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The republic is in grave peril as American Ulysses Biden fades away
The stakes in this election could scarcely be higher. Is Biden up to the challenge?
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Six new policies for Starmer the centrist
As shadow cabinet ministers submitted manifesto wish lists this week, it’s time to remember where truly radical policy is built…
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Europe has become a Labour of love for the left
If Keir Starmer wins the election, how will he rebuild Britain’s relationship with Europe?
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How the Tories have squeezed law and order
Chronic underfunding has crushed both the courts and the police
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Why the housing industry is voting for Labour
The Tory party has been captured by the Nimbys
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Europe’s NATO members must brace for a re-elected Trump
It could happen. And if it does, the global security order could be turned on its head
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The French have found a good use for Britain’s dead Brexit
PM Attal is using Britain’s struggles as a weapon against Le Pen in his EU election campaign
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Labour’s green climbdown shows Starmer must stop letting the Tories dictate his strategy
This episode bodes ill for the party in an election campaign - and in government if they win
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Rats in a Sack: Is Holly Valance a harbinger of doom for the PopCons?
Our digest of the worst of Westminster looks at News UK friendly fire, a new Tory deputy chair, Schnapps with Shapps and more
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Sunak is incompetent. But what if he’s also inhuman?
The PM’s callous ‘joke’ in front of Brianna Ghey’s mother is a new low
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Labour’s green U-turn explains the need to abandon political targets
The public need a leader who can deliver a target-free message
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The flipside of Sunak’s smugness is his undeniable ridiculousness. He’s a joke
When they’re laughing at you, you know you’ve lost
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The worst of the Tory-created council cash crisis is yet to come
Easy to criticise and burden with blame, local government is the perfect scapegoat for the Tories
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Starmer needs no help in smearing his own name
He has reneged on just about every commitment he made to become Labour leader, and seems to be suggesting nothing will change
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Northern Ireland is still broken
Stormont may be back, but the rot and dysfunction at the heart of Northern Ireland will not be easily fixed
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Brexit: a ‘total disaster’ of our own making
Brexit has caused a crisis for British manufacturers who export into Europe – and things could be about to get even worse...
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Rooting for the anti-hero: Taylor Swift for president?
Spurred on by fear of her endorsing Biden, the US right is turning on the singer and her gridiron star boyfriend. Bad move
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Inside Estonia’s closed city
What if Russian soldiers return to the small town Paldiski that they left 30 years ago?
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Why Madrid hates the prime minister
The capital’s anger shows the polarised nature of Spain’s politics and how populists could take power
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In Italy, ‘cuckolds’ are gods
Residents of one south Italian village are reversing the negative meaning of being a "cuckhold"
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Munich’s lesson in art and history
The mythology around the Spanish civil war lives on in Munich
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Everyday philosophy: Are we entering the age of the cyborg?
For those who can afford it, Neuralink’s breakthrough gives us the opportunity to become superhuman
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Germansplaining: Is education the answer?
Can an Israeli-Arab exchange programme work during wartime?
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Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Derek Draper and the Dalai Lama
The point of life is to live it and Derek embodied this
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The Popular Conservatives – neither popular nor conservative
A very strange group of people gathered together in London today to promote a political agenda that nobody wants
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Cartoon: What would happen to an army full of Boris Johnsons?
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Sir Ed Davey breaks his silence over the Post Office scandal
Davey is desperately trying to fight off allegations of being “the invisible man”
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Fixing Britain’s relationship with the EU won’t be easy for Labour
The public is wary of returning to the divisive rhetoric that consumed Britain in 2016
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Liz Truss and the PopCon attention seekers
All they really want is to be on telly...
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Shame on the right for demonising refugees over the Clapham attack
Toxic masculinity, not the asylum system, is to blame for a rise in crimes using corrosive substances
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Orbán and Michel: the EU’s toxic twins
The Council president who U-turned over resignation and Hungary’s populist head bring shame on Brussels
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‘No regrets’ say the Brexiteers… but here’s a small business that thinks otherwise
While Rees-Mogg and Leadsom celebrate leaving the EU, a deli owner speaks out about the extra cost of red tape