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The trolling of our nation by Twitter’s clown prince points to very real weaknesses in the current regime as it cowers before Trump’s coming reign — it is time for Corbyn-era forces to unite and take on Starmer, writes ANDREW MURRAY
The welcome news that Cuba has finally been removed from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list is tempered by the fact that Donald Trump, the man who put it there, is returning to the White House, warns NATASHA HICKMAN
Thanks to impressive progress in Britain with wind and solar generation, clean electricity now costs a fraction of the price of gas — yet the current system keeps bills artificially high to protect fossil fuels, writes TOM HARDY
By spreading race-based conspiracy theories, the billionaire tycoon turned right-wing provocateur has been seriously undermining the case against those who really did let victims of the grooming gangs down, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
Many Western countries are grappling with deep political instability. What are the causes of this, and what could be a possible way forward? asks MARC VANDEPITTE
KEITH BENNETT explains why, despite its present meagre economic outcomes, an honest and fruitful partnership with China is worth pursuing
Nick Wright talks to photographer and author JANINA STRUK
POLITICS as spectacle has started 2025 in fine form, with the world’s richest man demanding regime change in Britain while falling out with his erstwhile bestie Nigel Farage.
Elon Musk wishes to imprison Keir Starmer, among others, replacing Labour, it seems, with a government resting upon the far-right grifter Tommy Robinson — unavailable to serve — and the somewhat seedy businessman Reform MP Rupert Lowe, who is presently unwilling to.
The immediate issue animating Musk’s call for US intervention to liberate Britain from Starmerism likewise tends eccentric — a refusal to establish a national inquiry into the scandal of grooming gangs which abused thousands of girls in the recent past.
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