3 h. ago SARAH VINE: Starmer is the Prince Andrew of politics. He not only refuses to acknowledge the mess he's making

New term, new Keir. The Prime Minister was in full shiny new pencil case mode this week, gathering the nation's press to announce 'Phase Two' of his government.

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67 h. ago SARAH VINE: This tawdry bid to drag the Queen into Brexit brings back unpleasant memories for  me...

Given the degree of respect and affection in which she was held by the British people, to have voiced a preference would have inevitably swayed public opinion.

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1 week ago Lucy Connolly should never have been imprisoned. She has become a symbol of the silent majority who will be silent no more: SARAH VINE

Lucy Connolly's early release from jail is a travesty. Because she should never have been imprisoned in the first place.

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1 week ago Hidden in the hills: photos of French peacekeepers uncovering Hezbollah's remnants in Lebanon

A convoy of armored vehicles carrying French peacekeepers barrels through southern Lebanon. Last year’s war between Israeli forces and Hezbollah left villages scarred and empty. Rubble lines the roads. Torn Lebanese flags and Hezbollah banners flutter from shattered buildings.

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2 w. ago SARAH VINE: Rachel Reeves' property tax is the latest proof of Labour's nasty and disturbing vision for Britain. They despise hard

Owning represents security. I look at friends who are struggling financially in a cruel and challenging job market, and I think: however bad it may be, at least they've got somewhere to live.

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2 w. ago SARAH VINE: My grandfather bore the scars of war with Japan. I wish I'd listened to him more wisely

Friday'S VJ Day 80th anniversary commemorations may have been overshadowed in budget and scale by those to mark D-Day and VE Day - but they were no less moving.

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2 w. ago My night of misery in A&E for a broken ankle left me in tears. I was treated with indifference verging on contempt. The NHS is broken: SARAH VINE

There is no question that violence against medical staff is totally unacceptable. Yesterday's report paints a worrying picture of assault in hospitals, with one worker attacked every two hours.

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last month I was one of the first to take Ozempic. Seven years on, this is what it's REALLY done to my body: SARAH VINE

I have just realised something: for the past seven years I've been in a relationship that has finally made me happy.

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