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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i Paper (8th June, 2026)]]></description>
		
		
		
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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 (1st June 2026)]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i Paper (25th May, 2026)]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by UnHerd (18th May, 2026) It is hard to think of a more grotesque example of state failure. A 15-year-old girl is taken into protective care to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i Paper (18th May, 2026)]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Labour now has one mission: stop Reform destroying the UK</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i Paper (12th May, 2026)]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i Paper (5th May, 2026) Like any successful populist leader, Nigel Farage loves to pose as a straight-talking man who dares take on the smug elites. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i Paper (27th April, 2026)]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The Daily Mail (25th April, 2026)]]></description>
		
		
		
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