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As a Polish citizen and LGBT+ activist, it's becoming increasingly important to remain vigilant under the rising climate of hate speech in my country

This is proof that putting an unqualified person into a seemingly 'harmless' position of power is never harmless at all

It seems most of how this 'new' system will work is to be decided – and whether or not there is a deal with the EU could change these decisions yet again

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Whether or not you had to get up and go to work on Monday morning was entirely dependent on what TV shows you had watched over the weekend

The climate column: Taking these steps and telling others what we are doing and why inspires others to do the same

An unusual amount of pressure piled on the Foreign Office and others to do something

We are swimming in a sea of particular examples already, and MPs need to force the Speaker to be an umpire

How many people will read these stories and decide not to put their child into a gymnastics class? How many will decide to pull them out if they're already attending?

Tonight the prime minister will be attending the national Srebrenica memorial day event to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the massacre. But Boris Johnson must first say sorry for past remarks, says Tony Lloyd

The way disability benefits are handled tends to make Conservatives uncomfortable because it regularly produces appalling stories that upset the public and make them look thoroughly awful

Covid-19 may have hastened the end of many businesses but that is all it has done. What's occurring was inevitable. It's just happening a bit quicker now, that is all

It sounds like a scary prospect, but if it's approached in the right way, it could open us up to a much more fulfilling way of life

I wasn't surprised to hear the story of Independent correspondent Andrew Buncombe

At the Jet Propulsion Lab in Southern California, the 'Earth People' were snubbed by the 'Mars People'. By 2017, I was being told climate change was too sensitive a topic and maybe I should pivot to Mars too

'It's like these individuals are living in a complete alternate reality,' one source told me, adding that the idea of such people still serving in government was 'terrifying'

Antagonising China may not be wise, particularly as it's clear that dysfunctional leaders like our prime minister, Donald Trump and Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro could not control an outbreak of acne

When media and journalists are verbally threatened with intimidation and bullying by the leader of the country, the end result is violence and intimidation of journalists attempting to challenge that leader's decisions on the streets

I wish I could at least say that we were at the bottom of the food chain, but our industry is getting zero government money. We aren't on the agenda at all

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Boris Johnson has been trying to delay the publication of the committee's report on Russian interference since last autumn. Perhaps persuading Tory MPs to back the failed former justice and transport minister was just a clever way of wastin...

In spite of the recent rescue package for arts venues, uncertainty continues to loom for those of us who are freelance

Job titles that sound like promotions but aren't

Big livestock accounts for the bulk of the 25 to 30 per cent of global emissions attributed to the food system, but the sector appears wilfully deaf to such warnings

After Iraq and Libya, the concept of protection may seem tainted – but this weekend's anniversary is a vital reminder that a policy of concerted inaction can have equally disastrous results

Editorial: being arrested for doing your job is something that many in America – and journalists around the world – face all too often

Security forces, aside from being outnumbered, ill-equipped and underfunded, are stretched on all fronts across the entire country

The president, it seems, is losing grip at the worst possible time

They did it themselves, the idiots. They probably served up bowls of coronavirus instead of custard, and told residents if they had a tickly cough, they should relax in the bath while cuddling an electric fire

If Labour doesn't act at this vital juncture then what exactly is the party for? At this rate, we will be left with nothing but the sentimentality of those blasted lockdown adverts

While many of us publicly support the idea of collectively funding the system, we privately baulk at the idea of paying our share towards it. That has to change if anything is to improve

Long stays in hotels can be harder for people with children, who have to use the corridors to play due to lack of facilities

The government appears to be accepting that the years of assiduous cultivation of trade links may have to be scaled back, even if temporarily

The far-left Mexican politican and the far-right US leader have more in common than you'd think, with their well-known hatred of the press and their 'outsider' mythologies. But there's also a lot of controversy on the table this time round

Satirist Ed Manning imagines the scenario which led to the president dumping the World Health Organization during a pandemic

For a long time there has been a need to address the issue of temporary, casual, agency employment that leaves too few people being able to properly plan for their futures, let alone save for them

Many of those who have signed this letter have big, public platforms to get their views out, but others affected by such views rarely have the same opportunities

What Carlson said on Fox News destroyed the last good thing a lot of Americans believed about the Republican party

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Our chief political commentator guesses at the chancellor's internal monologue as he delivered his 'summer economic update' speech

Intelligence will always be exchanged informally. The problem is turning such exchanges into evidence that can be used in court – especially when we're shut out of European information networks

We all remember the Brits the UK has disowned and left to wallow amid the chaos of civil conflict or as pawns in a political game

The growing excitement around lockdown relaxing may seem like a collective sigh of relief, but if you look closely, the latest rules imposed by our leaders are some of the most worrying to date

How about giving Colin Kaepernick a contract, for starters?

Given the state of the conflict in Yemen – If this is the first test of this government's new commitment to upholding human rights, then it is one that it has failed appallingly

'He has no principles. None!'

Are we supposed to believe West's friendship with Trump was all a big fake-out for the benefit of the Black community? Really?