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Phil McDuff

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Anti-immigration demonstrators display Union Jack and England flags as they gather outside a hotel in Altrincham, 8 August 2025. Phil Noble/Reuters

Britain’s Elites Care Much More About Migrant Hotels Than the Public Does

Phil McDuff

This isn’t popular demand.

Opinion

Prime minister Keir Starmer and chancellor Rachel Reeves visit a Jaguar Land Rover factory in Birmingham, April 2025. Kirsty Wigglesworth/Reuters.

Why Starmerism Can’t Survive Contact With Reality

Phil McDuff

A Herculean effort of self-delusion.

Opinion

Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer

What Disability Benefit Cuts Reveal About Labour’s Grasp of Economics

Phil McDuff

The angry volcano demands more human sacrifice.

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