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Mary Dejevsky

Are we witnessing the opening salvos of World War 3?

Ryan Coogan

My childhood hobby made me uncool – but it was the making of me

Sean O'Grady

His Majesty has done a great service to the nation’s health

<p>‘The prime minister summoned journalists to Downing Street this morning to try, yet again, to turn things round for a Tory party miles behind in the opinion polls,’ writes John Rentoul </p>
john rentoul

Robert Harris is right – Sunak’s popularity has entered ‘death valley’

With polling this bad, you could almost mistake it for the plot in one of the ‘Fatherland’ author’s new thrillers, writes John Rentoul. Yet the PM soldiers on – or, at least, he’s trying to...

<p>Two-year-old Bronson Battersby reportedly starved to death next to his father’s body. His mother Sarah Piesse said her son would still be alive ‘if social services had done their job’ </p>
Chris Finnigan

Why social workers get blamed for tragedies like Bronson Battersby

<p>The government has decided to end performance related pay in schools </p>
james moore

Performance-related pay for teachers has never added up

<p>Think it’s cold in ‘Arctic’ Britain? Parts of Scandinavia have been under snow for weeks, with freezing temperatures unseen in decades</p>
Helen Russell

Here’s how Brits can weather a Scandi winter, Nordic-style

<p>Franki Cookney explains why 2024 is the year we stop letting other people tell us what it means to be in a relationship </p>
franki cookney

Star Trek-themed polyamory? Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it...

<p>If our offspring gave theirs one of our family fun-names… well, I hope I’d be polite enough to say nothing </p>
ANNE ATKINS

Of course the Queen was upset about ‘Lilibet’ – nicknames are personal

<p>Kate Moss, after years of partying hard, has rebranded herself as a wellness guru </p>
Claire Cohen

Kate Moss at 50: the supermodel who can really (birthday) party

<p>We also know what Mr Trump intends to do. He plans to take revenge</p>
The Independent View

Reckless, impetuous, childish, graceless? Welcome to Trump 2024

<p>The space between us: Rishi Sunak with his now ex-deputy co-chairman Lee Anderson, who resigned the post in rebellion against the Rwanda bill</p>
Andrew Grice

It’s crunch time for Rwanda – but mainly for Rishi’s leadership

<p>Gillian Anderson’s dress was embroidered with pictures of vulvas </p>
amelia loulli

Why Gillian Anderson’s ‘vagina’ dress was problematic

<p>I don’t understand why Rishi Sunak thinks that this is the most important issue facing the British public today</p>
Letters

The Tory party couldn’t run a bath, let alone the country

<p>One was a hereditary billionaire, the other was brought up in a pebble-dashed semi </p>
Sean O’Grady

Trump and Starmer: How on earth will the Odd Couple get along?

The Independent View

Rwanda is an absurd hill for a prime minister to die on

The Independent View

Rwanda is an absurd hill for a prime minister to die on

Editorial
Voices

Trump just killed the Ukraine-immigration agreement

<p>Listen up: Jodie Foster in ‘True Detective: Night Country’</p>
Features

The True Detective debacle shows Rotten Tomatoes is becoming useless

<p>Rishi Sunak’s policy survived a rebellion after would-be rebels announced they would not vote down an unchanged Bill</p>
Voices

Rishi Sunak has won the Rwanda vote but lost his credibility

The Independent View

The Rwanda plan remains doomed to fail

The Independent View

The Rwanda plan remains doomed to fail

<p>Rishi Sunak and his ministers ought to be more sympathetic to already traumatised people running from terror in their own country</p>
Letters

If the government succeeds with its Rwanda bill, it will be a tragedy

<p>UK inflation increased unexpectedly due to hikes in the prices of tobacco and alcohol</p>
Voices

Are we drinking and smoking ourselves towards higher inflation?

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Rishi Sunak pleads with House of Lords to back Rwanda deportation bill

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Tory MP did not vote against Rwanda bill because Labour MPs ‘giggled’ at him

128 comments

Israel’s troops push further south than ever during Gaza war as it steps up strikes

125 comments

Pakistan conducts retaliatory strikes inside Iran amid fears of widening conflict

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<p>Edward Leigh, one of the white-haired, ancient veterans of the Maastricht Wars of 30 years ago… and still at war with Tory party leadership </p>
Voices

Marvel as the mad old Tory circular firing squad is back on parade

<p>The government justifies its stance by referring to the average driver salary, implying ‘that’s more than enough’, while their own salaries have increased </p>
Letters

When it comes to a fair wage, the government’s hypocrisy is staggering

<p>Prime minister Rishi Sunak holds a cabinet meeting during another disaster week for his party </p>
Voices

The Tory civil war is about so much more than stopping small boats

<p>Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (left) and Labour leader SIr Keir Starmer (PA)</p>
UK Politics

Join The Independent Debate and tell us your election predictions

<p>After winning the award for lead actor in a drama series, the ‘Succession’ star, 41, began thanking his team, co-stars and the show’s creator, Jesse Armstrong, before ‘switching to the personal really fast’</p>
Voices

And the award for most cringe performance goes to… Kieran Culkin

<p>The reboot manages to capture the spirit of the original without having to rely on problematic elements </p>
Voices

Ulrika Jonsson is right, the new Gladiators is ‘woke’

<p>Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (left) and Labour leader SIr Keir Starmer (PA)</p>
UK Politics

Join The Independent Debate and tell us your election predictions

<p>After winning the award for lead actor in a drama series, the ‘Succession’ star, 41, began thanking his team, co-stars and the show’s creator, Jesse Armstrong, before ‘switching to the personal really fast’</p>
Voices

And the award for most cringe performance goes to… Kieran Culkin

<p>The reboot manages to capture the spirit of the original without having to rely on problematic elements </p>
Voices

Ulrika Jonsson is right, the new Gladiators is ‘woke’

<p>Rishi Sunak says the action taken was ‘limited, necessary and proportionate ... in self-defence’ </p>
Voices

Will the clash with the Houthi rebels lead to global conflict?

Voices

Will the clash with the Houthi rebels lead to global conflict?

Kim Sengupta
<p>Rishi Sunak says the action taken was ‘limited, necessary and proportionate ... in self-defence’ </p>
<p>Republican presidential candidate Florida Governor Ron DeSantis greets attendees after speaking at a campaign stop at Pub 52 on January 15, 2024 in Sergeant Bluff, Iowa</p>
Voices

DeSantis reaps the rewards of his cowardice: Humiliation

Voices

How Trump swallowed an entire generation of Republicans

<p>Some think that the matter was clearly corrupt and that its legality should be more thoroughly scrutinised </p>
Letters

You’re no longer a private citizen, Lord Cameron, so start talking

<p>A Typhoon plane bound for Yemen takes off from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus</p>
The Independent View

Even ‘minor’ military raids in the Middle East spin out of control

<p>A Typhoon plane bound for Yemen takes off from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus</p>
The Independent View

Even ‘minor’ military raids in the Middle East spin out of control

<p>Since Rishi Sunak’s pledge, in March 2023, that anyone who crossed the Channel would be removed within weeks, 50,000 asylum-seekers have arrived in the UK</p>
Voices

There is only one realistic way to reduce the number of Channel deaths

<p>The timing of this expensive poll would seem to be aimed at the Rwanda bill that will be debated in the Commons tomorrow and Wednesday</p>
Voices

If Tory plotters thought they’d oust Sunak, it’s about to backfire

<p>‘The bold declaration came after Golden Globesgate’ </p>
Voices

Spare me the constant updates about Selena Gomez’s on/off relationship

<p>Gary Lineker retweeted a social media post about how Israel is ‘committing the world’s most live-streamed genocide’ </p>
Voices

Sean O’Grady: Stop bullying Gary Lineker – he’s no racist

<p>One hundred days after it began, hopes that the war in Gaza could be contained risk being dashed</p>
The Independent View

One hundred days on, a political solution for Gaza must be found

<p>Nikki Haley, seen leaving the Iowa Republican debate </p>
Voices

Nikki Haley’s caucus-eve appearance leads to snowbound fiasco

<p>Starmer must marshal his troops, polish his manifesto, and encourage his potential MPs to engage the electorate like never before</p>
Letters

Starmer may be ahead – but he must not get too comfortable

<p>During his Sunday morning blitz of the TV news shows, the new foreign secretary, David Cameron, threatened more air strikes</p>
Voices

Cameron’s plan to tackle Houthis is little more than a costly illusion

<p>If everything becomes a challenge, nothing is </p>
Voices

We don’t need book club challenges – what happened to reading for fun?

<p>Instead of pursuing a prohibitionist approach, we should be working to educate the next generation of drinkers about moderate intake</p>
Voices

Should we be giving kids ‘fake’ wine in champagne flutes?

<p>People protest in Yemen against the US-led airstrikes but it is vital that free democracies stand firm against attacks on the high seas</p>
The Independent View

Targeted strikes against Houthi rebels are moral and right

The Independent View

Targeted strikes against Houthi rebels are moral and right

Editorial
<p>People protest in Yemen against the US-led airstrikes but it is vital that free democracies stand firm against attacks on the high seas</p>
<p>Under my leadership, the Labour Party has never wavered from its commitment to Britain’s defence</p>
Voices

Keir Starmer: Labour backs strikes on Houthi rebels to protect UK

<p>It is estimated that 70 victims have died waiting for compensation since last April</p>
Voices

It’s time victims of the infected blood scandal received justice

<p>There are several members of the shadow cabinet who are unhappy with Keir Starmer’s position on Gaza</p>
Voices

Will war in the Middle East cast a shadow over a Starmer government?

<p>Attention spans aren’t what they used to be </p>
Letters

Who is really to blame for our short attention spans?

<p>Attention spans aren’t what they used to be </p>
Letters

Who is really to blame for our short attention spans?

<p>Billy Crystal’s Harry tells Meg Ryan’s Sally that men and women can’t be friends because sex always gets in the way </p>
Voices

When Harry Met Sally is right – men and women can’t ever be friends

<p>Ed Davey was minister for postal affairs between 2010 and early 2012</p>
Voices

Is this the worst week yet for the Lib Dems?

The Independent View

Military intervention in Yemen is justifiable – for now

<p>As if to underscore Rishi Sunak’s new role as a war leader, hours after approving targeted strikes in Yemen, the prime minister flew to Kyiv</p>
Voices

Will Sunak’s war swallow his reputation as Iraq did Blair’s?

<p>Who was listening to our subpostmasters at the beginning?</p>
Letters

The government needs to stop making matters worse

<p>Houthi fighters at a training camp in Yemen</p>
Voices

The Houthis won’t be stopped by a single raid – we must hit them again

<p>People’s attention spans have decreased dramatically in recent years </p>
Voices

Can’t finish this sentence? Pay attention! (Democracy depends on it)

<p>As the temperature dropped outside and the water in the dogs’ bowls froze, I dragged out the heavy-duty pressure washer</p>
Voices

‘Lungs bubbling, frothing like a coffee machine’: My Covid hell

<p>Aerial footage showing the moment an RAF Typhoon strikes a military target in Yemen </p>
Voices

What happens if the Houthi rebels fight back?

<p>In an environment where most interactions boil down to, safe, banal pleasantries shared over a microwaveable ready meal, gossip cuts through like a (mostly welcome) knife</p>
Voices

How gossiping at work could ruin your career

<p>Opposition presidential candidate Hou Yu-ih visiting a market during a campaign visit in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on Wednesday</p>
Voices

We should pay attention to the Taiwan elections (the Russians are)

Voices

We should pay attention to the Taiwan elections (the Russians are)

Mary Dejevsky
<p>Opposition presidential candidate Hou Yu-ih visiting a market during a campaign visit in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on Wednesday</p>
<p>‘Entire areas of the city are now permanently gridlocked, with simple journeys taking several times longer’ </p>
Voices

I’m a black cabbie – here’s why driving in London is now impossible

<p>Tim Martin, the boss of JD Wetherspoon</p>
Home News

Readers discuss pros and cons of Spoons - from a ‘curse’ to ‘amazing’

<p>Starmer got into trouble for his extended peroration in his sixth question about how out of touch the prime minister is </p>
Voices

Keir Starmer should mind his language – but this was no ‘dog whistle’

Voices

The GOP dumpster fire is getting worse – and 2024 wins might not help

Voices

The GOP dumpster fire is getting worse – and 2024 wins might not help

The Independent View

The Post Office must lose the right to police itself

<p>We need a fairer and more compassionate way to deal with immigration, not this trashy gimmick </p>
Letters

Sunak needs to show the Tory rebels who is in charge

<p>Paul, a 36-year-old business manager from Manchester, always looks like he’s on the brink of a maniacal laugh</p>
Voices

Paul from The Traitors isn’t a psychopath – he just wants to win

<p>People in face masks in a Barcelona hospital waiting room</p>
Voices

Why it’s time to wear face masks again

<p>Between 1999 and 2015, the Post Office prosecuted more than 700 of its workers </p>
The Independent View

It shouldn’t have taken a Post Office TV drama to deliver justice

<p>Inquiries like those around the Post Office scandal often place the victims at the back of the queue</p>
Letters

The Post Office scandal is an injustice beyond fiction

<p>Helena Kennedy KC says the Rwanda bill is a ‘wheeze to outsource our obligations to provide sanctuary’ </p>
Voices

The Rwanda plan is a ridiculous gimmick that shames us all

<p>Aged 70, which makes him a mere stripling in US political circles, Austin had been admitted into hospital before Christmas </p>
Voices

What Lloyd Austin’s secret surgery tells us about men of a certain age

<p>Prime minister Rishi Sunak has been ‘taken hostage by his own party’, according to Keir Starmer (House of Commons/PA)</p>
Voices

Keir needs an ‘I Love Rwanda’ mug, as he’s just given Rishi a roasting

<p>For Labour, a Trump victory is a nightmare it desperately hopes to avoid</p>
Voices

Why Trump’s return to the White House could be a headache for Sunak

The Independent View

It must fall to the courts to quash the Post Office convictions

The Independent View

It must fall to the courts to quash the Post Office convictions

Editorial
<p>The UK Foreign Secretary said he is ‘worried’ Israel may have acted in breach of international law in the Middle East conflict</p>
Voices

Did Israel break the law? Enter Lord Cameron of Unaccountability

<p>An aerial view of HMP YOI Peterborough, a category B prison for men and women, which has a capacity for 840 people </p>
Voices

We are sending too many criminals to prison for too long…

<p>Monica Dolan as subpostmistress Jo Hamilton in ITV’s hit drama ‘Mr Bates vs The Post Office’ </p>
Voices

After ITV’s Post Office drama, the self-serving blame game kicks off

<p>Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley conveys the impression that she believes nothing and will say whatever she needs to win votes</p>
Voices

Only one Republican can stop Trump – and she’s Biden’s worst nightmare

<p>Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley conveys the impression that she believes nothing and will say whatever she needs to win votes</p>
Voices

Only one Republican can stop Trump – and she’s Biden’s worst nightmare

<p>Haughty culturalist: ‘Gardeners’ World’ presenter Monty Don </p>
Voices

What’s the real reason Monty Don despises ‘horticulturalists’ like me?

<p>With no other choices open to me, I have made the decision to home educate my son this year, and to see if he can meet the challenges of year 12 again next September</p>
Voices

My son won’t go to school and I can’t make him. But don’t blame me

<p>Wetherspoon founder and chairman Tim Martin has been knighted in the King’s New Year honours (Jonathan Brady/PA)</p>
Food and Drink

Are you pro or anti-Wetherspoons?

<p>‘Kymothee’ shared a sweet kiss, before seemingly uttering the words ‘I love you’ to one other</p>
Voices

The real reason Timothée Chalamet fans are so against Kylie Jenner

<p>British actor Idris Elba launches a new campaign against knife crime</p>
The Independent View

The government has no excuse: it must act now to end knife crime

<p>Sunak’s commitment to the Rwanda plan is as opportunistic as it is cynical </p>
Letters

Decency is dead in the Tory party

<p>Leave Swift – and her sexuality – alone</p>
Voices

There’s only one thing we need to know about Taylor Swift’s sexuality

<p>The emotional final scenes of ITV’s hit drama series, ‘Mr Bates vs the Post Office’ </p>
Voices

Why must TV execs fight for victims of the Post Office scandal?

<p>Sunak’s commitment to the Rwanda plan is as opportunistic as it is cynical </p>
Letters

Decency is dead in the Tory party

<p>Leave Swift – and her sexuality – alone</p>
Voices

There’s only one thing we need to know about Taylor Swift’s sexuality

<p>The emotional final scenes of ITV’s hit drama series, ‘Mr Bates vs the Post Office’ </p>
Voices

Why must TV execs fight for victims of the Post Office scandal?

<p>Patricia Kerrigan wanted ‘a little part-time job’, and so set up a village post office near the Scottish border </p>
Voices

Mum couldn’t take on the Post Office. I hope now we can clear her name

<p>Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie in Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie'</p>
Voices

How Barbie made me rethink my views on pink

<p>Jo Koy bombed at the Golden Globes, but that kind of thing is par for the course for a gigging comic</p>
Voices

Jo Koy bombing at the Golden Globes? Meh, I’ve had worse...

<p>For all his airheadedness, Ken’s struggle to balance bravado with the intense insecurity that comes with trying to live up to a masculine stereotype clearly struck a nerve </p>
Voices

Top tip for men dating women this year: Be more Ken

<p>Abortion must be free, legal and available to all pregnant people</p>
Voices

My abortion made me realise how strict the UK’s pregnancy laws are

<p>I expected to enter and exit the cinema despising Barbie and in awe of Oppenheimer</p>
Voices

Barbie isn’t anti-men – but Oppenheimer is anti-women

<p>‘Mr Bates vs the Post Office’ tells the story of one of the biggest scandals in British history </p>
The Independent View

It’s time for the government to take action on the Post Office scandal

<p>After years of gesture politics, it is good to be reminded that parliament is a place where principled individuals engage in mature and honest debate</p>
Letters

Chris Skidmore’s principled stance is a breath of fresh air

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