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    Starmer’s days in office are numbered

    The Mandelson affair could be terminal for Starmer – but it is just as troubling for his party

    Sun, 8 Feb 2026

  • The Observer view
    The Lords are defying democracy

    The sabotage of the end of life bill by a small group of unelected individuals is unconstitutional

    Sun, 1 Feb 2026

  • The Observer view
    Iran’s theocracy could have chosen humanity, but it chose murder

    A regime that survives only by mass killing has reached the end of the road, and the world must respond

    Sun, 18 Jan 2026

  • The Observer view
    The real special relationship

    The UK has to choose between principle and President Trump. Keir Starmer must take a stand

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026

  • The Observer view
    Britain cannot afford Reform

    Nigel Farage’s plans are expensive. Keir Starmer needs to say so, and have the policies to back it up

    Sun, 28 Dec 2025

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    Defining our mission on the day we launched in 1791

    Thu, 4 Dec 2025

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    A plea for dialogue as war looms in 1914

    Thu, 4 Dec 2025

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