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Majority think Keir Starmer will be next PM over 'out of touch' Rishi Sunak
A poll by Ipsos UK found 56% of Brits think it it 'likely' Labour leader Keir Starmer will replace Rishi Sunak in Downing Street at the next election while just 28% of voters disagreed
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Donald Trump mugshot analysed - desperate to look 'intimidating' and 'defiant'
Donald Trump’s former national security advisor John Bolton claims the former President deliberately looked like a “thug” in his mugshot
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'Donald Trump wants America to vote for a crime boss - and it just might'
The loser ex-president is monetising his mugshot to energise his run at the White House, says Fleet Street Fox. But it might energise his opponents more
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Pay-offs doubled for MPs who lose seats as Tories braced for election wipeout
More than 70 MPs have announced plans to quit at the next election after a turbulent period in politics - including 43 Tories, as Labour surges ahead in the polls
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Melania Trump 'made true feelings towards Donald clear in split-second move'
When Donald Trump left the White House at the end of his single term as US President, body language expert Bruce Durham analysed his wife, Melania's, split-second reaction that showed the state of their marriage
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Nine major bombshells emerge from Trump's historic arrest after 4th indictment
Former US President Donald Trump was arrested and booked for a fourth time on Thursday, and the events surrounding the ordeal were both hilarious and outrageous. Here were nine major moments
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Donald Trump's three gestures of regret as he made impromptu speech
Body language Judi James spoke to the Mirror about the signs that brazen Donald Trump might be more concerned about his criminal charges than he let on after he surrendered in Georgia on charges he sought to overturn 2020 election
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Telling sign that Donald Trump practiced his mugshot in the mirror before arrest
Donald Trump surrendered at Fulton County jail in Georgia last night and been booked on charges of trying to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state
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'Donald Trump's clown show of US politics has left the world in utter disbelief'
Donald Trump posed for a mug shot after he surrendered at Fulton County Jail, the first to ever be taken of a former American President
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Pitiful Trump says getting mugshot taken in jail was 'not a comfortable feeling'
Trump made history with his mugshot after surrendering to Fulton County cops this evening where he was booked on racketeering and conspiracy charges over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in the state of Georgia
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Trump mocked as he claims to have lost 2 stone and says he's strawberry blonde
Ex-President Donald Trump is accused of lying about his weight after his supposed weight was released Tuesday, which indicated that he is 215 pounds (15.3 stone, 97.5kg).
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'Penny-pinching Tories scrap free jabs just in time for Covid comeback'
The Eris Covid strain is the latest cause for concern, Paul Routledge says, and with free booster jabs now ruled out for many aged 50-65, it looks like only the well-off will get protection this winter, when we all need access to a vaccine
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'We need to talk about climate change - and not be distracted by the phoney war'
Fights are breaking out over low-traffic neighbourhoods, ultra-low emissions schemes, fossil fuel taxes, whether to further mine fossil fuels, and laws around plastic use
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Ticket office closures 'could put lives at risk' as rail users left without help
The RMT's Mick Lynch said the plan to shut ticket counters at 974 stations across England would result in vital staff members being cut, leaving vulnerable passengers without support
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'100 days after routing the Tories in council elections, things are looking up'
Writing exclusively for The Mirror, Labour Party chair Anneliese Dodds said vital cost of living support is finally being given by 22 new council leaders who got to work after election success
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Watch the Mirror’s Save Our Ticket Offices rally live as we fight railway cull
The Mirror is hosting an online event to fight railway ticket office closures TODAY at 5pm. You can watch live on this page or our YouTube channel
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Fury over Tory mayoral hopeful's 'crude culture war' Notting Hill Carnival views
Conservative London mayoral candidate Susan Hall has repeatedly called for the festival celebrating Caribbean culture to be moved from Notting Hill, where it's been held since 1966
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Damning figures show UK's asylum backlog is at record high with 175,000 in limbo
Data from the Home Office shows a massive 175,457 people were waiting for an initial decision on an application at the end of June - a 44% rise from 122,213 a year earlier
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Priti Patel says sorry to King over call for Prince Andrew to get security back
The former Home Secretary has said sorry for causing "embarrassment and difficulties" after she is claimed to have sent an email suggesting a review of the Duke of York's protection
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Rishi Sunak makes humiliating apology for breaking rules over wife's shares
Commons' standards commissioner Daniel Greenberg found the Prime Minister had "inadvertently" broken the MPs' code of conduct by not revealing Akshata Murty's stake in Koru Kids
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Big change to GCSEs looms for students sitting school exams from next year
Schools Minister Nick Gibb has signalled that students will no longer be allowed to rely on extra support brought in to ease disruption to education caused by the Covid pandemic
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Trump warns US may be heading towards civil war and 'open conflict'
Tonight's interview with ex-Fox News host Carlson comes hours before Trump is set to surrender to cops over racketeering and conspiracy charges at 7pm on Thursday - enabling cable news to capture live footage
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Routine hospital care grinds to a halt as senior doctors begin 48-hour strike
The Government has refused to meet consultants since the British Medical Association balloted to strike so action will start from 7am today until the same time on Saturday
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Tories told to scrap cheap foreign labour loophole and get a grip on immigration
Labour says it will 'end the licence to undercut pay' by employing staff from abroad and focus on training UK workers ahead of the latest immigration figures being published
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All we know about Trump snubbing Republican debate, from Tucker show to new poll
With the former-President facing accusations of cowardice but also boasting about 'legendary' poll, many have been left wondering why Trump isn't going to take the chance to strut his stuff