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Plan to bring down Putin with poetry goes from bad to verse

March 25, 2022 4:00 am

Just when you thought things couldn’t get any bleaker, along comes Bono.

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Punching Putin and cage fighting to solve the world’s problems

March 18, 2022 4:02 am

Elon Musk wants to beat up Vladimir Putin. Could be a ratings winner.

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The real Russia sanctions: Fries and gravy

March 11, 2022 4:04 am

Russians get hit where it hurts: The gut.

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Putin’s dwindling circle of friends and cronies

March 4, 2022 4:00 am

As the world turns against the Russian president, he does still have an action movie star in his corner.

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Trump cheers, Borrell raps and Putin rides on regardless

February 25, 2022 4:00 am

It’s been a traumatic week but at least we know the EXACT location of a potential Russian nuclear attack on Britain.

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Macron should side with Trump after failing with dating app plan

February 18, 2022 4:00 am

French president’s supporters tried and failed to use Tinder et al to bring out the youth vote. There is another way.

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Soft (furnishings) power: The politics of Putin’s massive table

February 11, 2022 4:49 am

‘Pass the salt.’ ‘What? I can’t hear a thing you’re saying. Invade Ukraine?’

Spy world wary as Biden team keeps leaking Russia intel

February 9, 2022 4:51 am

US national security figures get that information war is the new battleground. But ‘how many freaking times do they need to warn that anything may be imminent?’ one asked.

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Salvini’s face mask filter joins long list of digital touch-ups for politicians

February 4, 2022 4:43 am

Were Italian League leader’s colleagues wearing masks in photo? Yes, he says, just blame it on the software.

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Wanted: PR folk to help with fallout from cake ambushes and online erotica

January 28, 2022 4:00 am

Some politicians need no help, others need a great deal.

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Sun, sea, sex and scandal on Europe’s party island

January 21, 2022 4:00 am

French education minister in hot water over island retreat, but who will be next to fall for Ibiza’s charms?

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Why cleaning up politics is so hard to do

January 14, 2022 4:00 am

The UK government is making a big mess, but a German company that could help wants nothing to do with politics.

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Emmanuel Macron’s pissed off. He’s not the only one.

January 7, 2022 4:02 am

The French president hits out at the easiest of targets — the anti-vaxxers.

POLITICO’s most-read stories of 2021

December 30, 2021 4:00 am

From royal succession to vaccination rollouts, Joe Biden’s fart and the violent outbursts of a diplomat’s wife, these are the stories that got readers clicking this year.

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The world’s most admired people? Has-beens and online poopers

December 17, 2021 4:01 am

Look, let’s just pretend none of this happened.

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It’s Christmas party season (for politicians, not for you)

December 10, 2021 4:01 am

Boris Johnson should own up, Sanna Marin did own up, and in Poland, they party like it’s 1999.

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Happy ‘They’re Trying To Cancel Christmas!’ everyone

December 3, 2021 4:00 am

It’s time for the annual tradition of right-wingers getting cross about language.

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French government gets coronavirus, wages war on the world’s oddest website

November 26, 2021 4:03 am

Paris sets it sights on Wish, home to some of the strangest items imaginable.

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Weird war on migrants and the Great British F*** Off

November 19, 2021 5:02 am

You can’t buy a canoe in northern France, or a British pie.

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Joe Biden’s fart and other embarrassing royal moments for Americans

November 12, 2021 4:01 am

US president lets rip at COP26 meeting with Camilla.

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Climate protests and France vs. Everyone

November 5, 2021 4:00 am

Greta Thunberg and a walrus lead the way at COP26.

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Putin the gas overlord, filthy seas and the rise of the rat army

October 29, 2021 4:00 am

Gas costs a fortune and the seas are literally full of crap.

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Ungracious Trump, clueless Farage and a foul-mouthed interpreter

October 22, 2021 4:00 am

‘If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.’ Unless you’re in politics.

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Bad EU jargon and Squid Game summits

October 15, 2021 4:04 am

To improve the EU, ditch the jargon and ramp up the violence.

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