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Steve Witkoff’s record should worry us all
The man tasked with negotiating world peace is an old friend and golfing partner of Donald Trump. But when it comes to the most sensitive negotiations…
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How Ben and Jerry’s ice cream exposed the limits of Trump’s free speech world
Companies that speak about social justice or the environment are under threat like never before.
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Trump and Vance have revealed their hypocrisy when it comes to free speech
The shocking treatment of Palestinian protesters shows a double standard around freedom of expression in the US
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Donald Trump is surely not a Russian asset. But how else to explain his behaviour?
It’s difficult to make sense of the turmoil one man has unleashed on the world in five short weeks
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Has Britain’s conspiracy theory cleric been ‘cancelled’ by the church?
Calvin Robinson has been ‘doxxed, abused, hounded, smeared’—now, the former GB News presenter and cancel-culture martyr has found a new way to get…
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Deluded Boris Johnson has become a Trump apologist on Ukraine—where is his Churchillian spirit now?
Having endorsed Trump for president, the former PM has failed to speak out in a desperate moment for the future of Ukraine
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It’s time to say no to the government spying on our secrets
The home secretary has demanded backdoor security access to all the information Apple customers store in the cloud. The move would be a gross incursion…
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A British Trump tribute act could snatch power in the UK
Without a constitution for protection, British politics is vulnerable to its own version of extremism
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I’m thrilled to be portrayed by Toby Jones—phone hacking victims need his star power
The team behind Mr Bates vs the Post Office now tackles phone hacking—proof that while journalists uncover stories, dramatists make us listen.
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Prince Harry has exposed Murdoch’s news empire—it’s time the police investigated
Rupert Murdoch has now spent around £2bn in keeping the truth about the way his news organisations operate out of the courts in the UK and US. Please…
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Mark Zuckerberg has made me rethink what it means to be a man (and the size of my neck)
The Meta chief is one of the richest and most successful people in the world, so we should all pay close attention to what he’s saying—except, perhaps…
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Locking up a 77-year-old climate protester is proof of a broken justice system
Gaie Delap is in prison because there are no electronic tags made to fit her. Could the millionaire bosses of the outsourcing company in charge find a…
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