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Dump the pomp and let us be a serious country
Our modern democracy demands – and deserves – more modern ways of functioning
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Our dire economic situation began with the Thatcher years
Europe may have led the Tories to destroy themselves, but Thatcher had already set in motion the destruction of the country
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Rishi Sunak’s big business bash was just smoke and mirrors
Another gambit by the prime minister has ended with big boasts and little substance
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Cartoon: Who cares about Farage in the jungle?
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Farage loses an election – again
The former Ukip leader dealt with his failure to be elected ruler of the I'm A Celebrity camp with his customary grace
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Lord Rothermere has an unlikely new fan
The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street
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Badenoch’s post-Brexit trade fantasies have been exposed again
The trade secretary's post-Brexit trade deals do plenty for her profile, but very little for the British economy
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The UK is at risk of losing out to the EU for skilled workers
Rishi Sunak faces an impossible conundrum and it’s of the Conservatives' own making
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Farage goes nuclear in the jungle
The former Ukip leader gave I'm A Celebrity viewers one of the less vaunted benefits of Brexit
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ITV finds something Farage is good at: drinking
The former Ukip leader’s uncanny ability to pour huge amounts of liquid down his cakehole has finally quenched his thirst for jungle screen time
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Covid and the fear of freedom
When lockdown ended, I was ecstatic. But other people had a very different reaction
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Has ITV gone cold on Nigel Farage?
The former Ukip leader - who jetted to the jungle to speak to its “big young audience” - barely featured in last night’s episode
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Could an independent Scotland make it inside the EU?
Perhaps – but the problems would be immense and the economic damage severe
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I’m A Celebrity… is going badly for both Nigel Farage and ITV
Ratings are down and the Brexiteer is missing his chance to capitalise on new net migration numbers
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Study: clever people were more likely to vote Remain
A report has found a significant correlation between cognitive ability and voting preference in the 2016 referendum
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The autumn statement shows Britain can’t afford Brexit
Jeremy Hunt’s tinkering won’t kickstart growth or make up for the cost of leaving the EU
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Jeremy Hunt’s smoke and mirrors can’t hide high tax and low growth
No wonder the chancellor skipped over damning forecasts in his autumn statement
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The autumn statement points to a general election in May
A national insurance cut for January indicates we could only be six months from a poll
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PMQs review: Rishi Sunak taunted over NHS and Musk as Tory calls Stockton North a “shithole”
Keir Starmer focused on the prime minister’s five new priorities as the Commons warmed up for the autumn statement
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Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Cameron is not the answer to Sunak’s problems
The prime minister clearly hoped Cameron’s heft would prevent him becoming a source of division
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Meet Danny Kruger, the dangerous saviour of British nationalism
The Tory MP is no swaggering populist, but a leading light of a new cohort of Tories for whom nationalism and nationhood are the intellectual core of public life
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The surreal party: Ken Clarke on how the Tories lost their marbles
The Conservatives are obsessed with ‘tedious nonsense’ in ‘the worst political period in my lifetime’, says the party grandee
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Here’s how we should deal with asylum seekers: give them a job
The Home Office’s failure to process asylum applications speedily is incompetent and inhumane
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Post-Brexit Britain has been captured by the FDI
Foreign Direct Investment is a key economic indicator – and it indicates that Britain is in big trouble
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Could Cameron be the voice of reason about ties with the EU?
The former PM owes us all one for the referendum; at least there will be one sensible voice around the cabinet table arguing for closer ties
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My first day outside of Britain
Back in 1975, the experience of travelling abroad broadened my mind – a foreign concept for Mark Francois
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Who the hell ordered the regeneration of out-of-time Lord David Cameron?
His sudden and unexpected reappearance in Downing Street can mean only one thing: David Cameron IS Doctor Who
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Brexit has wiped Britain off the map
Brussels spares little time to think of the UK, and the waters of the North Sea really are closing over the British
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A new report reveals the huge and lasting economic costs of Brexit
Ever wondered why your taxes are so high and public services are in such a poor state? Now you know
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Cartoon: What does David Cameron bring to the table?
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Rishi Sunak is no magician
David Cameron is Rishi Sunak’s latest trick to persuade voters that he is competent. Like his others, it is doomed to fail
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Boris Johnson was I’m a Celebrity producers’ first choice
Nigel Farage was only unveiled after the show’s producers were told the former prime minister had “too many other contractual obligations”