Section: Voices
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Starmer has angered Trump — but Labour MPs, for once, are on his side
The thin-skinned US president could punish the UK for refusing to let him use British military bases. But standing up to Trump has proved popular at home
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Green victory in Gorton and Denton proves working-class and Muslim voters have options
Labour’s loss of one its safest seats will send a chilling message to Starmer’s government
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Labour MPs’ verdict on Mandelson is worse than anything Tories could inflict
Arrest of former US ambassador and New Labour giant may not directly implicate the prime minister, but colleagues say his reputation is shot
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Weekend with Cherien Dabis: ‘Learning to let go allowed me to feel peace in my life’
The director and actor on weekend walks in New York, tea ceremonies and her latest film All That’s Left of You
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Labour’s elections U-turn could cost it more than the £100,000 legal bill
Dozens of councils now have just weeks to prepare for local elections. One of the party’s MPs called the backtrack ‘a total own goal’
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Learning the dishes of my cultures gave me a taste of belonging
Being Egyptian, Irish and Pakistani, the closest I’ve ever come to feeling less ‘other’ was when I prepared meals with the women in my family
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Weekend with Amir El-Masry: ‘I just open the fridge, find what’s there and put it all together’
The actor on his new film Giant, working with Pierce Brosnan, and his obsessions with coffee and running
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Starmer has clung on. But a reckoning could be weeks away
Labour MPs have closed ranks around the prime minister, while the lack of an obvious successor has bought him some time before the Gorton by-election
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Mandelson is still Starmer’s problem — and Labour MPs know it
The prime minister and his team can’t escape the fact they chose a US ambassador whose links to Jeffrey Epstein were far from secret
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The hijab was never meant to be a brand or performance, but a symbol of faith and belief
Social media is full of images of hijab-wearing women conforming to certain beauty standards. This World Hijab Day, we should remember its true meaning
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Weekend with Faraaz Noor: ‘You can’t beat my mum’s chicken curries’
The Traitors contestant on Saturday-morning walks, his favourite restaurant, and what it was like reaching the final of the hit BBC reality show
