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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

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The grim irony of Labour’s anti-immigrant rabble rousers

The grim irony of Labour’s anti-immigrant rabble rousers

On Friday, we dined at an Oxford college. It was all very graceful and civilised. Unfortunately, a typhoon of fury about Home Secretary Shabana...

11.03.2026 10

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How to survive the age of chaos as a liberal

So, what do virtuous, liberal, democrats do now? This is the question of our age. Each new event, whether domestic or international, forces us to...

04.03.2026 10

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There is no way I am giving my life up to grandparent

19.02.2026 10

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Reform's white nationalism will extinguish everything good about Britain

A new species of white nationalism is propagating across the UK. It’s a fast-growing weed, resistant to herbicides, and assiduously nurtured by...

18.02.2026 10

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Don't be fooled by the Royal Family's sudden concern for Epstein's victims

12.02.2026 7

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The war the world would rather forget

04.02.2026 9

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Trump bullies the world like a mob boss. But a new order is rising

28.01.2026 10

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Margaret Thatcher: The pitiless PM who sold the country to get-rich predators

26.01.2026 20

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Divorce is bad for Britain, but nobody wants to say it

21.01.2026 10

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I never thought I'd say this, but I agree with Kemi Badenoch

13.01.2026 10

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The far right is rising and the UK is on the edge. Here's how I stay hopeful

30.12.2025 10

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Pensioners like me have a moral responsibility to downsize for young people

27.12.2025 10

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Labour's treatment of hunger-striking protesters is a disgrace

23.12.2025 1

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Voting Reform because you want change? Let's be honest about what that looks like

16.12.2025 4

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This is how to take on Tommy Robinson at Christmas

09.12.2025 10

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The British state is quietly erasing one of your fundamental rights

18.11.2025 7

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I’m a fervent feminist, but it’s time we praised decent men too

05.11.2025 10

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People of colour are feeling the flames of racism burning our skins again

28.10.2025 5

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The monarchy is rotten to the core - not just Prince Andrew

15.10.2025 10

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Let's call Farage's deportation policy what it really is

22.09.2025 9

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Racism towards Diane Abbott is worse when it comes from her own party

17.09.2025 6

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I have recoiled from flags all my life – false patriotism is all around us

10.09.2025 9

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Keir Starmer, let me tell you why we can't vote for you any more

03.09.2025 10

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I appeared on Any Questions - and it revealed the truth about immigration protests

26.08.2025 7

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Ignore the narratives about hateful Britain - I've never been prouder to be British

20.08.2025 10

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Means test the state pension - pensioners today have become too selfish

29.07.2025 10

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Why I refuse to 'understand' the mobs outside asylum hotels

28.07.2025 10

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The mood is shifting on Gaza – but spineless UK is being left behind

22.07.2025 4

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From ‘The Salt Path’ to my fake columns, we can't recognise truth anymore

15.07.2025 10

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Bob Vylan and Kneecap row shows the right's hypocrisy on free speech

30.06.2025 10

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Support for Israel is fading away - but our leaders haven't caught up

25.06.2025 5

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The questions the BBC must answer on impartiality

18.06.2025 8

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The one thing Starmer can never say again to pensioners like me 

10.06.2025 10

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I never thought I’d say this, but I actually feel sorry for Sarah Vine

03.06.2025 10

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Starmer won’t fix child poverty because it doesn’t help him win an election

28.05.2025 9

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We think our society is free - it isn’t

21.05.2025 5

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Pity Farage and Starmer, the real 'strangers' on this inclusive island

14.05.2025 10

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Blind allegiance to Nigel Farage will backfire on his supporters

06.05.2025 10

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Virginia Giuffre’s plight has a parallel here in the UK

29.04.2025 7

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Gary Lineker is bravely speaking truth to power on Israel

25.04.2025 10

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I often despair at England - but here I got a second chance

22.04.2025 8

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Now the rest of you see the ugly face of America

15.04.2025 7

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Our empathy is at an all time low - and it's down to identity politics

11.04.2025 5

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Right-wingers demanding Lucy Connolly's release don't care about women in prison

08.04.2025 6

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The political and cultural cowardice of Trump and Starmer

03.04.2025 10

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Boys are the victims of an epidemic of fatherlessness

25.03.2025 10

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Trump's frenzied attacks on 'wokeism' are infecting the UK

21.03.2025 10

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Blind faith that Labour will do the right thing is unforgivably naive

18.03.2025 10

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The conversation about trans rights is cooling – we are embracing kindness again

11.03.2025 10

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Am I 'woke' for seeing Picasso's art through the lens of his misogyny?

07.03.2025 6

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