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How Britain became a terrible place for doctors

The National Health Service is straining under a Covid backlog that now stretches to more than 7.4 million procedures, writes Therese Raphael

FULL ARTICLE Tuesday May 23, 2023

Gary Lineker bags hat-trick from BBC row

Match of the Day presenter forces a rethink on social-media guidelines and employees’ personal views

Mar 14, 2023 7:58 AM
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SNP can’t say how an independent Scotland would be better off

It may look as if the UK Supreme Court dealt a death blow to Nicola Sturgeon's strategy for Scottish independence, with its ruling on Wednesday that no referend...

Nov 28, 2022 7:33 AM
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The doctor won’t see you now ‒ Britain’s cost-of-surviving crisis

There is no shortage of grim headlines in Britain right now. The country is facing catastrophically high living costs, a steady drumbeat of strike action and po...

Aug 16, 2022 7:56 AM
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Why British conservatives went cold on Rishi Sunak

A year ago, Rishi Sunak was the runaway favourite to be the next Tory leader, with Liz Truss polling only a third of his support. He started the contest in fron...

Aug 09, 2022 7:58 AM
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Boris Johnson has partied his way to a midterm thrashing

Britain's Tories have been in power for a long time and incumbents generally get a midterm beating. So, of course, Boris Johnson is expecting a slapdown in loca...

May 04, 2022 7:45 AM
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Boris Johnson may survive due to lack of an obvious successor

One of the quainter rules among British lawmakers is they cannot openly accuse each other of lying. It does not bode well for Boris Johnson that on Wednesday hi...

Jan 14, 2022 8:07 AM
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The Queen’s gambit puts Tony Blair at centre stage again

By the time Brits returned from the long New Year's weekend, well over 600,000 people had signed a petition seeking to deny former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair...

Jan 08, 2022 7:55 AM
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Partygate may be one crisis too many for Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson, the British Prime Minister, faces yet another week of political crisis even as his Government confronts new public-health challenges posed by the...

Dec 16, 2021 7:58 AM
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Tennis sensation primed for unicorn status

Regular tennis fans got an introduction to 18-year-old Emma Raducanu’s power and personality during her impressive run at Wimbledon this year. But it was her vi...

Sep 15, 2021 8:00 AM
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What fall of Afghanistan means for Britain and Europe

The rapid fall of Afghanistan to Taleban control presents Britain and its Nato allies with two primary dilemmas — the first is immediately pressing, the second ...

Aug 19, 2021 8:00 AM
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More Therese Raphael

Boris Johnson humbled by a 22-year-old footballer

Britain must be clear on the rules

Don’t expect the same Boris as PM

‘No-deal’ Brexit back as a real possibility

One last election hope for Corbyn

As if Johnson needed any more controversy

Johnson in a mess of his own making

Brexit’s last chance before voters take control

Corbyn may be May’s unlikely Brexit saviour

Tennis scandal not on a par with cycling