Afternoon Empire with Ian Collins
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Join Ian Collins on Talk for a lively, no-nonsense look at the day’s biggest stories, from politics and current affairs to culture and entertainment. Ian dives deep with expert guests, outspoken commentators, and compelling callers, bringing fresh angles and sharp analysis to everything making headlines.
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Is Andy Burnham Planning a Tax Raid?
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Sep 21, 2026 |
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Would you ever vote Tory again?
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Sep 18, 2026 |
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Piddington: Is This the Turning Point on Migration?
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Sep 15, 2026 |
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Reform Party Conference Special Part 1: Is Farage Ready to Govern?
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Sep 04, 2026 |
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Should the State Own More of Britain?
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Sep 01, 2026 |
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Fight on the Right?
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Aug 28, 2026 |
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What is the appropriate age to start using social media?
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Aug 27, 2026 |
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Is Britain Covering Up the True Scale of Migrant Crime?
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Aug 26, 2026 |
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Talk Exclusive: Inside the Migrant Dinghy Heading for Britain
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Aug 25, 2026 |
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Is Britain Wasting £500,000 a Day on Illegal Migrants?
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Aug 24, 2026 |
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Is Britain Heading for a £3 Trillion Debt Crisis?
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Aug 21, 2026 |
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Is Britain Finally Getting Tough on Illegal Immigration?
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Aug 20, 2026 |
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Is Social Media Destroying Childhood?
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Aug 18, 2026 |
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Reform Welfare: Cruel or Kind?
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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Burnham’s Immigration and Crime Crisis
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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Should MPs Have More Protection?
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Aug 11, 2026 |
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Can Andy Burnham Win Back Britain?
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Aug 10, 2026 |
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Should Social Housing Be for British Families Only?
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Aug 07, 2026 |
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Has Immigration Put Reform Back on Top?
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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Can the Navy End the Small Boats Crisis?
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Aug 04, 2026 |
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Should Reform and Restore Join Forces?
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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Can the Tories Win Back the Right?
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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Can Burnham Get Tough on Immigration?
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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Has University Failed a Generation?
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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Has the Welfare State Gone Too Far?
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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Is Andy Burnham Dividing Britain?
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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Burnham’s New Cabinet: Built to Win?
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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Burnham’s Vision: Will Britain Buy It?
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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Can Andy Burnham Deliver?
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Jul 17, 2026 |
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Are Reform Politicians in Danger?
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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When Did Politics Get So Toxic?
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Jul 14, 2026 |
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After Ann Widdecombe: Are Public Figures Under Threat?
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Jul 13, 2026 |
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Remembering Ann Widdecombe
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Jul 10, 2026 |
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Is Trust in British Politics Broken Forever?
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Jul 08, 2026 |
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Farage Resigns: Is This the End or a New Beginning?
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Jul 07, 2026 |
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Can Reform Survive the Farage Scandal?
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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Are White Working-Class Children Britain’s Forgotten Generation?
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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Britain’s Immigration Crisis: What’s the Answer?
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Jun 30, 2026 |
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Burnham’s 10-Year Britain: Trust Him or Stop Him?
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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Burnham’s Britain: Borders, Net Zero and the Trump Challenge
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Jun 25, 2026 |
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Can Andy Burnham Turn Britain Around?
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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The Battle for Labour: Should Burnham Be Challenged?
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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Starmer Resigns: Can Andy Burnham Save Britain?
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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700+ Migrants in a Day: Can Anyone Stop the Boats?
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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Toxic Britain? Politics, Public Anger and the Breakdown of Trust
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Jun 16, 2026 |
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Social Media Ban: Protecting Children or State Overreach?
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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Starmer Under Siege: Resignation, Belfast Unrest & Right-Wing Splits
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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Belfast Unrest: Why Don’t People Feel Heard?
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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Economic Decline & the Belfast Horror
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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JD Vance, Henry Nowak & US Influence: Should America Shape British Politics?
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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Does British Politics Need More 'Normal People?'
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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Justice for Henry Nowak? Two-Tier Policing and Protests
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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Could Reform UK Take Power? Plus Henry Nowak Bodycam Footage Sparks Questions
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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Mandelson Files Day: What’s About to Be Exposed and Should We See the Henry Nowak Footage?
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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Policing on Trial? Political Correctness, Henry Nowak & Manchester Airport
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May 29, 2026 |
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Britain’s Lost Generation? Youth Jobs, Migration & the Henry Nowak Case
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May 28, 2026 |
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Britain Out of Control? Starmer Crisis, Migrant Surge & Reform Row
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May 27, 2026 |
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Can Farage Save the Right? Makerfield, Musk & the Battle to Defeat the Left
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May 26, 2026 |
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Adult Crime, Adult Time?
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May 25, 2026 |
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Cost of Living Crunch: Reeves Under Fire Over Energy Bills & Holiday Tax
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May 22, 2026 |
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Politics, Posts & Power: Social Media Wars, Grooming Gangs & De-Extinction
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May 20, 2026 |
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Burnham Surges as Starmer Sinks: Labour Leadership War Explodes
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May 19, 2026 |
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Labour Brexit Civil War: Streeting, Burnham & the Betrayal Backlash
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May 18, 2026 |
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Burnham Rising: Starmer Weakens as Reform Circles Labour
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May 15, 2026 |
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Starmer Resignation Watch: King’s Speech Crisis & Labour Leadership Battle
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May 13, 2026 |
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Starmer on the Brink: Labour Civil War Erupts
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May 12, 2026 |
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Starmer Fighting for Survival: Labour Coup Plots & Britain’s Political Crisis
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May 11, 2026 |
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Local Election Shockwaves: Starmer Under Pressure as Reform Surges
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May 08, 2026 |
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Compulsory Voting, Starmer Plot & Gen Z’s VE Day Blind Spot
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May 06, 2026 |
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Welfare Crisis, Small Boats Surge & Starmer’s EU Reset Row
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May 05, 2026 |
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Starmer Veers Closer to Brexit Betrayal & Welfare Pays More Than Work
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May 04, 2026 |
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UK on High Alert: Golders Green Terror Attack & Threat Level Raised to Severe
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May 01, 2026 |
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Golders Green Terror Attack & Starmer–Rayner Labour Meltdown
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Population Crisis, Starmer Scandal & Golders Green Terror Attack
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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Reform Surge, Tory Pact Pressure & Coalition of Chaos Warning
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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Starmer’s ‘Plastic Patriots’ Row, St George’s Day Clash & France Migrant Deal
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Starmer Crisis Deepens: Labour Infighting, Mandelson Fallout & Cabinet Revolt
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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Mandelson Scandal Explodes, Starmer vs Civil Service & Security Row
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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Starmer Trust Crisis, Mandelson Row & UK Security Fears
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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Broken Britain? Policing, Asylum Row & Justice System Under Fire
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Migrant Housing Crisis, Asylum System Row & UK Under Pressure
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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Southport Failures, Policing Fears & Immigration Tensions
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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Starmer Under Fire, EU Rules Row & Reform Surge
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Divided Britain, Small Boats Crisis & Cost of Living Pressure
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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Starmer’s Ceasefire Role, Trump’s Iran Deal & UK Energy Exposure
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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Trump’s Iran Threat, Middle East Peace Gamble & UK Benefits Row
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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Bank Holiday Bonanza: Is Crime Out of Control?
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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Make Britain Great Again: Economy, Energy & Starmer VS Trump
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Who Are the Far Right? Protest, Labels & Free Speech Row
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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Fuel Price Fury, Inflation Surge, Mandelson Files & Migration Crime Row
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Working People Squeezed, Energy Bailout Row & Iran War Fallout
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Sleeper Cell Fears, Migrant Deal Chaos & UK Energy Security Crisis
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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Public Prayer Ban Row, Labour Civil War & Migration Crisis
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Surveillance State Row, Migrant U-Turn & Brexit Re-join Debate
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Extremism Fears, Hamas Row, Starmer Pressure & Assisted Dying Vote
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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Starmer vs Trump on Iran, Reform UK Energy Bills Battle & Medical Marijuana Row
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Starmer Under Pressure, Al-Quds March Row & heating oil backlash
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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UK Economy Stalls, Cost of Living Crisis & Mandelson Fallout
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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Starmer Survival, Mandelson–Epstein Row & Britain’s Oil Reserves Crisis
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Digital ID Debate, Islamophobia Law Row & Mandelson Files Fallout
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Islamophobia Law Row, Iran War Escalation & Britain’s Free DEI Fight
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Energy Security, Iran’s New Ayatollah & Britain’s Role in the Strait of Hormuz
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Has Britain lost its respect on the world stage?
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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Iran War, Starmer Under Fire & Britain’s Immigration Crackdown
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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War Leadership: Who Should Lead Britain in a Global Crisis?
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Iran War, Starmer Under Fire & The Risk of World War 3
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Britain and Iran: On the Brink of War?
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Borders, net zero and NHS turmoil
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Mandelson and The Green Party - the disastrous left
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Mandelson’s arrest, Face Coverings Ban & Nottingham Killer Failures
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Is Britain Still a Christian Country? Churches, Mosques & Free Speech Debate
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Andrew’s Arrest: Monarchy Crisis & A Divided Right
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Fight for the Right & the royal arrest
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Who can fix the cost of living crisis?
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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No Idea Keir
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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Another Starmer U-Turn?
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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Ban Men in Nurseries? Britain’s Safeguarding Reckoning
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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Votes at 16, colonisation and Labour’s Rotten Elite
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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This Government Is Failing Britain
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Is Britain Ungovernable?
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Downing Street in Meltdown
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Who replaces Starmer?
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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Mandelson scandal shakes NO.10
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Epstein and the Establishment on Trial
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Mandelson, Labour and Public Trust
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Epstein Files, Mandelson’s Peerage and Migrants
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Child Killers, Shoplifters and the BBC Row
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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Welfare on Hold, Beijing in Focus
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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EU Realignment and the Battle for Britain’s Flag
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Britain Is Broken: Defections, Revolts and Chaos
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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Braverman Defects: Are the Tories finished?
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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Labour’s Burnham Plot and the Gaza Gamble
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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From Greenland to the Channel: Who’s in Control?
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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EU or USA? Trump Takes Aim at Britain
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Another U-Turn?
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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Tory Defections, WEF Elites and Britain’s Migration Crisis
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Jenrick Jumps, Police in Crisis and Britain’s Two-Tier Row
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Democracy Denied: Cancelled Elections, Tory Turmoil and Labour’s Culture War
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Starmer Under Pressure: Digital ID U-Turn, Chagos Revolt and Iran on the Brink
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Reform or Rupture? Defections, X Bans and the Iran Crisis
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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Iran, Intervention and the Free Speech Squeeze
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Should We Fear Digital ID?
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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Lost Trust in the Police?
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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World of War?
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Tackling Migration
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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Did Donald Trump Make the Right Call?
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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Unite or Lose? The Right’s Big Question
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Speech on Trial: From “Intifada” Chants to Jailed Tweets
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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Britain Breaking: Strikes, State Media and Labour’s Mess
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Is Diversity Really Our Strength?
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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Bondi Beach Massacre: Terror at a Jewish Festival
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Are We Sleepwalking Into New Lockdowns?
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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Should Ethnicity Matter in Crime?
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Starmer’s Migration Crackdown: Is the ECHR the Real Block?
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Is Calling Britain Christian Now a Crime?
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Is Being Right-Wing Now a Crime in Britain?
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Farage Versus the BBC
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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Should We Fear Facial Recognition?
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Are we ready for war?
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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How To Reform the Justice System?
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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Should Rachel Reeves Resign?
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Missing 53,000: Britain’s Immigration Meltdown
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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The Budget That Hit Britain Hard
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Budget of Trust…or Bust?
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Will a Wealth Tax Save Britain or Sink It?
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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The Lockdown Mistake: Britain Speaks Out
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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The Big 500: Britain’s Daily Sign-On Shock
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Is Britain too weak to defend itself?
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Shabana Mahmood’s Asylum Reset: Can it save Labour?
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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Labour vs the Asylum Crisis
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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If We Don’t Raise Taxes…What Then?
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Who Replaces Keir Starmer?
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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The Death of Drive: Why Britain Stopped Working
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Trump vs the BBC: The $1 Billion Showdown
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Bias, borders and the BBC
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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How Starmer’s Britain lost its pride
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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The price of Labour: More Tax, More Crime, More Chaos
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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How the Left Broke Britain (and New York)
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Expert Threat Management
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Murder In Mind
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Stamp out Spiking
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Inside Belmarsh
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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A Spy in the Family
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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The Real Manhunter
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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'WOKE NONSENSE!'
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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"TRUTH Was Withheld"
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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'Dreadful Ghouls'
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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'Major Scandal For Labour'
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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'Starmer's Utter Deception!'
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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'Stalin Starmer Never In UK'
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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"DEVASTATING IMPACT"
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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"They Live In Echo Chambers"
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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"They're ALL LYING"
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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"Disgusting Human Being"
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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"Bed Wetting Horrendous Liberals"
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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"UK Elected A Communist!"
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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"Sadiq Khan's A Disgrace"
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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"Mass Medication Of Millions"
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Oct 29, 2024 |