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Peter Mandelson is the only politician not to lie to me - he'll thrive in the US

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China knows Prince Andrew is the weakest and most gullible royal

13.12.2024 2

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Sadiq Khan needs and deserves this knighthood

07.12.2024 10

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In this assisted dying vote, MPs chose compassion

Our elected representatives were considered in their debate of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. It really was the House of Commons at its...

29.11.2024 6

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Britain has no choice but to cling to France

Britain’s new Labour Government is doing what it can to warm up the old entente cordiale. As part of Sir Keir Starmer’s learn-on-the-job approach...

23.11.2024 10

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King Donald or the Royal Family? We don’t know how lucky we are

With the House of Windsor in a period of transition since the accession of King Charles III, three i writers consider the future of...

14.11.2024 10

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Keir Starmer has gone full Tony Blair

Jonathan Powell is the Prime Minister’s new National Security Adviser. It is a return to the heart of government for one of New Labour’s biggest...

08.11.2024 5

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Even if Trump wins again, MAGA is going to implode

“I think we are going to have a very big victory today,” Donald Trump told reporters in Florida as he came off the campaign trail for the last...

06.11.2024 10

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Trump offers nothing but pain to the UK

In 2018 a nervous prime minister Theresa May made sure president Donald Trump was granted the ultimate honour of a state visit to the UK. Trump...

01.11.2024 5

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Britain has a big problem if Kamala Harris wins

We Brits care a lot about the US presidential election. Perhaps too much, after the complaint by the Trump campaign this week alleging “foreign...

26.10.2024 7

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Forget the Kamala Harris gloom, Donald Trump is crumbling

Only around one Briton in five wants Donald Trump to win the presidential election, according to surveys. Labour, Liberal Democrats and the Greens are...

20.10.2024 8

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A Tory-Reform coalition is inevitable

When parties lose elections, it takes them a long time to come back to the centre ground, where British general elections are usually won. To borrow a...

13.10.2024 10

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The Tories are waiting for the return of Boris Johnson

The most significant person for the future of the Conservative Party was not at last week’s annual conference. He is not one of the candidates in...

04.10.2024 10

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Conservative voters just want one thing from their leader

“I can’t even remember their names. Who are they? They’re complete nobodies… Everyone’s forgetting something here, it doesn’t matter a...

28.09.2024 10

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Now we know: Keir Starmer is not all that good at politics

Labour activists are making their way to Liverpool for the annual party conference in a downbeat mood less than 80 days after Sir Keir Starmer’s...

21.09.2024 10

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My old friend Huw Edwards has done wrong. The BBC has failed too

The Huw Edwards story is a sad one. Above all for his victims: the children “violated and abused”, as the judge explained, for the indecent images...

17.09.2024 5

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Have we reached peak Lib Dems? Not necessarily

Liberal Democrats gathering for their conference in Brighton this weekend are as stunned as everyone else by their record-breaking performance in the...

14.09.2024 10

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A TV debate brought down Biden - this week it could end Trump

Election TV debates are getting an increasingly bad reputation here and in the US. The channels staging them appear more interested in advertising...

06.09.2024 5

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Boris Johnson's political posturing is about him - not the Middle East

Tempers are fraying in this country over the Israel-Palestinian conflict – and the usual suspects are fanning the flames. This morning, Boris...

03.09.2024 8

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Sue Gray may look powerful - but this is all Keir Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer campaigned under the slogan “change”, and he has wasted little time altering the fabric of Government. An “unsettling”...

30.08.2024 4

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None of these Tory leadership contenders looks like the next Prime Minister

As Russell Crowe once roared in Gladiator: “Are you not entertained?” Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government has got off to a reassuringly boring...

26.07.2024 4

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Starmer is courting Europe and the US - and risks losing both

Sir Keir Starmer has spent the first week of his post-election honeymoon speed-dating foreign leaders. His list of partners is impressive too. Within...

19.07.2024 3

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America looks powerless to deal with a selfish and vain old man

“We don’t want to lose you but we think you ought to go.” Politics on both sides of the Atlantic is putting a new spin on the old First World...

12.07.2024 6

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Nigel Farage will now exploit his access to Donald Trump

Love him or hate him – and most people have strong opinions about him – Nigel Farage is the most consequential British politician of our age....

05.07.2024 8

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Labour's 1992 veterans are getting twitchy

Labour does not win general elections often. As this year’s campaign chief Pat McFadden admits, characteristically, “We usually lose.” Nothing...

29.06.2024 10

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The Tory party is engulfed in disgrace

The latest betting scandal engulfing the Conservative party is a disgrace. It exposes once again that standards at Westminster are lower than those in...

21.06.2024 5

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The nightmares keeping Keir Starmer awake at night

Change was the only word on the front cover of the Labour manifesto and it was posted all around Keir Starmer for his launch speech. But there was no...

14.06.2024 3

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Michael Gove is reinventing himself as master of Tory spin

Those hoping they had seen the last of Michael Gove when he announced he would not be standing in the general election were soon disappointed. Days...

08.06.2024 10

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Angela Rayner has genuine power – because Starmer can't get rid of her

Angela Rayner is having a great week. For months her opponents in politics and the press have revelled in allegations about her properties – a clear...

31.05.2024 10

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General election TV debates have become a farce

Cock-a-doodle-doo! The dust is being blown off dressing-up boxes and any minute now a Tory worker dressed in a chicken suit will likely be strutting...

25.05.2024 20

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For Rishi Sunak, things can only get worse

Rishi Sunak’s 4 July general election falls by the smallest margin – the first Thursday – into his second half of the year guidance. Will he be...

22.05.2024 10

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Rishi Sunak is confronting his worst-case scenario

It will be late on Saturday before we get the full picture of the results from yesterday’s elections in England and Wales. Voters have become used...

03.05.2024 10

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Netanyahu has Cameron and Biden exactly where he wants them

Ever since the massive but ineffective Iranian drone and missile attack on Israel last weekend, Britain, the United States and other allies have been...

19.04.2024 10

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What is the point of Michael Gove?

When the chronicle of this Conservative Government is written at last, Michael Gove will be an important, if enigmatic, character in it. Over the past...

05.04.2024 6

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The fury Angela Rayner causes among Tories is steeped in classism

“You show me yours and I’ll show you mine”. Angela Rayner gives as good as she gets. That was her typically down-to-earth reply to...

29.03.2024 10

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Emmanuel Macron is seizing on Rishi Sunak's glaringly obvious weakness

Global Britain is a misnomer. Our Brexiteer Prime Minister isn’t bothered. Rishi Sunak is no longer required to attend the regular EU councils with...

17.03.2024 30

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George Galloway did not win in Rochdale because of Gaza

“Keir Starmer, this is for Gaza”. With the opening words of his victory speech at 3.45am this morning the old pro George Galloway propelled the...

01.03.2024 5

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David Cameron is no threat to Rishi Sunak

Invited into No 10 for a cosy chat, the Rt Hon David Cameron, ex MP, was as surprised as everyone else last November when the Prime Minister...

03.02.2024 5

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The general election will be decided by foreign policy – good news for Sunak

Rishi Sunak’s publicly declared “working assumption” that the general election will be in the second half of this year tells us three things. He...

05.01.2024 10

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