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1. England won’t sleep through the migrant crisis

1. England won’t sleep through the migrant crisis
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The violence in Portsmouth and the rise of vigilante Britain

The violence in Portsmouth and the rise of vigilante Britain
wednesday 10

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Andy Burnham can’t explain the economy

Andy Burnham can’t explain the economy
06.09.2026 20

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5. Count Binface’s endgame

19.08.2026 50

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2. Nigel Farage wins in Clacton, but shuns the “nobodies”

14.08.2026 40

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Race riots have become an annual British event

14.08.2026 30

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5. “He’s made us look like right plonkers”: Clacton prepares for more Farage

12.08.2026 30

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Frank Cottrell-Boyce’s canon for children

06.08.2026 20

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4. Are we living under “woke Blue Labour”?

06.08.2026 40

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4. Heatwaves make a majority of Brits more fearful for the future

30.07.2026 30

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Burnham’s rough sleeping campaign should begin in Westminster

30.07.2026 30

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Political violence is eroding British liberty

22.07.2026 50

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4. The road to Nowhereville

20.07.2026 30

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4. “Capitalism’s over”: The man who made millions by betting the economy would never recover

08.07.2026 8000

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5. Nigel Farage’s aura loss

01.07.2026 40

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Everyday racism is becoming a political norm

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30.06.2026 40

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5. How British politics became a brand war

19.06.2026 40

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How Britain lost control

10.06.2026 70

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In defence of vox-pop journalism

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01.06.2026 40

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1. Alarm clock Britain: a tale of two deprivations

25.05.2026 50

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No one believes the NHS is getting better

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22.05.2026 40

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Why the British do it worse

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19.05.2026 50

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Labour’s Reform defectors are never coming back

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14.05.2026 30

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2. Sadiq Khan on Keir Starmer: “Ten years is not realistic”

11.05.2026 50

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There is still hope for Labour

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08.05.2026 40

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5. Exclusive: Half of Reform voters concerned by Nigel Farage £5m gift

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07.05.2026 40

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The Town Hall Theory of Everything

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07.05.2026 40

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Stevenage Woman keeps thinking about Nigel Farage

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05.05.2026 50

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Terror in Golders Green

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30.04.2026 50

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Young, down and out of work

29.04.2026 50

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Why do Britain’s streets feel so scary?

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19.04.2026 40

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5. Britain can’t afford to be middle class anymore

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09.04.2026 50

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Inside Middle England’s forever war

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01.04.2026 40

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Low sick pay is making Britain sicker

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31.03.2026 50

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Of course police could find Morgan McSweeney’s phone

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26.03.2026 70

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Thomas Heatherwick and architecture’s culture war

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20.03.2026 40

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Cost-of-living populism is Keir Starmer’s last hope

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11.03.2026 50

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Senior Reform figure turns up on a racist Noughties email chain

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09.03.2026 50

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Politicians are fighting for a working class that no longer exists

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08.03.2026 50

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Exclusive: Labour needs “progressive defectors” back to win general election

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05.03.2026 50

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It’s better for a church to become a mosque than a shell

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24.02.2026 40

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4. “Dismay” as No 10 works with Brendan Cox after misconduct claims

18.02.2026 90

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“Dismay” as No 10 works with Brendan Cox after misconduct claims

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18.02.2026 50

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4. In Olney, women limber up for the race of their lives

17.02.2026 40

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There is no working class party

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5. Revealed: Labour council accuses Steve Reed of favouring Reform voters

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16.02.2026 100

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3. The truth about immigrants and sex crime

12.02.2026 40

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4. How posh is Keir Starmer? British voters don’t know

09.02.2026 60

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The Epstein files expose the rot of Mandelson’s Britain

03.02.2026 40

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The hidden cost of “deplaytion”

02.02.2026 40

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