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How post-Brexit James Bond films might look…
Comedian MITCH BENN suggests alternative ideas for the next James Bond film.
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Everyday Philosophy: Resisting the urge to gloat over Brexit schadenfreude
Schadenfreude might seem harmless, but there's a difference between a temporary feeling and living your whole life gloating about it.
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Will the tide ever turn against Boris Johnson?
Despite the chaos of the fuel crisis and other pandemic- and Brexit-induced problems, Boris Johnson’s ‘competency ratings’ are still holding up, while Keir Starmer is not making huge inroads. Will the dial ever shift?
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What is Lord Frost complaining about now?
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Mandrake: The Saudi tanks on Labour’s lawn
Labour were unable to explain why Saudia Arabia's ambassador to London was in Brighton during the party's conference.
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The volunteers stuck in a vaccine maze
FRANCIS BECKETT took part in a medical trial for a vaccine that has yet to get approval. He and others have been left in a strange limbo – jabbed, yet not jabbed.
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Like Nicolas Sarkozy’s, Boris Johnson’s career should end in a courtroom
The UK used to consider itself above the political chicanery found on the Continent. It can’t afford to now.
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It’s all THEIR fault! We have a government in denial and a nation in trouble
The PM has been wildly blaming others for the causes of the country’s crises. But this misdiagnosis only guarantees more pain.
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Letters to the Editor: The only way we can make Brexit ‘work’
Can Labour 'Make Brexit Work' as Keir Starmer suggested during his key speech at party conference?
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UK’s descent back to the Winter of Discontent
Boris Johnson gives reality cold shrift as Britain enters its Brexit Winter of Discontent.
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The EU nonsense you’ll be glad we’re free of
While Britain is heading towards a Winter of Discontent, the EU is arguing over phone chargers. Comedian MITCH BENN gives his take.
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The dangerously irresponsible silence of the Tory Remainers
The surviving Conservative Remainers have had little choice but to back some sort of Brexit, but their complete silence on the issue is shaming.
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Mandrake: Huw Edwards acknowledges Brexit elephant in the room
The news anchor becomes the latest voice to try to distance himself from the Brexit disaster.
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How sectarianism sparked a surge in coronavirus cases
It has had one of the highest Covid rates in the world – far in excess of other parts of the UK and the neighbouring Republic. So what is going on in Northern Ireland?
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What would Keir Starmer’s revolution look like?
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Brexit leaves Britain pining for Christmas trees
Britain previously relied on foresters from Eastern Europe. Brexit is now putting its stock of Christmas trees at risk.
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Letters to the Editor: Why should Europeans now bail the Brexiteers out?
Will EU truck drivers see through Boris Johnson and Priti Patel's plan to allow them back into the country for just three months?
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Chaos on campus: How students are being failed by the government
England’s higher education sector is supposed to be a success story. So why does it feel like it is in such disarray?
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AUKUS deal leaves transatlantic alliance weaker than before
Regardless of its merits, the cack-handed handling of the defence deal between the US, UK and Australia risks handing the initiative to China and Russia.
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Mandrake: Paul Dacre’s ‘belittling’ ambition to be Boris Johnson’s place man
The former Daily Mail editor was rejected from the position of heading up OFCOM - could he end up reapplying?
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UK universities have passed the challenge of Brexit and Covid
The pandemic produced apocalyptic warnings about higher education in the
UK. In fact, its future is looking a lot brighter than predicted.
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Is it time to rename more government departments?
Comedian MITCH BENN proposes new names for the ministries serving Boris Johnson's government.
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Doesn’t matter which side of the Brexit fence you sat on, it’s perfectly okay to be angry about Boris Johnson
Using the pandemic as a cover story for Britain's post-Brexit woes is contemptible
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How will school tests look if we return to imperial measurements?
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Brexit’s not all right now – in fact it’s a disaster because of gas, gas, gas
Remember when Boris Johnson claimed in 2016 that 'fuel bills will be lower' if the UK voted for Brexit?
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Letters to the Editor: Extinction rebels do little more than harm their cause
Extinction Rebellion's protests are unlikely to change the minds of those in power.
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The compelling case for online voting in elections
But the case for changing the voting system is less clear cut, argues JAMES BALL.
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Mandrake: Is the government set to return Afghans?
TIM WALKER on the suggestion the government's contradictions over Afghan refugees.