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Gavin Esler

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Gavin Esler is a writer, award-winning broadcaster and podcaster. He was the BBC’s chief correspondent in North America for eight years and a long-time anchor of Newsnight, Dateline London and other BBC programmes. He is the author of five novels and four works of non-fiction, including most recently ‘How Britain Ends'. His awards include a Sony Gold and a Royal Television Society award. His new book ‘Britain Is Better Than This’ will be published in September 2023.
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CommentNovember 27, 2025
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CommentThe BBC is in trouble but it remains a trusted news source

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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool in September. Getty Images
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Regime change in Venezuela would also upend Trump’s self-image as a peace-maker

CommentNovember 05, 2025
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CommentCan Starmer pull off a Thatcher-like comeback?

He needs to communicate a clear vision of what his leadership will mean to the public

CommentOctober 28, 2025
Anti-immigration activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, known as Tommy Robinson, addresses the public in Tel Aviv, on October 18. Reuters
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The British government and most citizens are appalled by the intolerance of people like Tommy Two-Names

CommentOctober 21, 2025
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Investors and politicians across the world have one main fear

CommentOctober 16, 2025
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Her missteps have added to her inability to inspire the UK's most successful political party

CommentOctober 07, 2025
Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage after delivering his speech at the Reform UK party conference, on September 5. AFP
CommentFarage's lead across UK polls should be the big concern for Starmer

Labour and the Tories are trying to figure out how to counter the rise of Farage’s Reform UK

CommentSeptember 30, 2025
British Prime Minister and leader of the Labour Party Keir Starmer and Andy Burnham, Mayor of Manchester, left, during the launch of the party's general election manifesto in 2024. Bloomberg
Starmer's dismal ratings will make the Labour conference a less-than-happy affair

When the party gathers in Liverpool on September 28 it may prove a less than happy affair for the British Prime Minister

CommentSeptember 24, 2025
Unifil's Major Akakpo damage to the base hospital after the Lebanese base was his by a rocket during the war. Matt Kynaston for The National
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It’s not easy to count how many conflicts there are in the world today

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Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage at the Reform UK annual conference in Birmingham last week. EPA
Starmer needs to go on the attack to counter Farage's popularity

The British Prime Minister will be judged on whether he can solve some of the UK's more intractable problems

CommentSeptember 10, 2025
A protest near a hotel after the UK government won a court ruling resulting in asylum seekers not being evicted from the hotel in Epping on Sunday. Reuters
No, Mr Farage – inciting racial hatred cannot be justified as free speech

Defending someone who made inflammatory remarks is like agreeing with those who like to stoke the flames of fear

CommentSeptember 03, 2025
Right now, flags have become the subject of a different type of conflict, political rather than military. AP
CommentPretend patriots are flagging up division over diversity

National symbols are important and powerful but in the hands of the ultra-right they send out a message of exclusion

OpinionAugust 27, 2025
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