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Draft-dodger Trump is flexing US military muscle - but can't see its big mistake

Draft-dodger Trump is flexing US military muscle - but can't see its big mistake

The aims of Donald Trump’s latest war are blurred with constantly shifting rationale for unleashing mayhem in the Middle East. There are suggestions...

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Ian Birrell

Parents, be realistic about how clever your child is - university isn't for everyone

Parents, be realistic about how clever your child is - university isn't for everyone

This week, Professor Adam Tickell, vice-chancellor of the University of Birmingham, suggested something that was once unsayable in British education:...

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Stefano Hatfield

Trump set out to humiliate Starmer - but instead handed him a lifeline

Trump set out to humiliate Starmer - but instead handed him a lifeline

Sir Keir Starmer has irked a US leader who is on a vaguely defined mission to liberate Iran from oppressive theocratic mullahs, stop an out-of-control...

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Anne Mcelvoy

Ostracising Beatrice and Eugenie is a cowardly move

Ostracising Beatrice and Eugenie is a cowardly move

There is no news that has given me greater pleasure in recent months than the increasingly frequent bulletins charting the downfall of the Queen’s...

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Lucy Mangan

My husband and I know we'd be great dads - here's why we're childfree

My husband and I know we'd be great dads - here's why we're childfree

At some point during almost every dinner or night out, the conversation turns to the same question. Someone leans in with a smile and says: “So…...

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Scott Mills

JD Vance is vanishing before our eyes

JD Vance is vanishing before our eyes

When the Iran war started, JD Vance was photographed in the White House Situation Room looking disheveled and tieless beneath the grand seal of the...

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Sarah Baxter

Trump's administration has gone full fascist

Trump's administration has gone full fascist

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...

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Patrick Cockburn

Starmer is facing a dangerous new rebellion. It could actually bring him down

Starmer is facing a dangerous new rebellion. It could actually bring him down

Sir Keir Starmer has a porn problem, and it could be as serious as the “Pincher moment” which did for Boris Johnson, Labour MPs are warning. In a...

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Kitty Donaldson

Trump has a dangerous new red line for his attack dogs

Trump has a dangerous new red line for his attack dogs

There is an old saying in politics: if you want loyalty, get a dog. The trouble for Kristi Noem is that she infamously shot hers as a 14-month-old...

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James Ball

The Bronx real estate hustler who proves Trump is the boss from hell

The Bronx real estate hustler who proves Trump is the boss from hell

Welcome to Power Players, The i Paper’s new opinion series in which our writers and experts take an in-depth look at the key figures in American...

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Ben Judah

In six days, Trump has exposed Britain for the broken, clunky machine it is

In six days, Trump has exposed Britain for the broken, clunky machine it is

You would have had to have been living under a rock this year not to take a punt that Donald Trump would attack Iran. From when the US President...

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Kitty Donaldson

We should pity the Dubai influencers - no, really

We should pity the Dubai influencers - no, really

Dubai’s defenders love to tell you that their luxury desert paradise is so safe you can leave your phone on the beach and nobody will touch it....

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Sarah Carson

People keep telling me I deserve to be disabled

People keep telling me I deserve to be disabled

During my long stay in hospital last year, my friend Katie made me laugh when she came to visit me, bringing a perfume called KARMA as a gift. Ironic,...

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Julie Burchill

Trump's inner circle are paranoid and confused - he's exposed

Trump's inner circle are paranoid and confused - he's exposed

Donald Trump has been doing his own spinning about Operation Epic Fury with a round of media interviews. But behind the confident chatter, the US...

04.03.2026 10

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Sarah Baxter

No one wants to say it, but Trump's tantrum could save Starmer

No one wants to say it, but Trump's tantrum could save Starmer

The Donald Trump charm offensive began even before he returned to the White House. Weeks before the 2024 presidential election, Sir Keir Starmer and...

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Hugo Gye

Childless women have become public enemy number one

Childless women have become public enemy number one

When I was growing up in the 1990s, it was teenage, single mothers who were the target of right-wing pundits, wanging on about “broken...

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Kate Lister

How to survive the age of chaos as a liberal

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...

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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Trump claims the special relationship is over. This is the truth

Trump claims the special relationship is over. This is the truth

Reports of the death of the special relationship are greatly exaggerated. Donald Trump might be having a pop at Sir Keir Starmer for not immediately...

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Kitty Donaldson

Reeves's Spring Statement was empty, dull - and an utter triumph

Reeves's Spring Statement was empty, dull - and an utter triumph

For the first time in a long time, Rachel Reeves looked happy. The Conservative benches tried their best to damage her. They mock-laughed whenever she...

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Ian Dunt

Trump has left Vance with no good options. The VP is fighting for his future

Trump has left Vance with no good options. The VP is fighting for his future

JD Vance, a man who styles himself as a devout Christian, made his deal with a devil a long time ago. When he saw that supporting Donald Trump – a...

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James Ball

If you want to understand why Britain is broken, just look down

If you want to understand why Britain is broken, just look down

In the manifesto which presaged the landslide election of this Labour Government, there was a very specific pledge. It wasn’t an abstract promise...

03.03.2026 9

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Simon Kelner

Grow up, freeloaders - students should absolutely pay for university

Grow up, freeloaders - students should absolutely pay for university

University has been sold to young people as the gateway to opportunity, yet the cost of that promise has risen dramatically. In England, graduates now...

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Kwasi Kwarteng

I never understood my pension - Rachel Reeves has changed that

I never understood my pension - Rachel Reeves has changed that

Last week, I had one of the most intimidating meetings of my life – and I’ve met prime ministers, a US president – and once had one-on-ones with...

02.03.2026 9

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Stefano Hatfield

My maternity nightmare left with me a broken coccyx and fourth-degree tearing

My maternity nightmare left with me a broken coccyx and fourth-degree tearing

I keep a record – more of a running total really, just the headlines and maybe a brief note appended here and there – of birth stories that make...

02.03.2026 9

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Lucy Mangan

The godfather of reality TV who turned Britain into a nation of narcissists

The godfather of reality TV who turned Britain into a nation of narcissists

Who broke Britain? Welcome to The i Paper’s opinion series in which our range of experts tackle this question and identify the individuals whose...

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Sarah Carson

No decent person should mourn the Ayatollah's death

No decent person should mourn the Ayatollah's death

Iran’s Supreme Leader has been granted his supposed heart’s desire, killed by the Great Satan at the age of 86. “Sometimes I imagine myself...

01.03.2026 10

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Ian Birrell

The Iran crisis has Labour insiders asking if Rayner could really be PM

The Iran crisis has Labour insiders asking if Rayner could really be PM

The fate of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei along with the head of the mighty Revolutionary Guards and the country’s defence minister and security corps,...

01.03.2026 9

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Anne Mcelvoy

Trump has gambled everything on Iran's collapse. It spells disaster

Trump has gambled everything on Iran's collapse. It spells disaster

The US and Israeli surprise attack on Iran has had a huge early success by killing the Iranian spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along with...

01.03.2026 8

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Patrick Cockburn

Trump’s showdown with the Ayatollah will reshape the world

Trump’s showdown with the Ayatollah will reshape the world

President Donald Trump has assembled the largest American naval armada in the Middle East since the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. He is using this...

28.02.2026 10

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Patrick Cockburn

A new dark age is dawning for British politics

A new dark age is dawning for British politics

Yesterday’s result in the Gorton and Denton by-election confirms that when it comes to political leadership, we are truly without a paddle. Or to...

28.02.2026 9

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Adam Boulton

Trump fanned the Epstein flames – and now he can't escape them

Trump fanned the Epstein flames – and now he can't escape them

Donald Trump has at last got the Clintons where he wanted – in the dock, giving testimony about Jeffrey Epstein to Congress. Trump first mooted the...

27.02.2026 8

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Sarah Baxter

A bomb has detonated under UK politics. And Starmer has no answer

A bomb has detonated under UK politics. And Starmer has no answer

A bomb has gone off under British politics. And the fuse was lit by a blonde, working-class woman plumber with four greyhounds who relaxes by watching...

27.02.2026 10

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Kitty Donaldson

Labour's ugliest-ever political strategy has utterly failed

Labour's ugliest-ever political strategy has utterly failed

The Gorton and Denton by-election is not just a judgement on who will run the constituency. It sounds the death knell on an entire political strategy....

27.02.2026 9

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Ian Dunt

Epstein is burning reputations - and King Charles is not immune

Epstein is burning reputations - and King Charles is not immune

If you care to visit the Epstein Library and put Prince Charles – as he then was – into its search engine, you will find 61 entries under the name...

26.02.2026 7

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Simon Kelner

Public blood lust for Andrew lets the Royal Family off the hook

Public blood lust for Andrew lets the Royal Family off the hook
26.02.2026 10

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Kate Maltby

Forever chemicals are in our tap water – but there is a £15 solution

Forever chemicals are in our tap water – but there is a £15 solution
26.02.2026 2

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Tom Bawden

Splitting bills 50/50 with your partner? Good luck making your relationship last

Splitting bills 50/50 with your partner? Good luck making your relationship last
26.02.2026 10

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Simon Kelner

Trump is causing something worse than outrage: boredom

25.02.2026 9

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James Ball

The UK's plan for civilians in a war is terrifying – you're on your own

25.02.2026 6

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Keir Giles

Labour gutted its ambition to save young workers. Now they're 'riddled with panic'

24.02.2026 10

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Andrew Fisher

I interviewed Andrew. He 'prince-splained' amid his absurd teddies

24.02.2026 6

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Kitty Donaldson

Putin's hypersonic missiles are his trump card against the West

24.02.2026 7

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Paul Wood

Trump has turned the US into a laughing stock

24.02.2026 10

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Jon Sopel

William Beveridge: the man to blame for Britain's disastrous benefits system

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Henry Hill

It's time to talk about who could replace the monarchy

22.02.2026 10

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Ian Birrell

The real reason we can't resist the lure of weight-loss drugs

21.02.2026 10

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Emma Barnett

Andrew is not the first royal arrested – but there is one striking difference now

21.02.2026 10

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Kate Williams

Happy Birthday Andrew and thank you for exposing the sham of royalty

20.02.2026 4

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Poppy Jay

Make no mistake, Andrew can still bring the royals crashing down with him

19.02.2026 9

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Adam Boulton

There is no better patriotic sight than seeing Andrew arrested

19.02.2026 10

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Ian Dunt