Britain’s crumbling vital infrastructure cannot be allowed to fail
Holidays destroyed. Business meetings missed. Passengers sleeping on the floor with no word as to when they might finally board…
The West’s firewall against the far right is going up in smoke
Mainstream politics received two wake-up calls this weekend. One was the emphatic victory of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD)…
Putin has no interest in peace – and Trump is falling into his trap
Steve Witkoff is the real estate guy with zero diplomatic experience who Donald Trump appointed last year as his personal…
Anger over immigration cannot justify intimidation
Let us be clear that The Independent is in favour of a sustainable level of immigration. It adds to the…
Voices: Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch are locked in a fight to destroy each other
This may seem an unusual boast for a political journalist, but I do not have any inside information about Nigel…
Voices: The end of Nigel Farage is nigh… again
I had better be careful in pronouncing the end for Nigel Farage. I said on TV in 2014 that in…
Kemi Badenoch is right – we must spend less on welfare and more on defence
Kemi Badenoch has not yet got the measure of Andy Burnham. She senses weakness on the issues of defence and…
Why did ministers, civil servants and lawyers tolerate the inhumanity of IPP jail terms for so long?
Some U-turns are so damaging that they haunt a prime minister for the rest of their careers. Others are forgotten…
Voices: I lost my grandmother and I’ve never known grief like it
Dear Vix, I lost my grandmother a month ago. I know that’s normal and it’s just part of the life…
As Burnham’s bounce falls flat, Labour must focus instead on fixing Britain
Bad news – and some less bad news – for Britain’s new-ish prime minister. First, the bad news: the high…