Robert Mendick
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Robert Mendick

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Chief reporter on The Telegraph and previously of the Evening Standard.

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Last Front PageMAY 15, 2026Latest appearance

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Hermer insulted war heroes

Attorney General’s scorn towards troops revealed as Troubles bill faces fresh vote

View Front PageDaily TelegraphAPR 27, 2026

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Rayner cleared in tax case 24 hours after she demanded decision

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Daily TelegraphMAY 15, 2026
Reports on the conclusion of an investigation into the Deputy Prime Minister, subtly emphasising the timeline of her applying pressure to HMRC.
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Hermer insulted war heroes

Attorney General’s scorn towards troops revealed as Troubles bill faces fresh vote

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Daily TelegraphAPR 27, 2026Lead Story
The paper leads with an investigation criticising the Attorney General, focusing on leaked emails from his time as a lawyer. The framing explicitly contrasts his previous private correspondence with the status of decorated military veterans.
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Hermer’s ‘excessive’ fee for Iraq witch hunt

MoD challenged £450-an-hour rate to investigate ‘war crimes’ by British troops

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Daily TelegraphAPR 24, 2026Lead Story
The story frames the Attorney General's historical legal work critically, focusing on a financial dispute with the Ministry of Defence over his hourly rate. It explicitly links his financial compensation to investigations the paper characterises as an unfounded campaign against British military personnel.
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Hermer pursued 'witch hunt' against troops despite warnings

Attorney General ignored concerns that Iraqi war crime allegations were false as he worked on case against soldiers

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Daily TelegraphAPR 23, 2026Lead Story
The paper frames the Attorney General's historical legal work as an ideologically driven campaign against the military. It foregrounds leaked correspondence to suggest professional misconduct and a failure to heed warnings about false claims.

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Paperboy tracks bylines on the front pages of major US and UK broadsheets. This page shows every front-page story attributed to Robert Mendick in our archive, based on bylines extracted from front-page images by AI. It covers only front-page stories — not the full output of this journalist. Data begins April 2026.