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Marina Hyde

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At last, an economic policy we can all get behind – doubling the royal family’s funding

At last, an economic policy we can all get behind – doubling the royal family’s funding

Finally, some part of our struggling state is getting a massive budget increase – and it’s not even the welfare bill, like normal. Or maybe it is?...

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Welcome to the Andy Burnham show: the Westminster frenzy sucking up the British media’s attention

Welcome to the Andy Burnham show: the Westminster frenzy sucking up the British media’s attention

Bogglingly, Andy Burnham didn’t even wait to become prime minister before organising yesterday’s ludicrous photo of him standing in Westminster...

23.06.2026 10

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Reform’s genius plan is finally coming into view: field terrible candidates then lose

Reform’s genius plan is finally coming into view: field terrible candidates then lose

You’ll note Keir Starmer is in full bunker mode – and we’ll get to him – but after this Makerfield result, why isn’t Nigel Farage? Why...

19.06.2026 10

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Brand Beckham always delivers with a PR opportunity. But Brooklyn’s turned up late, with the wrong order

I see Brooklyn Beckham is on his DoorDash privacy tour. After Prince Harry and Meghan “stepped away” from royal family duties, they embarked on...

16.06.2026 10

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Labour’s woes are like a slow-motion car crash – and Keir Starmer isn’t even in the driving seat

“This isn’t the beginning of the end,” one senior Labour adviser remarked yesterday. “It has gone way beyond that.” To the middle of the...

12.06.2026 10

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A cage-fighting arena is just what Trump’s White House lawn needed. I have a suggestion on how to use it

On behalf of the US administration, the American embassy in London has published a notice advising the UK government not to ban social media for the...

09.06.2026 10

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When does Nigel Farage ‘speak for the nation’? When it suits him

Which murder victim’s ambulance does the would-be statesman chase? Can you be said to “speak for England” if there are other times you wimp out...

05.06.2026 10

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A red box for Donald Trump, and eight weeks to make it. Now I really am outraged by the Mandy files

We are in the TL;DR days of Keir Starmer’s government. The latest Mandelson files stimulate nothing so much as an old and now immortally memed...

02.06.2026 10

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War, what is it good for? Well, it’s a great way for Donald Trump to duck out of his son’s wedding

How far would you go for your son? For Donald Trump, the answer is simply: “The Bahamas? That is way too far! Why can’t you just get married on...

26.05.2026 20

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Here’s a potential witness for the police officers investigating Andrew: the police

How noble that Thames Valley police has let it be known that its misconduct-in-public-office investigation into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is also...

22.05.2026 20

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Starmer, Burnham, Farage, Polanski: they make a week in politics feel like an eternity in Hades

On the basis that you’re never too cooked to get a new catchphrase, Keir Starmer has repeatedly warned this week that we are in a “battle for the...

15.05.2026 30

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The runners, the riders, the dead horses being flogged. Do you bet on this Labour chaos – or just enjoy the comedy?

A masterpiece new entry for the dictionary of political quotes, as a Labour MP told the Guardian yesterday of the party’s leadership options: “We...

12.05.2026 20

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Does anyone on board know how to fly a plane? Labour’s captain has lost control

A couple of days ago on a Swiss flight from Seoul to Zurich, a pilot experienced a medical emergency. Three doctors on board assisted, one of the...

08.05.2026 30

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Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s legal trainwreck has taught us this: never go to court. Ever

Ladies, gentlemen, cineastes: our long nightmare is over. The It Ends With Us legal drama has finally Ended With Us. In a first-person-plural...

05.05.2026 30

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Starmer seems to think he can do no wrong – two weeks of Mandy-mania hearings point to the opposite conclusion

Have his enemies done it? Have the rebels managed to find a thermal exhaust port in the Death Starmer that would enable them finally to destroy it?...

28.04.2026 30

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Behold the riches to riches tale of Lauren Sánchez – the girlboss Cinderella who bought the ball

We live in an age when the most successful revolutionaries are not the peasants but the Silicon Valley billionaires. They are the true disrupters, the...

24.04.2026 30

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It’s a nightmare on Downing Street: Starmer has no one left to blame for this Mandelson horror show

‘How dare Olly Robbins not have made me look like a chaotic, unprincipled plonker?” is an interesting defence for a prime minister to go for. But...

21.04.2026 40

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Is the pope Catholic? JD Vance thinks he has an answer

The battle to be the absolute worst Trump henchman can feel so closely fought. But in the end, it’s always JD Vance, isn’t it? You would say...

17.04.2026 30

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Behold, another second coming. But this one is Donald Trump – WAY BETTER than that Jesus guy

You hear such a lot from Maga Republicans about how liberals think Trump voters are stupid. But not nearly enough about the far more salient point:...

14.04.2026 30

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Does anyone think Matt Goodwin’s book on Britain’s demise is a publishing sensation? I mean, other than him

‘She’s produced a bestseller!” panted the Spectator. “Liz Truss’s new book has been out for less than 72 hours and it’s already sold out...

31.03.2026 40

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Huw Edwards hates the TV dramatisation of his life. Maybe he should have thought of that before … you know

I see Huw Edwards is still not the subject of any of his verbs. The BBC’s former iconic newsreader (trademark: Huw Edwards) has emerged from a...

24.03.2026 50

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The greatest challenge Farage has ever faced – convincing the world he was never besties with Donald Trump

At last, the culture has thrown up a split more nauseatingly up itself than Gwyneth Paltrow’s from Chris Martin. It is Nigel Farage’s attempt to...

20.03.2026 40

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How does Trump keep henchmen like Rubio in check? He literally makes them wear shoes that are far too big

The secretary of state of the United States of America is openly slopping around in a pair of too-big shoes that he has to wear because the president...

13.03.2026 50

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It’s shock and awe as Trump’s granddaughter does her bit for the war effort. All hail Kai Trump, the shopper-in-chief

In the absence of any clearly and consistently stated aims from the US administration, maybe each day of the Iran war just needs a moodboard...

10.03.2026 40

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Britain’s war hawks are very upset that Keir Starmer isn’t personally riding a bomb all the way to Tehran

Have you heard enough pant-wetting about Britain’s “reputation” this week? Honestly, I don’t think any of us can bear the social embarrassment...

06.03.2026 40

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To anyone who thinks Trump can bring peace and equality to Iran – I’ve got a bridge to sell you. Going cheap

Donald Trump says Keir Starmer has damaged the special relationship by not helping him more in the US-Israel war on Iran. But you have to remember...

03.03.2026 40

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Having romped into third place in Gorton and Denton, Labour is celebrating its success with a word salad

As David Lammy put it on Thursday in a dispatch from Gorton and Denton: “Only Labour can stop Reform.” And listen, stopping them by taking third...

27.02.2026 40

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So Epstein buddies Andrew and Mandelson have been arrested in the UK. And in the US? Zero, zip, nada

I can’t believe the cops didn’t max out the theatrics yesterday when taking Peter Mandelson to the police station to help with their inquiries....

24.02.2026 70

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Some PR advice for the Andrew-stricken royals - try something that look less like a $12m cover-up

“I could have worse tags than ‘Air Miles Andy’,” the then Prince Andrew once reflected. “Although I don’t know what they are!” I think...

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It’s nothing short of TV gold: mix horror with wild comedy and call it Starmer’s last stand

10.02.2026 50

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So the Epstein scandal is about politics? Silly me for thinking it’s about the mass abuse of women and girls

06.02.2026 50

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Never forget Epstein’s little helpers – the powerful men who knew about his crimes, and helped him out anyway

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From ICE to Melania’s black carpet, are Trump’s techlords getting pangs of buyer’s remorse?

30.01.2026 40

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Masked thugs, sneering elites and terrified citizens: a picture of the US today. We used to have a name for this

27.01.2026 150

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It’s Andy Burnham, the man who could be king. Will he, won’t he – are we really still watching this movie?

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It’s a Brooklyn v Beckham Inc disaster: what happens when the elephant in the room goes rogue

20.01.2026 70

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Mystic Nigel has seen the future: a country run by his cabinet of taxidermied Tories

16.01.2026 40

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Show some gratitude, people – Nadhim Zahawi has joined Reform for our benefit, apparently

13.01.2026 30

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Welcome to the 2026 World Cup shakedown! The price of a ticket: the integrity of the game

12.12.2025 50

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Make a political hero of Zack Polanski if you want. Just don’t forget to engage your brain

09.12.2025 70

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The Liz Truss Show will confront the big issues of the day. For example: who on earth would watch Liz Truss?

05.12.2025 50

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Reeves and Starmer are a two-for-one deal – if she goes, he goes. What a cheering thought

02.12.2025 50

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Congratulations, everyone! Starmer survives another week, and it’s only cost us £26bn

28.11.2025 40

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What can we learn from RFK’s ‘erotic poetry’? That Americans need to get better at enjoying a scandal

25.11.2025 40

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Extortionate tickets and matches moved at Trump’s whim: are you ready for the ‘greatest World Cup ever’?

18.11.2025 30

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Who could be behind the phantom briefing and the tax rise that wasn’t? Inspector Starmer is on the case

14.11.2025 40

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It’s the BBC v Trump, Farage and co. Who in their right mind would want to be its new boss?

11.11.2025 60

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Why does everyone keep picking on billionaires? At least they stand up for what they believe in

07.11.2025 40

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At last, a great institution filled with trusted public figures. Shame the Traitors don’t run Britain

07.11.2025 40

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Three weeks till budget day – and Rachel Reeves is ‘being honest’ about tax, just in time

04.11.2025 40

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