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Jordan Gray

A trans Roman emperor? We have always shaped history…

John Rentoul

‘Eat Out to Help Out’ was a good idea

Ryan Coogan

Sorry, Banksy. It’s our fault you were unmasked (here’s how we did it)

Andrew Flintoff, Paddy McGuinness and Chris Harris during Top Gear filming outside London’s Television Centre (BBC/PA)
sean o’grady

Farewell, Top Gear – you won’t be missed

After Freddie Flintoff’s terrible accident, the hit BBC show is ‘to rest’ for the ‘foreseeable future’. Good riddance

<p>You see, I don’t even see it as shoplifting: people like <em>me</em> don’t do that</p>
anonymous

I’m a middle-class shoplifter – and here’s why

<p>Nigel Farage sticks his head in a box of snakes in the first ‘I’m a Celebrity’ challenge</p>
sean o’grady

This is what Nigel Farage is really up to on I’m a Celebrity...

<p>A key tip when talking about sex is to make sure you have the conversation outside the bedroom. Choose a neutral space, in a moment when you aren’t tired, hungry, or preoccupied</p>
Voices

Why you need a monthly meeting about your sex life

<p>Kirstie Allsopp got into a social media spat for saying it would be better to live in a well built terraced house than a badly built new detached </p>
Kirstie Allsopp

I’m not a snob for not liking detached new-builds

<p>A political resolution that addresses the roots of the conflict is the only way to defend Israel’s borders and citizens</p>
nadav weiman

I’m an ex-IDF soldier – Israel must rethink its military strategy

<p>Ask any woman: having your period when you’re at work is an absolute pain</p>
Voices

Women in the workplace deserve paid ‘period leave’

<p>Motor insurance is a complicated business – but also one that seems to be unusually opaque</p>
The Independent View

Insurance companies must hit the brakes on excessive premiums

<p>Music lovers are being warned by a major bank to watch out for scammers circling as Glastonbury Festival tickets become available (Ben Birchall/PA)</p>
emily sheffield

You’re approaching Glastonbury tickets all wrong

<p>Full time: Busy mums often seek comfort in food</p>
ava vidal

Help, I’m suffering from seasonally affected eating

<p>Why would a government target disabled and sick people as being the ‘problem’ within Britain’s finances? </p>
Letters

The Tories want you to think disabled people are the enemy

<p>Their respective departures show us that Phillips knows how to behave in public, whereas Braverman has ceased to care </p>
john rentoul

A tale of two resignations: Labour wants power; Tories have given up

<p>Are you boycotting I’m A Celeb because of Nigel Farage?</p>
TV & Radio

Are you boycotting I’m A Celeb because of Nigel Farage?

22 November 2023
The Independent View

Why the chancellor’s ‘back to work’ plans won’t work

Voices

The Maga release of the Jan 6 tapes is about vengeance

<p>Readers give their verdict on whether self-checkouts should be ditched</p>
Home News

Readers give their verdict on whether self-checkouts should be ditched

<p>President Joe Biden serves service members and military families from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and the USS Gerald R. Ford during a Friendsgiving dinner event at the Norfolk Naval Station on November 19, 2023 in Norfolk, Virginia.</p>
Voices

Happy birthday, President Biden. Time to panic about your poll numbers

<p>President Joe Biden serves service members and military families from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and the USS Gerald R. Ford during a Friendsgiving dinner event at the Norfolk Naval Station on November 19, 2023 in Norfolk, Virginia.</p>
Voices

Happy birthday, President Biden. Time to panic about your poll numbers

<p>This is manic behaviour from a prime minister and his cabinet over a ‘migrant crisis’ that is of their own making</p>
Letters

The Tory fixation with the Rwanda project is desperate and unhinged

Voices

I’m a gay man and, for five months, my life was illegal

Most Commented

EU didn’t believe Boris Johnson’s ‘madman’ no-deal Brexit bluff

367 comments

Whitty says Cummings’ attendance at Sage meetings ‘caused quite a row’ - live

203 comments

Hunt’s ultimatum to the disabled: WFH or lose your benefits

112 comments

Autumn statement latest: Hunt to ‘slash national insurance for 28 million people’

111 comments
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<p>I’m sure there are many partners who suffer post-traumatic stress disorder</p>
Voices

I’m a midwife – I know partners need support through birth too

<p>If they type in ‘CBS Frieda Hughes’ they’ll see my interview</p>
Voices

What it’s like to be interviewed on American television...

<p>Jeremy Hunt should not sacrifice his reputation for providing stability by playing party politics</p>
The Independent View

Jeremy Hunt’s tax cuts are a cynical pre-election ploy

<p>If the Tories want to win the next election, get rid of them both quickly</p>
Letters

If the Tories are to stand a chance, both Sunak and Cameron must go

<p>Our culture of drinking is entirely separate from our culture of food – and therein lies one of the problems. We drink to get drunk</p>
Voices

I work in wine – here’s the trick I use to drink less

<p>The first measure of Wednesday’s autumn statement is an assault on the poor </p>
The Independent View

Early signs of what might be in this autumn statement do not bode well

<p>If the Tories want to win the next election, get rid of them both quickly</p>
Letters

If the Tories are to stand a chance, both Sunak and Cameron must go

<p>Our culture of drinking is entirely separate from our culture of food – and therein lies one of the problems. We drink to get drunk</p>
Voices

I work in wine – here’s the trick I use to drink less

<p>The first measure of Wednesday’s autumn statement is an assault on the poor </p>
The Independent View

Early signs of what might be in this autumn statement do not bode well

<p>This proposal to deprive sick people of essential medication and equipment really is as low as they can stoop</p>
Letters

Suella is gone, but the cruelty doesn’t stop

<p>Biden seems to represent to voters an old-fashioned Zionism</p>
Voices

Why Gaza and Ukraine could crush Biden’s hopes of winning the election

<p>I fear dating app culture has made all of us a little bit lazy when it comes to relationships</p>
Voices

Are we too lazy to make dating app relationships work?

<p>President Joe Biden greets China's President President Xi Jinping at the Filoli Estate in Woodside, Calif., Wednesday, Nov, 15, 2023, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperative conference</p>
Voices

The real purpose of Xi Jinping’s visit had little to do with Biden

<p>Biden Xi Fentanyl</p>
Voices

Biden had a good week in San Francisco. He should let people know

<p>Biden Xi Fentanyl</p>
Voices

Biden had a good week in San Francisco. He should let people know

<p>British armed forces evacuate civilians and their families out of Kabul in August 2021</p>
The Independent View

We owe an undeniable debt to Afghans who worked with British forces

<p>Botox-loving George Santos walks the halls of Congress </p>
Voices

The House has no more options but to expel George Santos

<p>Rishi Sunak with his new-look cabinet – now with added David Cameron as foreign secretary </p>
Voices

Red or blue wall? Rishi’s next tricky balancing act

<p>Labour’s only goal should be working together to remove an incompetent Tory government </p>
Letters

We need a ceasefire in the Labour Party itself

<p>She, and those like her, must be kept as far away as possible from power</p>
Voices

Suella Braverman’s latest outburst shows how dangerous she really is

<p>With friends like these... Nadine Dorries and Boris Johnson</p>
Voices

Did Boris and his enforcers try to ‘fix’ who became head of Ofcom?

<p>The 2016 film <em>I, Daniel Blake</em> shone a light on a callous and unfeeling benefits system</p>
Voices

Does Jeremy Hunt want to work the disabled to death?

<p>Does Biden’s meeting with Xi Jinping signal a shift in global power?</p>
Voices

How two men met to change the world as we were looking the other way

<p>Declan Rice, left, and Harry Maguire celebrate England’s 3-1 win over Italy, which sealed qualification for Euro 2024 in Germany </p>
Football

If England were playing Malta in my garden, I’d close the curtains

<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) poses for photos with actor Dwayne Johnson (R) and XFL Co-Owner and CEO Dany Garcia (L) in his office at the U.S. Capitol Building on 15 November 2023 in Washington DC.</p>
Voices

Screw it. Let’s talk about the possibility of President Dwayne Johnson

The Independent View

With peace in mind, we should listen to Labour’s stance on Gaza

<p>It’s not a good look, is it? Changing the law so you can do what you want anyway</p>
Letters

The prime minister must play by the rules, just like the rest of us

<p>To some outsiders, it seems that Labour is tearing itself apart over semantics</p>
Voices

Keir Starmer’s hardline stance on Gaza is asking for trouble

<p>Diana, played by Elizabeth Debicki, appears as a ghost – complete with running mascara</p>
Voices

Diana still haunts her family – did The Crown need to invent a ghost?

<p>Could this single-word utterance now come to be this government’s ‘Ratner moment’?</p>
Voices

Wherever James Cleverly goes, ‘batshit’ will surely follow

<p>Could this single-word utterance now come to be this government’s ‘Ratner moment’?</p>
Voices

Wherever James Cleverly goes, ‘batshit’ will surely follow

<p>The new home secretary, James Cleverly </p>
Voices

When facts get in its way, this government resorts to fiction

<p>Self-service checkouts at Tesco </p>
Home News

Should self-service tills be axed? Join The Independent Debate

<p>Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) talk while waiting to speak during the March for Israel on the National Mall November 14, 2023 in Washington, DC.</p>
Voices

Why Mike Johnson succeeded where Kevin McCarthy failed – for now

The Independent View

Rwanda plan was doomed from the start – and there’s no credible plan B

<p>We need a government that is not only humane, but has actual solutions to our problems </p>
Letters

The Rwanda ruling is a victory for common decency

<p>As Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) walks toward the U.S. Capitol while the House enters three weeks without a speaker, the Democratic National Committee holds a demonstration comparing the House Republicans' failure to elect a speaker to a "MAGA Clown Show" on Capitol Hill on October 24, 2023 in Washington, DC.</p>
Voices

Fights, shouting matches and chaos on the Hill: Congress needs a nap

<p>Suella Braverman: her resignation letter had all the maturity of a ‘Dear Diary’ outpouring</p>
Voices

Ministerial resignations aren’t what they used to be

<p>More than 25,000 people have been detected crossing the Channel in small boats so far in 2023 </p>
Voices

Rwanda’s out – so what’s the government’s plan B?

<p>Patients and internally displaced people are pictured at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City</p>
Voices

Time is running out for people trapped inside Gaza’s largest hospital

<p>UK inflation fell in October to 4.6 per cent, its lowest level for two years </p>
Voices

Well done for bringing down inflation, Rishi – now for the hard bit

<p>‘Ministers should have seen this coming,’ writes Sean O’Grady </p>
Voices

Rwanda plan was illegal and inhumane – the government looks foolish

<p>Climate US National Assessment</p>
Voices

Wake up - America’s poorest are suffering most from the climate crisis

<p> Sir Geoffrey Howe’s resignation speech to the House of Commons in November, 1990</p>
Voices

Braverman’s humiliation of Sunak echoes Howe’s attack on Thatcher

The Independent View

Sunak would do well to ignore Braverman’s poison pen and empty threats

<p>A meeting of the new-look cabinet following Sunak’s reshuffle </p>
Voices

We can’t have a boys’ club in parliament – here’s why

<p>A meeting of the new-look cabinet following Sunak’s reshuffle </p>
Voices

We can’t have a boys’ club in parliament – here’s why

<p>This destructive myopia has dominated government for the last seven years</p>
Letters

Sunak has finally plucked up the courage to defy the Tory right wing

<p>Esther McVey has been appointed minister of common sense (aka, the ‘tsar of anti-woke’).</p>
Voices

Esther McVey’s new job is more bad joke than anti-woke...

<p>Manchester United’s Bobby Charlton, being slide-tackled by Bolton Wanderers’ Tommy Banks during the 1958 FA Cup final (Keystone/Getty Images)</p>
Voices

Farewell Bobby Charlton, footballer and the ultimate English gentleman

<p>Lord Cameron arrives in Downing Street – accompanied by international development secretary Andrew Mitchell – for his first Cabinet meeting as foreign secretary </p>
Voices

Will Lord Cameron of Remainville’s return win back lost Tory voters?

<p>A million children in Gaza are now suffering with trauma, an aid agency has said </p>
Voices

This is how we can help the children of Gaza

<p>Pet hates: whose turn is it to unload the other dishwasher?</p>
Voices

Could this hot new kitchen trend help save your relationship?

<p>Cameron and Cleverly may provide Sunak with the loyalty he needs in the run up to a difficult election </p>
The Independent View

Rishi’s reshuffle is a huge gamble with the future of the Tory party

Voices

Can Mike Johnson survive the shutdown buzzsaw that ended McCarthy?

<p>Braverman has polluted the Home Office for long enough</p>
Letters

Good riddance, Suella – the dustbin of history awaits

<p>The former prime minister made a dramatic return to frontline politics as Rishi Sunak tried to reset his government before the general election expected next year</p>
Voices

Am I dreaming – or was that really David Cameron, back at No 10?

<p>Jeremy Hunt and David Cameron both campaigned for Remain in the 2016 EU referendum </p>
Voices

I have a few questions for David Cameron…

<p>Tim Scott</p>
Voices

Tim Scott brought a whole new level of drama to the election

<p>I already know the answer to ‘Why is my sex drive low?’ before I even start to type it</p>
Voices

I asked an AI sex coach for advice – and here’s what happened

<p>David Cameron re-enters Downing Street </p>
Voices

David Cameron’s return is the last roll of the dice by a desperate PM…

<p>Obviously, all right-thinking people think that Braverman is a disaster as home secretary</p>
Voices

Suella Braverman has next to no chance of becoming Tory leader

<p>Obviously, all right-thinking people think that Braverman is a disaster as home secretary</p>
Voices

Suella Braverman has next to no chance of becoming Tory leader

<p>Let it go, Gordon. It’s okay to be boring</p>
Voices

Give it up, Gordon – it’s time to lose the tough-guy act

<p>Readers have their say as Rishi Sunak sacks Suella Braverman</p>
UK Politics

Readers have their say as Rishi Sunak sacks Suella Braverman

<p>Snoring, the ultimate relationship killer </p>
Voices

My partner’s snoring is driving me mad. So how do you stop it?

<p>Advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi has backed Keir Starmer to win the next general election</p>
The Independent View

Labour’s big-name backing will force Tories to sit up and take notice

<p>Biden is perceived to lack the stamina for a race against a ruthless bully</p>
Voices

Biden and Harris should make way for Democrats who can beat Trump

<p>There is a far bigger prize at hand: the restoration of effective government</p>
Voices

We don’t want five more years of cruelty with the Tories

<p>The home secretary and all those supporting her should be ashamed of themselves for actively rabble-rousing</p>
Letters

Suella supporters should be ashamed

<p>You can usually tell rare troublemakers immediately</p>
Voices

How the house guests from hell trolled my home with online reviews

<p>There is a far bigger prize at hand: the restoration of effective government</p>
Voices

We don’t want five more years of cruelty with the Tories

<p>The home secretary and all those supporting her should be ashamed of themselves for actively rabble-rousing</p>
Letters

Suella supporters should be ashamed

<p>You can usually tell rare troublemakers immediately</p>
Voices

How the house guests from hell trolled my home with online reviews

<p>‘The Independent’ congratulates Sir Mark Rowley, the Metropolitan Police commissioner, for resisting political pressure to ban the pro-Palestinian march</p>
The Independent View

So who is hateful now, Suella?

<p>No wonder the party’s poll ratings are still in freefall</p>
Letters

Are we witnessing a Tory civil war?

<p>Can’t the tech giants just let us get on with things for a bit?</p>
Voices

AI Bumble? As if online dating wasn’t already complicated enough...

<p>Paul Cummins’s ‘Weeping Window’ of poppies, at the Tower of London</p>
Voices

This Remembrance Sunday, I’ll be wearing a poppy – and a Star of David

<p>We should expect more from the home secretary </p>
Voices

Braverman’s comments show how little she knows about Northern Ireland

<p>TAYLOR SWIFT-PELÍCULA ERAS TOUR</p>
Voices

I was a heartbroken man. Then Taylor Swift saved me

<p>King Charles will use his 75th birthday to launch his Coronation Food Project, to redistribute unused supermarket produce </p>
Voices

King Charles’ new portrait shows he is a monarch on a modern path

The Independent View

Suella Braverman sought to provoke – but badly misjudged the situation

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