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Sean OGrady @sogrady.bsky.social · 15h

Can Zack Polanski turn the Green Party poll surge into votes? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Can Zack Polanski turn the Green Party poll surge into votes?

Enjoying their highest opinion poll ratings for decades, the Greens are well placed to capitalise on Labour’s current woes, writes Sean O’Grady

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Sean OGrady @sogrady.bsky.social · 1d

Call for entries: Rupert Cornwell Award: £5,000 bursary for budding foreign correspondents www.independent.co.uk/news/media/r...

Rupert Cornwell Award: £5,000 bursary for budding foreign correspondents

The award honours the memory of Rupert Cornwell, one of The Independent’s most distinguished journalists

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Sean OGrady @sogrady.bsky.social · 2d

Why Britain’s asylum hotels must be closed for good www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...

Britain’s asylum hotels must be closed for good

Editorial: Billions have been wasted on unfit accommodation that suits neither the migrants who shelter there nor the communities enraged by their presence. It is imperative that the government take d...

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Sean OGrady @sogrady.bsky.social · 2d

The £15.3bn asylum hotel bill is a disgrace – and it’s undermining the whole concept of asylum, www.independent.co.uk/voices/asylu...

The £15.3bn asylum bill is a disgrace – the broken system needs a total reboot

With soaring costs and no solution in sight, the asylum hotel fiasco has left refugees in limbo and taxpayers furious, says Sean O’Grady. The scandal is a symbol of political failure on all sides

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Sean OGrady @sogrady.bsky.social · 3d

Ukraine’s ingenuity alone will not be enough to win the war www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...

Ukraine’s ingenuity alone will not be enough to win the war

Editorial: Nato forces must back Ukraine or prepare to see all that country’s innovative brilliance fall into the hands of the Kremlin

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Sean OGrady @sogrady.bsky.social · 3d

Labour should forget about mansion tax and look to growth www.independent.co.uk/voices/tax-r...

Labour should forget about mansion tax and look to growth

Labour would be better off replacing its imminent tax plans with centrist policies to boost growth, writes Sean O’Grady

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Sean OGrady @sogrady.bsky.social · 4d

What sort of Labour deputy leader would Lucy Powell be? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

What sort of Labour deputy leader would Lucy Powell be?

Powell doesn’t want to run the party and is unlikely to be a regular helper in 10 Downing Street, as Sean O’Grady explains

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Sean OGrady @sogrady.bsky.social · 5d

What sort of Labour deputy leader would Lucy Powell be? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

What sort of Labour deputy leader would Lucy Powell be?

Powell doesn’t want to run the party and is unlikely to be a regular helper in 10 Downing Street, as Sean O’Grady explains

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Sean OGrady @sogrady.bsky.social · 5d

An earthquake in Wales sending shockwaves through Westminster www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...

An earthquake in Wales sending shockwaves through Westminster

Editorial: Labour must hope that the prospect of a Reform UK government at the next general election focuses voters’ minds on the need to stop Farage from taking power

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Sean OGrady @sogrady.bsky.social · 5d

Labour’s Caerphilly humiliation is no victory for Farage www.independent.co.uk/independentp...

Labour’s Caerphilly humiliation is no victory for Farage

Reform UK did not make the breakthrough in this Labour heartland that they had hoped for, says Sean O”Grady, but this by-election is nevertheless an earthquake that will send shockwaves through Westmi...

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Sean OGrady @sogrady.bsky.social · 6d

Europe must go further and faster to break Russia’s war machine www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...

Europe must go further and faster to break Russia’s war machine

Editorial: Donald Trump’s sanctions on Russian oil are a welcome shift from a changeable president – but Ukraine needs its European allies to do much more to hit Putin where it hurts

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Independent Voices @independentvoices.bsky.social · 8d

Prince Andrew can’t hide in Windsor forever – so how about going into exile in Scotland? | Sean O’Grady (@sogrady.bsky.social)
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Prince Andrew can’t hide in Windsor forever – how about going into exile in Scotland?

Following new allegations in Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir, the disgraced royal has been advised to ‘take himself off to live in private’ – Sean O’Grady suggests that a remote castle outside Jo...

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Sean OGrady @sogrady.bsky.social · 9d

If Ukraine falls, it won’t just be Donald Trump’s fault www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...

If Ukraine falls, it won’t just be Donald Trump’s fault

Editorial: The US president’s refusal to supply the Tomahawk missiles that would repel Putin’s advance is a lost opportunity – one made more tragic by Europe’s ‘coalition of the willing’ displaying a ...

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Sean OGrady @sogrady.bsky.social · 10d

Prince Andrew’s life is in ruins and he has only himself to blame www.independent.co.uk/independentp...

Prince Andrew’s life is in ruins and he has only himself to blame

Andrew’s dealings with Jeffrey Epstein have done untold damage to countless lives – and the only surprise is that the former Duke of York’s demise has been so painfully slow, says Sean O'Grady

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Sean OGrady @sogrady.bsky.social · 11d

Prince Andrew’s life is in ruins and he has only himself to blame www.independent.co.uk/independentp...

Prince Andrew’s life is in ruins and he has only himself to blame

Andrew’s dealings with Jeffrey Epstein have done untold damage to countless lives – and the only surprise is that the former Duke of York’s demise has been so painfully slow, says Sean O'Grady

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Sean OGrady @sogrady.bsky.social · 12d

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Israeli football fan ban is a huge own goal

Editorial: The decision to bar fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv from England’s second city is a mess, but we must take care not to let this disgrace become a disaster

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Sean OGrady @sogrady.bsky.social · 13d

Why soaring grocery prices are giving ministers food for thought www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Why soaring grocery prices are giving ministers food for thought

The cost of the weekly shop remains stubbornly high and is forecast to rise even further in the year ahead. Sean O’Grady looks at the impact on voters and how the government might respond

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Sean OGrady @sogrady.bsky.social · 13d

The China spy row is uniquely damaging to public confidence www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...

The China spy row is uniquely damaging to public confidence

Editorial: The collapse of a spying case ahead of the trial is not just an embarrassment for Keir Starmer, it is a reminder that his government must strike a more effective balance in its approach to ...

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Sean OGrady @sogrady.bsky.social · 14d

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Bojo’s ‘Boriswave’ tantrum shows how unfit he was for No 10

A little over three years after leaving Downing Street, the former prime minister’s recent media appearances reveal a man urgently trying to correct the record. It’s the same old story, says Sean O’Gr...

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Sean OGrady @sogrady.bsky.social · 15d

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The government cannot afford to limp on without an economic strategy

Editorial: As the IMF downgrades its UK growth projection for next year, it also predicts we will have the highest inflation of any G7 country. Ahead of a Budget that will doubtless raise taxes, it is...

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Sean OGrady @sogrady.bsky.social · 15d

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Bojo’s ‘Boriswave’ tantrum shows how unfit he was for No 10

A little over three years after leaving Downing Street, the former prime minister’s recent media appearances reveal a man urgently trying to correct the record. It’s the same old story, says Sean O’Gr...

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Sean OGrady @sogrady.bsky.social · 16d

Marinated in the milk and honey of hyperbole, Trump sat there and beamed www.independent.co.uk/independentp...

Marinated in the milk and honey of hyperbole, Trump sat there and beamed

The president is never shy to highlight his own virtues. At the Knesset in Jerusalem, there were a few who ran him close on a day of adulation so rapturous that he nearly forgot to mention the hostage...

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Sean OGrady @sogrady.bsky.social · 16d

A victory lap for Trump – but the beginning of the end for Netanyahu www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...

A victory lap for Trump – but the beginning of the end for Netanyahu

Editorial: There is cause for jubilation as the last Israeli hostages return to their families, but much of the back-slapping is presumptuous – and Israel’s prime minister deserves no credit for what ...

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Sean OGrady @sogrady.bsky.social · 18d

Peace in the Middle East is the biggest prize of all www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...

Peace in the Middle East is the biggest prize of all

Editorial: It is now for the people of Israel and Palestine to show the same extraordinary fortitude and resilience they have shown in wartime, and strike a lasting settlement

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Sean OGrady @sogrady.bsky.social · 20d

Trump’s unlikely ceasefire deal is a reason to rejoice www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...

Trump’s unlikely ceasefire deal is a reason to rejoice

Editorial: After many false dawns and so much suffering in the region, there is cause for celebration in the deal hammered out by the US president – who has quietly forced Benjamin Netanyahu to implic...

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