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Should Keir Starmer resign? The i Paper experts’ verdicts

Should Keir Starmer resign? The i Paper experts’ verdicts

It was predicted that Labour would lose seats and councils in Thursday’s local elections, but the results have delivered a verdict even more damning...

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The I Paper Team

Farage in No 10 is now a reality. These results prove it

Farage in No 10 is now a reality. These results prove it

Nigel Farage is the ultimate political gambler, so it was fitting he used a racing metaphor to describe Reform UK’s overnight surge. He compared the...

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Kitty Donaldson

The only man in Britain that no one hates

The only man in Britain that no one hates

He is a creature every bit as rare as those he stalks in the undergrowth to observe. He may, in fact, be the last living example of a breed facing...

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Simon Kelner

I'm an economist. Trump's war is driving up food prices - here's what to do

I'm an economist. Trump's war is driving up food prices - here's what to do

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,...

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Hamish Mcrae

More people than you think wear wigs - so I tried one for a day of drinking in York

More people than you think wear wigs - so I tried one for a day of drinking in York

Dolly Parton was once asked how long it takes to do her hair. To which she answered: “I wouldn’t know. I’m never there!”. It was my...

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Kate Lister

Farage is not an insurgent. He leads an anti-elite party while pocketing millions

Farage is not an insurgent. He leads an anti-elite party while pocketing millions

The main effect of multiparty politics on Britain is seemingly to replace two useless parties with five of them. This local election campaign has...

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Ian Dunt

Cod and chips is off the menu - here's what to get instead

Cod and chips is off the menu - here's what to get instead

In the UK, we love cod. It makes up the bulk of the 167 million servings of fish and chips we get through a year. But a stark warning that cod stocks...

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Tom Bawden

Britain's ethno-nationalists demand racial purity. But their fever dream is wrong

Britain's ethno-nationalists demand racial purity. But their fever dream is wrong

Way back, I wrote a story on a mixed-race couple whose identical twins had different skin colours. One was dark, the other white. Readers were...

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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Polanski is entering his Corbyn era – and we know how that ended

Polanski is entering his Corbyn era – and we know how that ended

It’s time for Zack Polanski to make a stand against the antisemitism rippling through his Green Party. Not only is it the right thing to do, it’s...

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Kitty Donaldson

The ‘pro-white nationalist’ whose power over Trump grows every day

The ‘pro-white nationalist’ whose power over Trump grows every day

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

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Hannah gais

Trump may end up restarting his war against his own wishes

Trump may end up restarting his war against his own wishes

The US-Iran ceasefire is disintegrating as the US claims to have broken the Iranian grip on the Strait of Hormuz, something which Iran says it will...

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Patrick Cockburn

Starmer is electoral kryptonite but a roster of amateurs won't save Labour

Starmer is electoral kryptonite but a roster of amateurs won't save Labour

If the polls are to be believed, a bruising set of local election results are on the way for Sir Keir Starmer and his government. Following multiple...

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Hugo Gye

Putin is in retreat across the globe. But he has one great hope left for victory

Putin is in retreat across the globe. But he has one great hope left for victory

What does Putin do next? Welcome to The i Paper’s opinion series in which our writers and experts take a deeper look at the future for the Russian...

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Paul Mason

Even I have to admit it - Starmer has utterly failed us

Even I have to admit it - Starmer has utterly failed us

If the polls are to be believed, a bruising set of local election results are on the way for Sir Keir Starmer and his government. Following multiple...

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Ian Dunt

I'm Jewish - antisemites are hiding behind free speech

I'm Jewish - antisemites are hiding behind free speech

With characteristic pithiness and perspicacity, the comedian and filmmaker Mel Brooks encapsulated the whole panoply of Jewish culture, and an entire...

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Simon Kelner

The ‘Red Tory’ behind one of the most anti-feminist ideas in British politics

The ‘Red Tory’ behind one of the most anti-feminist ideas in British politics

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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Hannah Fearn

I avoided friends after becoming disabled – until this wake up call

I avoided friends after becoming disabled – until this wake up call

At some point in the later part of the 20th century, I had a colossal crush on the writer Will Self. I wasn’t the only one; on one memorable day,...

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Julie Burchill

There is only person Trump would trust to succeed him – but she’s too smart to do it

There is only person Trump would trust to succeed him – but she’s too smart to do it

Amazon is reportedly toying with the idea of making Donald Trump Jr the host of a reboot of The Apprentice, the TV show that paved the way for his...

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Sarah Baxter

Trump's path to dictatorship is clear

Trump's path to dictatorship is clear

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

The real reason Starmer has not been kicked out by his own MPs

The real reason Starmer has not been kicked out by his own MPs

Labour MPs are obsessed with one question: how long Sir Keir Starmer will last? For more than six months now, it has been a near-daily obsession in...

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Hugo Gye

I'm an economist – here’s how to unretire successfully

I'm an economist – here’s how to unretire successfully

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,...

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Hamish Mcrae

The cascading catastrophe that would push our military to breaking point

The cascading catastrophe that would push our military to breaking point

Are we ready for war? Welcome to The i Paper’s opinion series in which our writers tackle a question that, until recently, few had thought to...

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Samir Puri

People think I'm my husband's mum - so I snog him in public

People think I'm my husband's mum - so I snog him in public

Age gaps in relationships can provoke strong reactions – admiration, suspicion, even outrage. For some, they’re proof that love can transcend life...

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Julie Burchill

Trump’s dark new age of kings carries a terrible warning for Britain

Trump’s dark new age of kings carries a terrible warning for Britain

Donald Trump’s White House does not do soft power. On Tuesday afternoon, King Charles delivered a masterclass in nuanced diplomacy as he addressed...

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Kate Maltby

King Charles's speech traps Britain in a relationship with a sociopath

King Charles's speech traps Britain in a relationship with a sociopath

He pulled it off masterfully. Every time he stuck the knife in, he smiled slightly and looked pointedly out into the audience, then issued the attack....

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Ian Dunt

Trump has just exposed our Royal Family – and it’s going to get ugly

Trump has just exposed our Royal Family – and it’s going to get ugly

Royal state visits are usually predictable. And, in my view, all a total waste of time and money. Every moment is perfectly choreographed; the...

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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Russell Brand's new-found Christianity is a tale as old as time

Russell Brand's new-found Christianity is a tale as old as time

What do Russell Brand, Kanye West and Justin Bieber have in common? They didn’t find Jesus at the height of their power, they found Him in the...

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Poppy Jay

Starmer is as muddled and almost as shallow as Boris Johnson

Starmer is as muddled and almost as shallow as Boris Johnson

He looked nervous. That was the first thing you noticed about him. When Morgan McSweeney sat down to give his testimony about the Peter Mandelson...

28.04.2026 10

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Ian Dunt

If Starmer hoped McSweeney would exonerate him, he was wrong

If Starmer hoped McSweeney would exonerate him, he was wrong

Morgan McSweeney was clear at the outset of his evidence that he advised in favour of Peter Mandelson’s appointment as UK ambassador to Washington,...

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Kitty Donaldson

I'm 76 and will never retire - I see too many pensioners fade into irrelevance

I'm 76 and will never retire - I see too many pensioners fade into irrelevance

For generations of workers, retirement started the day they hit the state pension age. But longer lives, shifting finances and changing attitudes have...

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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

The pact that could end Angela Rayner's chance of being PM

The pact that could end Angela Rayner's chance of being PM

It’s never a good sign for a leader when speculation shifts from “Should he go?” to “Exactly how are we going to get rid of him?” Somehow,...

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Mark Wallace

Humourless Trump has ended comedy for everyone

Humourless Trump has ended comedy for everyone

The White House Correspondents’ Dinner is a pretty weird and peculiarly American concept. High-ranking members of the sitting administration,...

27.04.2026 10

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Simon Kelner

Barbecue season is here - and it's showing up Britain's gender divide

Barbecue season is here - and it's showing up Britain's gender divide

Barbecue season is here. Across the country, gardens have become arenas of ritualised male performance. Aprons, often sloganed, and occasionally...

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Stefano Hatfield

The Epsom riots are a dark warning of where Britain is headed

The Epsom riots are a dark warning of where Britain is headed

Two weeks ago, a distressed young woman told police she had been attacked by a group of men and raped near a Methodist church in Epsom, Surrey. The...

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Ian Birrell

I was at the Washington Hilton attack - the King will visit a city in shock

It was billed as an evening celebrating press freedom, and cagey engagement of US political media stars and executives with an administration that has...

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Anne Mcelvoy

Trump can smell Britain’s weakness like blood in the water

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

Men want children the way kids want a puppy - with no concept of reality

Do men want kids the way kids want a puppy? This is a suggestion I have heard, repeatedly, from women recently. And the reason they say this? You...

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Pravina Rudra

The four advantages King Charles has over Donald Trump

Being king or queen is like a weird form of slavery. You’re captured at birth; forced into a life of exhausting work, with little opportunity to...

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Michael Crick

The city that proves Britain is not broken

It is quite easy to talk yourself into feeling that Britain is irredeemably broken. No less a social commentator than Jeremy Clarkson averred in last...

24.04.2026 10

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Simon Kelner

I'm an economist - here's 10 things you need to know about buying a house now

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,...

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Hamish Mcrae

Feckless Starmer looks childlike and pathetic

Sometimes the most important political moments happen in a micro-expression. The twitch of an eye, a furrowed brow, an involuntary grimace. Ed...

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Ian Dunt

The special relationship is now an abusive marriage

Though I’m a republican, I do feel for King Charles as he prepares to go to the unstable United Sates of America. He is expected to placate and win...

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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

I thought I was a raging liberal. Then a homeless man turned up on my doorstep

One sunny morning, as I walked through the arches that lead to my flat, I saw what I thought was a film set. There was stuff everywhere: a TV, an...

22.04.2026 10

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Poppy Jay

The greatest hope of the Trump resistance is a 34-year-old immigrant

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

22.04.2026 10

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Noah Berlatsky

Unbelievably, Keir Starmer can now be compared to Boris Johnson

It was all very polite, very reasonable, and very deadly. Olly Robbins walked into his interrogation by the Foreign Affairs Committee with the kind of...

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Ian Dunt

Smiling assassin Olly Robbins has skewered the PM

Sir Keir Starmer has been skewered this morning by two polite assassins. Even before the box office appearance by Sir Oliver Robbins, Energy Secretary...

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Kitty Donaldson

Saving up to be a landlord? Well, that dream is already dead

In Britain’s housing debate, landlords are often cast as villains – profiteers in a system that feels increasingly stacked against renters. But is...

21.04.2026 20

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Vicky Spratt

Trump's cronies getting rich while Americans pay the price? It's Maga's worst nightmare

It would be the understatement of the century to say that there are downsides to Donald Trump’s unpredictability. Wild swings in mood and opinion...

21.04.2026 20

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Mark Wallace

Putin is nothing without war. The contrast with his overlord Xi couldn't be starker

What does Putin do next? Welcome to The i Paper’s opinion series in which our writers and experts take a deeper look at the future for the Russian...

21.04.2026 10

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Alexander Dragonetti

Starmer confirmed Labour MPs' biggest fear: he doesn't know what is going on

Sir Keir Starmer couldn’t win on Monday. Either he had to admit he misled Parliament, or he had to admit how little he knew about what went on...

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Kitty Donaldson