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Highlights

Will the DUP’s stance over the NI protocol come back to bite them?

Jeffrey Donaldson’s party is accused of holding the public to ‘ransom’ by again blocking the formation of a government at Stormont. How long the party will hold out?

Marie Le Conte Of course imperial measurements are silly – that’s the whole point

Cherry Casey Our beauty ideals have become warped – is there any turning back?

Politics explained

Chris Stevenson Why Donald Trump seeks to court gun-owning voters

Voices

Andrew Phillips Don’t fight working from home – it could help level up Britain

Borzou Daragahi Europe’s drug laws are a mess – and ordinary people pay the price

Hamish McRae Ethical investing is harder than it looks – here’s why

Long reads

Steven Cutts Could orbiting solar power stations be the way to a net zero future?

Culture Staff The Week on Stage: From Legally Blonde to Girl on an Altar

William Cook The story of the Bavarian Passion play that dates back over 380 years

Politics Explained

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Why Boris Johnson and the Tories can’t just ‘move on’ from Partygate

Politics explained

Ashley Cowburn How do Tory MPs trigger a no confidence vote in Boris Johnson?

Politics explained

What is Keir Starmer trying to achieve in his 14,000-word pamphlet?

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Labour says it is ‘winning the battle of ideas’ – it is tough to argue

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Editorials

Editorial Hostility towards the PM is unlikely to abate over the jubilee weekend

Editorial Treatment of Liverpool fans shows lessons have not been learnt

Editorial The PM’s attempt to avoid genuinely independent scrutiny is shameful

News analysis

John Rentoul Rishi Sunak: Having gone from hero to zero – can the chancellor rally?

Kate Devlin What will become of the benefit cap?

Ben Chapman Will robots soon be doing the dishes? Don’t bet on it

Laura Wellesley Why Ukraine’s ports are so important for global food prices

Travel

Travel questions

Simon Calder Will I benefit if overseas trips to Britain drop off?

Zoe Tidman Rail strikes could last ‘very, very long time’, union boss warns

John Rentoul

The Independent’s chief political commentator

John Rentoul Mea Culpa: hands up who really knows what an arthropod is

Editor’s letters

John Rentoul Adding up the letters demanding a vote on Boris Johnson’s future

The pandemic has changed us, but Labour fails to meet the challenge

Andrew Grice

Political columnist who keeps his ear to the ground inside Westminster

Andrew Grice The impact of Rishi Sunak’s ‘mini Budget’ has been ruined by Partygate

Andrew Grice Sue Gray has given the PM’s critics ammunition to move against him

Andrew Grice The Sue Gray report could have a sting in its tail for Boris Johnson

Chris Blackhurst

Chris Blackhurst P&O Ferries is taking a leaf out of Johnson’s bad apologies book

Chris Blackhurst We need to cut business rates and introduce an online levy

Chris Blackhurst The penalties for financial wrongdoing just aren’t fit for purpose

World

Liam James Dolphins ‘have regional accents’ as whistles influenced by area

Tom Ambrose Taiwan military scrambles to warn off 30 Chinese aircraft

Culture

Charlotte Cripps He’s Expecting: A bizarre new Netflix show with bit of a heart

Michael Church Samson et Dalila at the Royal Opera House has many bewitching moments

Geoffrey Macnab Filthy rich on screen: Why the antics of the wealthy fascinate us

Sport

Tom Kershaw ‘We’ve suffered for a long time’: Forest enter new era at last

Lawrence Ostlere Blags, bribes and bit of luck: How to get the perfect Monaco GP photo

Mary Dejevsky

Expert on foreign affairs, Russian politics and diplomatic relations between the Kremlin and the west

Mary Dejevsky It’s time to be realistic about the war in Ukraine

Mary Dejevsky George W Bush’s Iraq-Ukraine gaffe reveals western double standards

Mary Dejevsky Will Russia be the enemy forever?

Hamish McRae

Authority on business, finance and the intersection between the worlds of economics and politics

Hamish McRae The Elizabeth line could be transformative for London – here’s how

Hamish McRae Forget Musk and Bezos – falling markets carry risks for us all

Independent Premium

Hamish McRae First the Great Resignation, now the Great Retirement – but why?

Editor’s letters

Editor’s letters

Ben Burrows Europe’s biggest night of football turned sour for Liverpool fans

Editor’s letters

Harriet Williamson Responding to the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas

Editor’s letters

Simon Calder A stretched travel industry equals stressed-out travellers

Editor’s letters

Why I became the UK’s first travel editor to swear off flying

America

Vishwam Sankaran US forest service started New Mexico’s largest ever wildfire

Holly Baxter Extreme right-wing ideologies are becoming a big problem for the US

Politics explained

Chris Stevenson Joe Biden is targeting ‘Maga’ Republicans – but will the gambit work?