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Badenoch’s ‘Kemistry’ delusion is gifting Burnham a glittering opportunity

Badenoch’s ‘Kemistry’ delusion is gifting Burnham a glittering opportunity

This may be more suited to a confessional than a newspaper column but I have a fascination with Kemi Badenoch that is becoming faintly absurd. As...

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James O'Brien

The dangerous lie women are being told about work

The dangerous lie women are being told about work

It is a great relief that I entered the job market before the term “personal brand” had entered common parlance, because God only knows who I’d...

yesterday 9

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Sarah Carson

Trump’s bombers leaving Britain is a warning we must not ignore

Trump’s bombers leaving Britain is a warning we must not ignore

The United States Air Force has suddenly withdrawn all of its bombers from RAF Fairford, amid claims that the Americans are concerned about...

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Mark Wallace

Andrew is fighting his criminal case, but I know why it won’t save him

Andrew is fighting his criminal case, but I know why it won’t save him

Like a jack-in-the-box on steroids, he refuses to lie down. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has popped up again – this time declaring war on Thames...

previous day 3

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Jennie Bond

A tradwife is exposing the sham of Trump's America

A tradwife is exposing the sham of Trump's America

To find joy in someone’s misery is not a good or admirable thing. But, viewed in a certain light, Bernadine Bluntly’s story offers much of it. For...

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Lucy Mangan

The forgotten Victorian who ruined Britain… by giving us bank holidays

The forgotten Victorian who ruined Britain… by giving us bank holidays

Who broke Britain? Welcome to The i Paper’s opinion series in which experts and writers debate the issues that concern them about modern Britain....

previous day 10

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Patrick Kidd

The real reason high flying women are obsessed with manifesting

The real reason high flying women are obsessed with manifesting

Something strange keeps happening to me. I’ll be at a party chatting to a successful woman – say, a doctor or businesswoman – and upon...

sunday 20

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Pravina Rudra

The best thing I taught my sons – that saves me any embarrassment

The best thing I taught my sons – that saves me any embarrassment

At a time when it is hard to get people to agree on barely anything, here’s a truism we can all sign up to: good manners cost nothing. You may think...

sunday 10

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Victoria Derbyshire

The leaked recording that shows why Republicans are done with Trump

The leaked recording that shows why Republicans are done with Trump

The US President has cleared his White House diary to concentrate on the midterm elections. Trump regards himself as “the closer”, the guy who can...

03.10.2026 60

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Sarah Baxter

Netanyahu is fighting for his future. In the West Bank, Palestinians are losing theirs

Netanyahu is fighting for his future. In the West Bank, Palestinians are losing theirs

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

03.10.2026 20

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Patrick Cockburn

Farage has lost his touch. He is yesterday's man

Farage has lost his touch. He is yesterday's man

Not so long ago Nigel Farage was riding high in the opinion polls and blithely picking out new curtains and cushions for No 10. But despite this...

02.10.2026 10

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Lorraine Kelly

The Tories’ birthplace reveals a party fighting for its life

The Tories’ birthplace reveals a party fighting for its life

Welcome to The Fight for the Right, The i Paper’s new opinion series exploring the ideas, personalities and parties battling to shape the right of...

02.10.2026 5

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Nigel Morris

Man City's ship is sinking. Burnham doesn't need to go down with it

Man City's ship is sinking. Burnham doesn't need to go down with it

For us Manchester City fans, it was a little glimmer of light in what have been irredeemably dark days. Andy Burnham, with the applause of the Labour...

01.10.2026 10

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Simon Kelner

Giving up the triple lock state pension would be my generation’s gift to Britain

Giving up the triple lock state pension would be my generation’s gift to Britain

In December I will be 77 years old. The end comes closer. I have age-related ailments – small stuff triggers unreasonable reactions and I often feel...

30.09.2026 20

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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

I’ve got so much sympathy for Harry and Meghan – but they don’t help themselves

I’ve got so much sympathy for Harry and Meghan – but they don’t help themselves

It’s not quite “I told you so”, but Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, has been proved at least partially right about the paparazzi’s interest in her...

30.09.2026 20

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Jennie Bond

Britain won’t get richer by making pensioners poorer

Britain won’t get richer by making pensioners poorer

It’s conference time, and this year the Labour Party is flogging hope to its supporters. Not just hope, but “hope again” – a crafty bit of...

29.09.2026 10

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Ella Whelan

Nothing says 'broken Britain' like our middle classes seeking benefits

Nothing says 'broken Britain' like our middle classes seeking benefits

The traditional middle-class taboo against signing on for welfare is breaking down. It’s not long ago that claiming all sorts of benefits, even if...

29.09.2026 10

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Mark Wallace

I’m a Man City fan and my life is utterly changed

I’m a Man City fan and my life is utterly changed

“I know what I saw. And I know how I felt.” This was Noel Gallagher’s poetic response to the news that his club, my club – the club that...

29.09.2026 20

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Simon Kelner

The generation that will never retire

The generation that will never retire

It’s all change at Labour’s party conference in Liverpool. The mood is positive and, in an incredibly rare turn of events for contemporary British...

28.09.2026 20

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Vicky Spratt

Labour conference

Labour conference

Labour is caught between sunny aspiration and cold reality. All around the conference centre in Liverpool are banners with the party’s slogan: Hope...

28.09.2026 30

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Ian Dunt

The Ranulph Fiennes case should make every family have one difficult conversation

The Ranulph Fiennes case should make every family have one difficult conversation

There are certain conversations families avoid until they are forced to have them. Death is one, funerals are another, and lasting power of attorney...

28.09.2026 20

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Stefano Hatfield

The most alarming thing about the fertility crisis isn’t the lack of babies

The most alarming thing about the fertility crisis isn’t the lack of babies

Earlier this month, I went for a day’s diving in Thailand. Obviously, it is the time spent beneath the waves that draws me to this beautiful...

28.09.2026 20

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Ian Birrell

George Osborne: the prince of austerity who fuelled our raging housing crisis

George Osborne: the prince of austerity who fuelled our raging housing crisis

Who broke Britain? Welcome to The i Paper’s opinion series in which experts and writers debate the issues that concern them about modern Britain....

28.09.2026 20

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Vicky Spratt

The real reason Andy Burnham is dodging an early election

The real reason Andy Burnham is dodging an early election

Andy Burnham’s first party conference as leader has vast hoardings emblazoned with a “Hope Again” motto. It has second-marriage undertones –...

27.09.2026 90

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Anne McElvoy

Trump talked down the oil crisis all summer. Winter will expose him

Trump talked down the oil crisis all summer. Winter will expose him

When Donald Trump took to the stage at the UN General Assembly last week, he had a seemingly endless list of the USA’s triumphs to show off to the...

27.09.2026 20

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James Ball

The triple lock is a drop in the ocean - so why are we using it to attack old people?

This is Armchair Economics with Hamish McRae, a subscriber-only newsletter from The i Paper. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox,...

24.09.2026 30

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Hamish McRae

I should detest Earl Spencer, but this is why I’m defending him

Charles Spencer represents all that I detest in our class-riven country. An aristocrat, raised to believe he is better than us commoners; a serial...

23.09.2026 30

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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Billionaire Jim Ratcliffe should keep Britain's name out of his mouth

Call me old-fashioned but few things strike me as more compelling evidence of a genuine love for a country than, well, living in it. Euromillions...

23.09.2026 30

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James O'Brien

Trump is losing his grip. But Burnham can learn his greatest trick

What “common ground” could Andy Burnham possibly have with Donald Trump? As well as the two men having markedly different politics, the US...

22.09.2026 30

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Isabel Hardman

How dare boomers like me mock young people over their job-interview style

A former mentor of mine, an uncompromising newspaper editor of the old school, once told me that he could tell whether a job applicant was going to be...

22.09.2026 20

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Simon Kelner

This unseemly royal row is spinning out of control

Who are we to believe, as this monumental row, ignited by Earl Spencer’s hard-hitting book about his sister, Diana Princess of Wales, rumbles on? In...

21.09.2026 20

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Jennie Bond

I want my daughters to be happy. So I told them to leave Britain

Rolling our eyes is a very British reaction to Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s latest comments about Britain’s taxes and decline. A billionaire tax exile in...

21.09.2026 40

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Stefano Hatfield

The six words that could save Burnham’s meeting with Trump

Tuesday afternoon might well rank as one of the riskiest moments of Andy Burnham’s so-far sunlit premiership. He will sit down at the UN...

20.09.2026 30

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Anne McElvoy

The cosy Coldplay trap

I wonder what Chris Martin will have been thinking this week as he watched Ed Sheeran bury himself in the worst PR disaster of his career – and...

20.09.2026 30

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Eleanor Halls

Trump's voters are turning on him. Republicans know exactly why

Bo French is a Republican politician running for election to an obscure regulatory body called the Texas Railroad Commission. He was a nobody until...

20.09.2026 50

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Sarah Baxter

America’s Trump nightmare has a lesson for anyone who wants to stop Farage

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

19.09.2026 40

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Patrick Cockburn

Harry is watching as Earl Spencer reopens his father’s oldest wounds

What motivated Earl Spencer to level accusations at an elderly King Charles, nearly 30 years after the tragic death of Princess Diana? This is a tale...

19.09.2026 30

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Anne McElvoy

JD Vance's favourite trashy TV show reveals everything you need to know about him

As if his old-school views on women, marriage and family weren’t bad enough, the Vice President of the United States has just revealed he likes a TV...

18.09.2026 30

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Poppy Jay

The left-wing blueprint that could be Farage’s undoing

Nigel Farage and Reform UK seemed unstoppable. The party was inexorably building mass support; the supreme leader was lavishly praised. Even...

18.09.2026 20

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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Diana remains utterly unforgettable – it's her greatest revenge

“Rest assured we will forget her soon enough.” Words spoken by King Charles in the febrile days after the death of Princess Diana, according to...

18.09.2026 30

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Lorraine Kelly

Musicians in the 1960s used to stand for something - Ed Sheeran should be ashamed

“Come mothers and fathersThroughout the landAnd don’t criticizeWhat you can’t understandYour sons and your daughtersAre beyond your command”...

17.09.2026 40

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Simon Kelner

Water companies are slowly fixing leaks – but you can save money and water for free

The UK has a major leakage problem. A fifth of water supplies are lost to leaking pipes, and hot weather has increased the colossal waste of this...

17.09.2026 10

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Tom Bawden

This is the calm before the storm for the housing market

This is Armchair Economics with Hamish McRae, a subscriber-only newsletter from The i Paper. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox,...

17.09.2026 50

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Hamish McRae

Piddington, you're welcome to leave the UK. Don't let the door hit you on the way out

Piddington is apparently very proud of itself. It has voted to leave the UK, because it so detests the idea of living next to asylum seekers. “We...

16.09.2026 50

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Ian Dunt

Shameless Trump obsessives pose a grave threat to our country – and this proves it

The list of things Nigel Farage will do for money is long, unedifying and, in the week that we learned of £72m being donated to his party by a couple...

16.09.2026 20

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James O'Brien

The reason Trump may be the worst-ever President – and it's not what you think

When the time comes to render a verdict on Donald Trump’s second presidency, there are plenty of crises that could damage his score. Having promised...

15.09.2026 30

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James Ball

The picture-perfect river that exposes the threat to Britain's ancient landscape

The Spey flowing out of the Highlands is Scotland’s most iconic salmon river on whose banks stand distilleries producing half of all Scotch whisky....

15.09.2026 40

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Patrick Cockburn

Labour's attack on Reform is straight out of the Trump playbook

There are plenty of reasons why you might dislike the two huge donations announced by Reform UK over the weekend. Perhaps you fear the prospect of...

14.09.2026 30

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Mark Wallace

Harry and Meghan look happy. But the icy silence from certain royals is ominous

Little has changed. And yet, so much has changed. The latest Instagram glimpse into the world of the Sussexes once again offers snippets of a family...

14.09.2026 30

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Jennie Bond

In private, the Chancellor is making difficult choices. Here's what we know

John Healey is a man who enjoys a greasy spoon fry-up, but only if it comes with a large dollop of HP Sauce on the side. Over bacon and eggs, the...

14.09.2026 30

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Kitty Donaldson