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The backlog Britain built
Ministers of both parties have spent a decade blaming the people in the queue. The numbers point at the people running it.
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Monday 19 October 2026
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The Tories edge past Reform, but credibility is the real fight
After two years of decline, the Conservatives have edged ahead of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK in a closely watched poll. Behind the numbers lies a larger struggle over the identity, credibility and future of the British right.
Thursday 23 April 2026
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Trump’s infatuation with Munir is a love letter to charisma
Trump rarely admires foreign figures by accident. His praise for Asim Munir points to something deeper than protocol: a recognition of rank, restraint and the kind of charismatic presence Trump has always found irresistible.
Wednesday 22 April 2026
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Every Starmer stumble brings Kemi closer
Keir Starmer came to office as the antidote to chaos. Yet British politics has a habit of making stable governments look temporary with startling speed. As Labour faces scandal, voter fragmentation and signs of internal narrowing, the snap-election conversation no longer feels fanciful. And if Britain is pushed back to the polls early, the beneficiary may not be who Westminster once assumed.
Wednesday 15 April 2026
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Pakistanis at centre of fake gay asylum claims scandal in Britain
An undercover investigation has exposed how migrants, many of them Pakistani, are allegedly being coached to pose as gay in order to claim asylum in Britain, raising difficult questions about visa abuse, organised deception and the damage done to genuine refugees.
Wednesday 26 November 2025
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Paying Scandinavian taxes for a British reality
Reeves delivers a Budget which expands the state and cuts child poverty, relying on record tax and threshold freezes, but offers little comfort to those worried about stagnant wages, no investment, and threadbare services.
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Labour’s austerity loop of managed decline
Inside the headroom illusion: why tax freezes, stealth hikes and shrinking services could turn Labour’s “grown-up” budget into a slow-motion crisis for Britain.
Sunday 23 November 2025
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The Roy Cohn Test
How a radical Queens mayor, a ghost from Manhattan’s past, and a sulking tech billionaire explain the kind of charisma Donald Trump cannot resist.
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The Britain left unheard now roars back
How changing streets, new languages and unanswered letters turned quiet voters into the loudest voice in British politics.
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Is this the death of Cosmopolitan Labour?
A Muslim Home Secretary is doing what Labour’s professional class never dared to do, and England is listening.
