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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i paper (12th June, 2023) Headlines over the weekend were dominated by three ageing male egomaniacs. They are all desperate to cling to power as [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i paper (12th February, 2023) The case of the banker, the BBC and the prime minister’s big loan offers a glimpse behind the scenes of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i paper (9th February, 2023) I am sitting on a train heading back into Ukraine. My compartment has two women alongside me returning home from [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i paper (24th October, 2022) The headlines are filled with the latest tedious instalment of the struggle for the soul of the Conservative Party, which has [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i paper (5th September, 2022) Let us start with some good news. Boris Johnson will cease soon to be our prime minister. Britain will be [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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