismic moment for the royal family as well as for himself. On one hand, it is hard to believe any...

19.02.2026 20

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After a mad week, Labour is hopefully seeing sense: Starmer needs to stay

They roared, they stamped and they cheered. On Monday, the parliamentary Labour party reacted as it should when its leader hit a spot of bother. It...

13.02.2026 150

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Here is a political lesson progressives need to learn, and fast: British pubs are crucial

05.02.2026 10

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Mary Berry, and now Prue Leith. Retiring in your 80s is the new 60s

23.01.2026 20

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Panicking over Greenland plays into Trump’s hands – it’s time for cool heads and stalling diplomacy

16.01.2026 30

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Why the surprise over Trump’s Venezuela coup? US presidents promise isolation – and deliver war

06.01.2026 40

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Here’s a pick-me-up for the January blues: this could well be Nigel Farage’s last year on top

02.01.2026 60

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Merry Christmas, Keir Starmer: despite everything, you’re still the best man for the job

19.12.2025 20

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Trans rights should be a private affair. A toxic debate does no one any favours

12.12.2025 20

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Labour wants to ramp up facial recognition. What if our data ends up in the wrong hands?

05.12.2025 20

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David Lammy is right to slash the use of juries – it’s an open-and-shut case

28.11.2025 10

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Unelected Lords are blocking assisted dying – this is a democratic outrage

20.11.2025 20

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Homelessness is increasingly hard to ignore – unless you are the Labour party

14.11.2025 20

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My verdict on the ‘woke’ review of England’s school curriculum? It isn’t radical enough

07.11.2025 20

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Britain would do well to remember where its power over China lies

30.10.2025 30

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In Gaza, and now Ukraine, Donald Trump may be peace activists’ greatest ally. That deserves our backing

20.10.2025 20

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The latest Prince Andrew abuse claims are a new low for the Royal Family. In this form, it can’t survive

The royal family was always a disaster waiting to happen. Its creation as a marketable entity in the 1960s by the late Queen Elizabeth II was meant to...

17.10.2025 30

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Even more annoying machines? Guardian readers share their most frustrating technofoibles

10.10.2025 20

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We all know Brexit’s to blame for the crisis facing UK steel – it’s time for politicians to be honest and reverse it

10.10.2025 30

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Why does Reform seem unassailable? Because this is party conference season, when politicos always lose the plot

04.10.2025 20

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Trump’s visit revealed a stark truth: Britain feels more than ever like a country stuck in the past

19.09.2025 30

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Starmer fancies himself a leader among leaders – but his tough talk on defence is just expensive bluster

12.09.2025 20

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Trump’s ‘Gaza Riviera’ plan is an obscenity. Can we really trust Tony Blair to have told him so?

03.09.2025 40

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As William moves to Forest Lodge, an era of pushbike royals beckons. Will that save the monarchy?

21.08.2025 30

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As thousands more teenagers scramble for university places, I have to ask – why?

14.08.2025 40

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If mansion owners paid a fair council tax, local authorities wouldn’t be in such a mess

08.08.2025 20

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He may talk rubbish but Trump has an eye for beauty, and that is a breath of fresh air

01.08.2025 20

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Another way we are failing an entire generation: we must teach young people to speak

24.07.2025 20

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This fiasco didn’t start when Britain leaked Afghans’ names, but when we invaded their country

18.07.2025 20

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Ed Miliband would let a turbine farm destroy Brontë country. We need net zero, but at what cost?

14.07.2025 30

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This was Les Mis in the Commons – and Kemi Badenoch couldn’t resist hamming it up

04.07.2025 20

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Ben Jennings on Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s Venice wedding – cartoon

26.06.2025 20

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Note to Starmer and the other sabre-rattlers. Why spend billions on weapons – soft power would keep us safe

26.06.2025 20

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How bad is the HS2 fiasco now? So bad it’s time to listen to Nigel Farage

19.06.2025 20

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Labour had the chance to finally kill off HS2. Instead, it’s throwing more money into the pit

13.06.2025 20

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Sadiq Khan is right: Britain must decriminalise cannabis – or remain in the dark ages

05.06.2025 30

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From the day Britain left the EU, this reset was inevitable. What a pointless waste of time, money and effort

23.05.2025 30

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Move civil servants out of London: fine. But that won’t curb Whitehall’s grip on Britain

15.05.2025 20

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Will Nigel Farage and Reform UK kill off the Tories? Don’t be so ridiculous

09.05.2025 20

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Here’s a radical way to save England’s collapsing justice system: get rid of juries

05.05.2025 10

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Youth centres may seem tame fare for politicians. But I’ve seen firsthand how they cut crime

25.04.2025 30

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Votes for 16-year-olds? Sorry, but I’m not convinced

17.04.2025 20

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