All news by author: Brian Reade

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'The rich fill their boots as the rest of us get kicked further into poverty'
The masonic mafia that greases the wheels that turn the UK economy has never felt more untouchable, to the extent that I find myself agreeing with Nigel Farage, of all people
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'In total roar to Lionesses, who give patronising male critics the boot'
Women's football has moved on from being vilified, but there's still a shameful amount of patronising blokes passing judgment, says Brian Reade. But the Lionesses are getting closer to the men's game, and are on course to have the last laugh
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'Matt Hancock’s insensitive Barbie TikTok stunt is way beyond my Ken'
Imagine how those who lost loved ones in the pandemic felt after seeing former health secretary Matt Hancock's new attempt to rebrand himself as a lovable, wacky man of the people
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'I trekked the Malaysian jungle - and ended up having a pint in its local pub'
Breathtaking, friendly Malaysia offers jungles, tea plantations with colonial features, cosmopolitan capital city Kuala Lumpur and luxurious tropical beach resorts
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'The truth about the big Brexit lie is getting painful for Leavers'
The reality of Brexit is starting to hit us all - and even those who voted to leave the EU are getting upset
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'Nigel Farage fiasco is all about Rishi Sunak running scared of party right'
How petrified of upsetting its own extremists must this government be that it drops everything to rush to the aid of Yesterday's Man Nigel Farage?
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'Keir Starmer needs to be bolder for Labour to seal winning deal'
This week's by-election results show there's no guarantee Labour would win a general election - so Keir Starmer needs to up his game
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'Despite all its flaws, the Beeb is still deserving of worldwide respect'
With the BBC in the spotlight again over the Huw Edwards affair, we mustn't be blinded to the much admired elements of the corporation
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'A skint, cesspit nation still held to ransom by profiteering gangsters'
It's not just the privatised water companies taking us for fools, says Brian Reade, and people are desperate to be freed from these greedy companies that are happy to let us pay for their mistakes while they rake in the profits
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'Boris Johnson v Brian Reade - the truth is there’s only one winner'
Here's some heartfelt advice as you take on your new job as a rival columnist
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'Phillip Schofield saga put into perspective by toxic issues of life in Britain'
Talk of toxicity on This Morning is dwarfed by real problems such as people going hungry and the war in Ukraine
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'The Right's determination to find non-existent culture threats is distraction'
They believe pubs and workplaces are full of people disgusted with student demands to pull down statues of slave owners, who vomit into mixed-gender toilets
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'A crop of Tories so far gone they’re as bad as the fruit they left to rot'
Columnist Brian Reade reflects on the last 13 years of Tory rule, and says that while there were shameful decisions made by the Labour party pre-2010, nothing compares to this cabinet with no talent
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Nigel Farage's failed Brexit bile sits as well as Ann Widdecombe's sandwich ban
Farage once said that if Brexit is a disaster, he would move abroad. Fast forward a few years, and the man who conned the nation into voting for it admits: 'Brexit has failed'
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'Keir Starmer should give us policies instead of fuelling talk of Lib-Dem pact'
The chronic state of the Tories should have an emboldened Labour Party smelling blood - but instead, the noise from the top is of potential coalition
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'I'm sure the Coronation is worth seeing but I'll find something more rewarding'
Brian Reade lays out a republican's guide to how to spend the day of the Coronation
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'Rich just get richer while poor have to accept being poorer'
Brian Reade on this week's slap in the face from the Bank of England's Huw Pill, hard to stomach when you consider the pay of FTSE 100 bosses surged 23% last year as ordinary folk flatlined
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Real patriotism is all about making this country a better place to live
Some people believe any English person who fails to get a lump in their throat during the King’s Coronation hates their country
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Joe Biden may be ageing but he’s no ideological dinosaur
Brian Reade reflects on the US President's successful visit to Ireland - despite what the Unionists and Tories were saying about him
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Tory voter ID rule is a clear message to the young - you’re worthless to us
Brian Reade says the photo ID requirement for voting is just another example of how the Government couldn't care less about those who aren't true blue
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Salt of the earth with a Savage tongue, this Liver bird was a hero
Brian Reade reflects on the life of Paul O'Grady, whom he met on numerous occasions
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Johnson and Trump are yesterday's men raging against the dying of the spotlight
Brian Reade lambasts the two former leaders who are refusing to accept they are now redundant
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'Irony of right-wingers wielding red card over Gary Lineker's migration tweet'
Brian Reade analyses the issues surrounding Tory outrage over Gary Lineker's recent tweet about the Government's immigration policy
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'Government's Covid shambles laid bare amid Hancock's WhatsApp message mayhem'
Brian Reade says Matt Hancock's WhatsApp fiasco just confirms how incompetent the Tory Government - and he himself - were during the Covid-19 pandemic
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'Turn spotlight off gruesome twosome Johnson and Truss sucking life out of UK'
Daily Mirror columnist Brian Reade on the actions of two former prime ministers who, he says, are so enslaved by their egos they just can't let go of their fight for power