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The disaster of Brexit is a warning against simple solutions to hard problems

Alan Milburn says youth unemployment has no quick fixes – an idea with an important lesson for those thinking about how to rejoin the EU

The Guardian - UK · May 31

Tottenham are clueless but a vital change could reignite the fire to topple Arsenal

Igor Tudor begins his tenure as Tottenham’s new head coach in Sunday’s north London derby, where Arsenal’s quest for silverware on four fronts is a reminder of Spurs’s deep-rooted problem

The Independent UK · Feb 20

Which footballers have scored most of their career goals in a single match?

Plus: more players ignoring tactical instructions, free-kick flurries and Wembley Stadium’s first resident club

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2025

Ranked! The 25 best British players of all time

Counting down the best British players of all time, with the cream of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland assessed

FourFourTwo · Apr 14, 2023

Chelsea's shortest managerial reigns as Graham Potter sack pressure mounts ahead of vital games

Chelsea are struggling to stop the rot under Graham Potter and have recorded just one win in 2023, scoring just one goal in their last six matches

Football London · Feb 28, 2023

The week that was for Prime Minister Liz Truss and the UK economy

The UK's economy is in dire straits just three weeks after Prime Minister Liz Truss took up the top job. But it was last Friday's so-called "mini-budget" which has led to a mega drama.

ABC News · Sep 30, 2022

Pound hits all-time low against dollar after mini-budget rocks markets

Odds of sterling hitting parity with dollar jump, as analysts say UK bond market ‘getting smoked’ by giveaway

The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2022

Billy Bingham obituary

Northern Ireland’s most successful football manager who guided his country to the World Cup finals in 1982 and 1986

The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2022

Will the cost of living crisis spark a revival in the trade union movement?

BANK of England governor Andrew Bailey caused a stir when he told workers in February that he wanted to see them showing “quite clear restraint”…

The National (Scotland) · Jun 10, 2022

Bank of England ‘duty bound’ to trigger recession to curb inflation

Ex-official says policymakers must shrink the UK economy to limit upward pressure on prices made worse by Brexit

The Guardian - UK · May 1, 2022