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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The Spectator (3rd June, 2025)]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i Paper (25th May, 2026)]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i Paper (29th March, 2026)]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The Mail on Sunday (23rd November, 2025) I recently met a friend tormented by long Covid. A brilliant and brave journalist, Jose’s life has been devastated [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i paper (6th August, 2025)]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2025 13:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i paper (4th August, 2025)]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Doctors&#8217; union should be defeated</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i paper (25th July, 2025)]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Assisted dying is a slippery slope</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i paper (23rd June, 2024)]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Militant medics are destroying the NHS</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2025 11:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by UnHerd (4th July, 2025)]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The death of my beautiful daughter</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 20:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The Daily Mail (February 8th, 2025) My daughter Iona was born 32 years ago. She arrived at home, in such a rush to enter the world [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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