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Matthew Norman

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Matthew Norman is an award-winning Independent columnist who specialises in political satire.

Farage’s rebuttal is that, as a ‘broadcaster’, he is a key worker. As he certainly will be if ever he takes a job with Timpson
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The Brexit boys are back in town to put a premature end to lockdown

Johnson characterised his pre-hospital mindset as a 'terrible buoyancy'
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Johnson’s mindless optimism won’t pull us out of this crisis

No brainer: Merkel, a trained scientist, wins out over Trump
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Coronavirus has confirmed men and women are from different planets

Related video: Up to six million UK residents may have already had coronavirus, NHS adviser says
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Boris Johnson needs to grow up and give Britons the bad news

Matt Hancock claims he doesn't have a magic wand to get all the equipment the NHS needs
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Turns out Matt Hancock's pie-in-the-sky PPE was in the sky all along

How Boris Johnson chose to fill those blissful days and nights with Carrie Symonds, the paper doesn’t relate
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Never was so little owed to so few miserable apologies for leadership

Donald Trump said the press had not reported on his coronavirus response ‘as they should be’
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Trump’s coronavirus response is disastrous, but at least scrutinised

The Tories took the unflinching devotion of nurses for granted
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Boris Johnson should have realised the value of the NHS before this

Why has the president continued promoting an unproven drug for coronavirus treatment?
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Trump's hydroxychloroquine obsession is entirely self-interested

Starmer is choosing not to make hay out of the pandemic
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Yes, Keir Starmer is boring – boring is exactly what we need right now

Watching Trump falls between ‘a distasteful fetish and an ice bath’
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Trump’s coronavirus tantrums have sunk him to new, reprehensible lows

The prime minister has faced scrutiny over some of his decisions
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The country is rallying behind the flag – but the PM has made mistakes

Yes-man: Pence is with Trump whatever the stakes
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Don’t count on Pence to actually step in and help to remove Trump

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Don’t count on Pence to actually step in and help to remove Trump

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Yes-man: Pence is with Trump whatever the stakes
The chancellor has impressed many with his press conferences
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Rishi Sunak sounds authoritative – and that is enough for now

The PM's guidance was laissez-faire compared to that of other world leaders
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Boris Johnson’s sheepish coronavirus guidance won’t fly for long

Older people are at greatest risk, so how do you get the young to take this seriously?
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The generational fault lines over coronavirus are considerable

If Sanders is seen as the American Corbyn, might Biden be Hillary 2.0?
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A brokered convention is the worst nightmare for the Democrats

If Sanders is seen as the American Corbyn, might Biden be Hillary 2.0?
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A brokered convention is the worst nightmare for the Democrats

News of the happy couple dwarfed other stories on the front pages
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Cynicism has no place in pregnancy announcements – but here we are

A decade of cuts has taken its toll
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The Tories can’t be surprised that life expectancy is plummeting

The so-called Gypsy King celebrates his latest victory
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Forget Prince Harry – Tyson Fury is the royal Britain needs

Bad ideas man: Dom’s quest for exciting new minds is paying dividends
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I have just the thing to revive Cummings’ weirdos and misfits movement

The gravest danger to liberty is the one that attracts the least attention
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Like Thomas Cromwell, Dominic Cummings will eventually fall

Her CV is perhaps not the most fitting for the director-general shortlist
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The idea of Elisabeth Murdoch getting the BBC top job is ridiculous

Former first lady Michelle Obama
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There’s only one Democrat who can oust Trump

DES MOINES, IA - FEBRUARY 03: Officials from the 68th caucus precinct overlook the results of the first referendum count during a caucus event on February 3, 2020 at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. Iowa is the first contest in the 2020 presidential nominating process with the candidates then moving on to New Hampshire.
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The Iowa caucus fiasco is a metaphor for the state of US democracy

Her CV is perhaps not the most fitting for the director-general shortlist
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The idea of Elisabeth Murdoch getting the BBC top job is ridiculous

Former first lady Michelle Obama
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There’s only one Democrat who can oust Trump

DES MOINES, IA - FEBRUARY 03: Officials from the 68th caucus precinct overlook the results of the first referendum count during a caucus event on February 3, 2020 at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. Iowa is the first contest in the 2020 presidential nominating process with the candidates then moving on to New Hampshire.
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The Iowa caucus fiasco is a metaphor for the state of US democracy

The war of Brexit has been won and lost. However gruesome recent years have been, the really hard bit is the peace
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The Horrible Histories storm shows we aren’t ready to laugh at Brexit

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The Horrible Histories storm shows we aren’t ready to laugh at Brexit

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The war of Brexit has been won and lost. However gruesome recent years have been, the really hard bit is the peace
Related video: John Major, Tony Blair and Michael Heseltine urge people to vote against Boris Johnson to avoid Brexit
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The progressive European future we crave isn’t dead yet

Boris Johnson on Huawei access to 5G network
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Now we’ll find out if Johnson can really take back control

Donald Trump en route to the Word Economic Forum in Davos
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The reaction to Trump’s impeachment is a glimpse into Britain’s future

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh in the House of Lords, 2015
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Moving the House of Lords has nothing to do with serving the north

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh in the House of Lords, 2015
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Moving the House of Lords has nothing to do with serving the north

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks at a campaign stop at St. Ambrose University on 11 January 2020
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Can Sanders come back from heart attack to become president?

Related video: Queen seen for first time since Harry and Meghan announcement
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Harry and Meghan’s departure isn’t the disaster you think it is

Shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer during a Labour Party press conference in central London.
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Keir Starmer is making sensible politics appealing again

Related video: Amber Rudd admits universal credit failings for first time
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Knighting real-life Scrooge IDS proves honours are a sham

Senior figures on the left are backing shadow business secretary Rebecca Long Bailey
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Rebecca Long Bailey’s obscurity won’t save her this time

Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner stepped down from the Labour leadership race in what is thought to be a pact with Rebecca Long-Bailey
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Labour’s sitcom of a leadership race won’t do the party any favours

Jess Phillips is perhaps the opponent the PM would least like to face across the despatch box
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Jess Phillips would be a gamble for Labour – and it would pay off

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Swinson and Umunna were rivals in the field of suicidal opportunism

Jonathan Ashworth has thrown his support behind The Independent's campaign
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Ashworth provided the perfect ending to this detritus-filled election

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The fightback begins as soon as the exit poll is released on Thursday

Related: Donald Trump pledges to stay out of election before complimenting Boris Johnson
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Britain could very well be US territory this time next week

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Britain could very well be US territory this time next week

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Related: Donald Trump pledges to stay out of election before complimenting Boris Johnson
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Corbyn could win this election if he delivers a second referendum

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis said Labour has a ‘severe’ problem with antisemitism that will get worse if the party’s inquiry into the issue is used as ‘sticking plaster’ to placate voters
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The chief rabbi doesn’t speak for me, but he’s not wrong about Corbyn

Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg
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Pete Buttigieg’s Iowa surge has ushered in a new chapter of hope

Related video: Jennifer Arcuri discusses her relationship with Boris Johnson
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Prince Andrew, Johnson and how to talk your way out of a scandal

Related video: Jennifer Arcuri discusses her relationship with Boris Johnson
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Prince Andrew, Johnson and how to talk your way out of a scandal

Related: Brexit Party will still contest Labour seats, Farage insists
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It’s all over for Farage, now he’s our newest historical figure

It is a gruesome betrayal of a basic democratic precept when the voters of a country could be denied knowledge that might shape their votes
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We have stopped caring about Boris Johnson’s potential wrongdoings

Donald Trump has been using various tactics to try and stop the impeachment inquiry
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Can Democrats take advantage of Trump’s fading appeal?

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Farage is loathsome – but he may yet become a saviour for Remainers

Is it something I said? Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson is being excluded from the ITV leaders’ debate
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A general election is still the very worst way to solve this crisis

What seriously threatens Corbyn’s beliefs is him remaining to fight for them
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If Jeremy Corbyn cares about the people he’ll step down now

Chancellor arrives in Manchester yesterday ahead of his keynote speech
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This unhinged Brexit cabinet just keeps delivering the dodgy goods

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MPs have given us the falsest dawn that ever broke

England manager Gareth Southgate speaks with referee Vasil Levski during the Euro 2020 qualifier between Bulgaria and England on 14 October 2019 in Sofia
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England’s horror at racism in Bulgarian football is pure hypocrisy

Corbyn at his party’s conference in Brighton on Saturday
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Jeremy Corbyn risks becoming a Brexit hero – and an election failure

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Trump’s behaviour defies explanation. Kicking him out is what matters

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Trump’s behaviour defies explanation. Kicking him out is what matters

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Boris Johnson has refused to answer reporters’ questions about whether he had an intimate relationship with Ms Arcuri
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The public will let Johnson get away with the Arcuri scandal

Might treason be a word that comes back to haunt both Trump and Johnson?
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What if Boris Johnson is the treasonous one?

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A cross-party council of leaders could defeat Johnson’s toxic politics

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Rory Stewart got out of jail free, but prisoners are still suffering

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Rory Stewart got out of jail free, but prisoners are still suffering

The mask slips: a protester outside the Supreme Court yesterday
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Boris Johnson deserves what the Supreme Court gave him: a humiliation

Protesters stand outside the Supreme Court during a hearing on the legality of proroguing Parliament
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Supreme Court judges aren’t radical – no matter how the ruling is spun

Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel went ahead without Boris Johnson
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Our monstrous Brexit teenagers are testing the patience of the adults

Boris Johnson mocked David Cameron in the note
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Two men who backed something they didn’t believe in to help themselves

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The Queen is running out of time to stop Boris Johnson

Johnson knows there is an approximately 0.00 per cent chance of the EU scrapping the backstop
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Boris Johnson is scapegoating the EU to cover up his own failings

Orwell mayhem: John Hurt as Winston Smith in ‘1984’, a plotline that seems to be playing out before our eyes
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The government knows no deal will be a catastrophe – yet it carries on

Pungently divisive: John Bolton, US national security adviser
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Why has US sent its warmonger-in-chief to talk trade with Britain?

Queen Elizabeth II took to Instagram for the first time, almost five years after joining Twitter
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The Queen has to shout if she wants to defend the constitution

Related video: Boris Johnson meets residents evacuated from Whaley Brid
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Beto O’Rourke accidentally said everything about Brexit in a few words

Dominic Cummings, special adviser to Boris Johnson, walks into No 10
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Dominic Cummings’ no-deal Brexit threat is a very English coup

Alastair Campbell speaks to the media outside his home in north London after he was expelled from the Labour Party in May
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Corbyn will survive a Campbell roasting, but the knives are sharpening

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Could Rory Stewart lead the anti-no deal Brexit resistance?

Does he believe anything, other than in his God-given entitlement to occupy centre stage?
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Boris as PM has a lottery ticket holder’s chance of a happy ending

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Boris’s chaotic rule begins in less than two days – bring on the shots

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Racism will boost Trump’s 2020 chances – but there’s a way to stop him

Does he believe anything, other than in his God-given entitlement to occupy centre stage?
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Boris as PM has a lottery ticket holder’s chance of a happy ending

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Boris’s chaotic rule begins in less than two days – bring on the shots

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Racism will boost Trump’s 2020 chances – but there’s a way to stop him

’This is a man who does not deserve to lead our country‘, said Jo Swinson of Boris Johnson
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Jo Swinson needs to come out swinging if she wants to lead a coalition

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By Farage’s logic, let’s make Abu Hamza UK ambassador to Iran

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The biggest battle standing between Corbyn and No 10 is himself

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In this limbo dance of Tory lunacy, how low can they go?

Related video: Boris Johnson voter tells James O'Brien that the Tory contender's interview has left him 'lost for words'
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Some pictures paint a thousand words. This one of Boris conjures three

If the prospective prime minister lied about meeting the alt-right strategist, what else is new?
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Boris Johnson’s Steve Bannon connection could cost him severely

Sofia Saleh has been refused entry to the UK to live with her adopted mother Nina
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May’s legacy mission withers in the hostility she’s left behind

The last obstacle between him and No 10 is the Conservative vote for the final two candidates
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A parade of the puny through Tory fantasy land

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