Transparency records reveal senior trade officials held dinners and strategy meetings with the notorious lobbying firm even as controversy over its Epstein links deepened, says SOLOMON HUGHES
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Immigration: Don’t be fooled by Farage
The Ukip leader’s take on the EU is informed by big business interests, says JOHN HAYLETT
Starmer promised a reset after Labour’s dire electoral performance, but the government’s programme still falls far short of the bold action needed, says ANDY McDONALD MP
ANDREW DRAPER reports on the deliberate targeting and torture of Palestinian journalists by the Israeli state
Author Michael Rosen asked people how we confront a takeover by Reform. The Labour Party would do well to listen to the answers rather than shuffle more deckchairs on the Titanic, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
What began as a purported ‘anti-drugs mission’ has evolved into a permanent regional military operation, write ROGER D HARRIS and JOHN PERRY
KEITH FLETT looks at a post-election London
Britain’s political Establishment is bewildered by the rise of Ukip and its charismatic leader Nigel Farage and is pulling out all the stops to discredit them.
This shouldn’t be too difficult since, like all populist movements powering a bandwagon, Ukip has more than its fair share of what David Cameron called “fruitcakes, loonies and closet racists.”
Its best-known policies are opposition to the growing powers of the European Union and to unrestricted immigration from the EU.
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