Sean OGrady

All this fawning over Donald Trump – where has it got Nigel Farage? Maybe, like a hopeless pop fan in bobby socks screaming at this tangerine Maga Elvis, the Reform UK leader just seems too needy, says Sean O’Grady – he certainly looks like he’s losing his touch with ...

Nigel Farage has peaked too soon www.independent.co.uk/voices/nigel...

A federal judge ruled Kari Lake has unlawfully served as chief executive of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees Voice of America, and nullified many actions she has taken in the role, including mass layoffs of staff. https://wapo.st/4rfa9sp

No country can own Britain – and that includes the USA Ed Davey’s call for the King to withdraw from the next month’s state visit to the United States, amid Donald Trump’s ongoing criticism of Keir Starmer over Iran, would be superficially popular at home...

The King and Trump
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No country can own Britain – and that includes the USA Ed Davey’s call for the King to withdraw from the next month’s state visit to the United States, amid Donald Trump’s ongoing criticism of Keir Starmer over Iran, would be superficially popular at home...

The King and Trump
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What will be the impact of the Iran war on the cost of living? As the conflict in the Middle East continues to grow, Sean O’Grady looks at the likely effect on energy prices across the world

Trump’s war in Iran could tip the world into depression
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Can Shabana Mahmood really get immigration under control? The home secretary has announced dramatic new rules about visas, but getting backbenchers on board is another matter, writes Sean O’Grady

The politics of Shabana Mahmood www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Volodymyr Zelensky is the heir to Churchill this continent needs Editorial: The bravery of the leonine Ukrainian president in an exclusive interview with The Independent is all the more remarkable in the face of America’s indifference and Europe’s inconsistency

The Churchill of our age
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Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy. But right now, they’re under attack.

Several Republican-controlled states have redrawn their congressional maps to give themselves an unfair advantage in the midterm elections.

One wonders if he did much homework or just assumed it’s sorta Red Wall and there for the taking. Ditto Farage.

When will the UK show it is serious about defence? Editorial: Instead of sniping across the aisles, both the PM and the leader of the opposition should work together on grasping the nettle of essential investment in the country’s armed forces

The complacency must end
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Does Trump’s childish Starmer strop show he is close to a meltdown? The British prime minister isn’t the first world leader to be singled out for petty chastisement – but the episode might say more about the US president’s pathological insecurities than it does the st...

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If you thought the cost of living was bad, wait for the ‘Iran shock’ If you thought the cost of living was bad, wait for the ‘Iran shock’ to your pocket, says Sean O'Grady

Trump will have to end his war in Iran quickly…or else lose bigly

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For Donald Trump, Operation Epic Fury will go down as an epic fail With America’s unwise excursion into Iran now threatening to engulf the wider Middle East, nothing can spare the president from the worst decision he has ever made, says Sean O’Grady

His war on Iran will split MAGA and break Trump’s presidency
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How brutal wildfires, violent rivalries and reforestation are changing rural Mexico Samuel McIlhagga ventures deep into the Mexican countryside to discover how rampant wildfires have intensified local tensions, inspired questionable replanting schemes and seen high-powered rail proje...

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Rachel Reeves ‘to give go-ahead’ for £1bn military helicopter deal Report says chancellor to sign contract with Italy’s Leonardo, saving 3,000 manufacturing jobs at Yeovil plant Rachel Reeves is to approve a £1bn deal to build military helicopters in Yeovil, effectively saving about 3,000 manufacturing jobs, according to reports. The chancellor is expected to sign a contract with Leonardo – the Italian owner of the former Westland factory in Yeovil, Somerset – to build the new battlefield helicopters, after months of speculation as to whether the historic site would survive. Continue reading...

Rachel Reeves ‘to give go-ahead’ for £1bn military helicopter deal

How to stop Farage…https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/labour-green-zack-polanski-uk-politics-gorton-denton-by-election-b2928662.html

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Russia has only pain to show from four years in Ukraine – but Europe must do more Editorial: The government of Ukraine, with its extraordinary bravery and resilience, stands in stark contrast to the Macron-Starmer ‘coalition of the willing’, which looks increasingly like a pact of ...

Will the coalition of the unwilling lose this war? www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...

Reform’s plan for a ‘British ICE’ combines cruelty with stupidity In his first speech in the role, Reform’s home affairs spokesperson outlined his party’s plans for a British ‘ICE’ squad, mass deportations and curtailed rights that would reshape the UK in new and ch...

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President Trump is wrong. Ukraine can win this war Editorial: After peace negotiations broke down abruptly, Ukraine’s European allies must go further and faster to provide the support America won’t

Trump is wrong: Ukraine can win this war, must win this war www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...

As Trump’s armada descends on Iran, Starmer should keep the UK clear Editorial: If the prime minister has denied the US the use of British airbases, he is to be commended for standing up to Donald Trump in the interests of international law

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Dozy Donald’s Gaza snoozefest was like a Pyongyang meeting in a retirement home Tony Blair stopped by to make sure nobody did anything stupid, but given the president's sleepy reaction, this attempt to 'rescue' Gaza was less Board of Peace than Bored of Peace, writes Sean O'Grady

What’s up, Sleepy Don?
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The King and the PM are right – no one should be above the law Editorial: The royal family has acted with conviction, but King Charles and Prince William will need to do more to pressure Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to cooperate with the American Congressional inve...

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Andrew’s arrest brings this awful drama to its final act Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor had so much early promise, to the royal family as well as to his country. All of that puts into context how far a person can fall, says Sean O’Grady

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Britain’s IPP scandal must end – it cannot be salvaged by any ‘action plan’ Editorial: The government’s attempt to fix this failed system will only heap further misery on those whose lives it has shattered – it is time to bring this terrible nightmare to a just end

The indefinite sentence scandal represents an astonishing denial of natural justice www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...

Only an EU reset can save our flatlining economy from the doldrums Editorial: The chancellor has had near-zero success delivering the growth bonanza Labour promised and she is right to hitch her new growth strategy to a closer relationship with the continent

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Monaco immigrant Sir Jim Ratcliffe is like the bigoted pub bore we should all ignore As Keir Starmer rightly calls for the billionaire Manchester United co-owner to apologise for saying we’ve been ‘colonised by immigrants’, Sean O’Grady asks: what kind of patriot behaves as he does?

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Epstein’s survivors are fighting yet another cover-up Editorial: As lawmakers allege that unreleased files include the revelation that one of Epstein’s victims was just nine years old, Donald Trump’s administration is ominously keen to move on, despite m...

Justice delayed is justice denied www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...

One damn thing after another…https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/matthew-doyle-keir-starmer-morgan-mcsweeney-uk-politics-b2917747.html