15 h. ago STEPHEN GLOVER: The time's come to stop indulging Trump. Bending the knee hasn't got Keir Starmer anywhere

All of our Prime Minister's grovelling and sucking up has come to nothing. As recently as last week, No 10 was suggesting that this country might obtain its own favoured deal. This slipped Trump's mind.

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46 h. ago I thought Brandon Williams was Man United's future despite warnings from inside Carrington. Now, he faces jail and a ruined career but it could have been so different, writes IAN HERBERT

IAN HERBERT: I watched Brandon Williams look like Manchester United's future left back of choice in a 2-0 win at Burnley, five years ago. Spatial awareness, box-to-box running - he had so much.

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7 d. ago STEPHEN GLOVER: This is the most mendacious Government of my lifetime

All governments are dishonest. But I don't believe there have been any in my lifetime so consistently mendacious as this one - and I don't exclude Tony Blair 's.

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8 d. ago STEPHEN GLOVER: Why Miliband's despicable choice says EVERYTHING about the Left

Ed Miliband has set himself up as the champion of net zero. But is he still after Labour whipped MPs to allow the import of Chinese solar panels allegedly made with slave labour?

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2 w. ago Liverpool 'speed up process' to complete first summer transfer for Andy Robertson replacement

Liverpool have reportedly made the Bournemouth defender their first-choice left-back target for the summer transfer window

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2 w. ago STEPHEN GLOVER: If the despicable sight of Trump and Putin carving up Ukraine doesn't wake Starmer up to the urgent need to rearm, nothing will

The last time the big powers carved up Eastern Europe was at Yalta in February 1945.

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2 w. ago A Place In The Sun viewers left 'crying and needing therapy' after couple's controversial choice of breakfast on reunion show

TV star Danni Menzies, 36, revisited Chris and Marie on Monday's episode of A Place In The Sun: What Happened Next?

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2 w. ago Pharmacies threatening reduced hours over Labour budget funding row

The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has said it has been left with “no choice” but to reduce opening hours

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2 w. ago Newcastle’s Carabao Cup win: part feelgood story, part PR triumph for dictator state ambition | Barney Ronay

Supporters are left with a choice of being a conduit for Saudi state propaganda or walking away and letting it winWell, that’s the nice bit done. Warm feelings, heritage bonds, a cocoon of distracting noise. Wembley is such a different place on these domestic cup days, certainly compared with the Cliff Richard concert vibe of a midweek international.And that feeling was there right from the start of the Carabao Cup final on Sunday as Newcastle were awarded their first corner, drawing the most extraordinary outburst of noise, static, shared energy from one end to the other, filling all that empty Wembley air. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Oldham councillors left with 'little choice' but to resign from Conservatives

The two councillors issued a statement about their departure.

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3 w. ago STEPHEN GLOVER: Suddenly, Starmer doesn't seem quite such an inept Lefty. So will he now take on Cabinet zealots like Miliband and Rayner?

Has someone been slipping a magic potion into Sir Keir Starmer's tea? Or has his mind been turned by too much fraternising with Donald Trump?

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3 w. ago Andrea Berta set to join Arsenal as club’s new sporting director

53-year-old Italian left Atlético Madrid in JanuaryBerta has vast experience after 12 years in MadridAndrea Berta is primed to join Arsenal as their new sporting director. The club have conducted a thorough recruitment process to find a replacement for Edu, who resigned from the post last November, and have considered a number of candidates. They included an internal one – Jason Ayto, who has filled the role on an interim basis since Edu’s departure.Berta has emerged as the outstanding choice. The 53-year-old Italian, who left Atlético Madrid in January after 12 years as the sporting director there, has agreed a deal and, once the contracts have been signed, there would appear to be no obstacle to him starting straight away, enabling him to work towards what is sure to be a big summer for Arsenal. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago How Marcus Rashford has left Thomas Tuchel almost no choice around England recall

The striker’s revival has come at just the right time, with Tuchel preparing to name his first England squad

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4 w. ago Europe can defeat Russia in 'any military confrontation' and will win new 'arms race' just as it beat the Soviets 40 years ago, EU leaders tell Zelensky as they meet for 'watershed' Brussels summit

The Polish Prime Minister warned that Vladimir Putin had started 'a new arms race' that has left Europe with no choice but to prepare itself.

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4 w. ago STEPHEN GLOVER: Starmer might enjoy playing the global statesman but we're all stuck in a dejected, unhappy Britain

With one bound he was free! That is what Sir Keir Starmer 's admirers are saying about his sudden transformation into a globe-trotting international statesman.

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