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himself off the stage for her, Theresa May seems a reversion to a pre-Thatcher brand of Toryism</p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"> <div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story " data-tb-region-item="2-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc" style="background-image: url('https://web.archive.org/web/20161002053642im_/https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/06/01/16/agricultural-show.jpg');"> <a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/brexit-is-a-chance-to-make-britain-green-again-a7340246.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/brexit-is-a-chance-to-make-britain-green-again-a7340246.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> Brexit is a chance to make Britain green again</a></h1> </div> </div> <div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story " data-tb-region-item="2-2"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc" style="background-image: url('https://web.archive.org/web/20161002053642im_/https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/09/16/21/may-brexit.png');"> <a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/brexiteers-in-government-must-be-open-to-all-possibilities-a7339856.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/brexiteers-in-government-must-be-open-to-all-possibilities-a7339856.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Letters</span> Brexiteers in government must be open to all possibilities</a></h1> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1" data-locked="true"> <div id="mpu0" class="grid-mod-single-mpu"> </div> </article></div><div class="row" data-tb-region="row-2"><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20161002053642oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/the-unfair-lot-of-the-eighties-child-is-theresa-mays-problem-to-solve-a7338151.html" data-tb-region-item="1-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/16/14/couplecelebratecreditgetty-0.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/the-unfair-lot-of-the-eighties-child-is-theresa-mays-problem-to-solve-a7338151.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/the-unfair-lot-of-the-eighties-child-is-theresa-mays-problem-to-solve-a7338151.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> The unfair lot of the Eighties child is Theresa May’s problem to solve</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>The Prime Minister’s failure to introduce any policies that directly benefit struggling twentysomethings, coupled with a ‘triple lock’ on pensions, leaves little room for optimism</p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"> <div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story " data-tb-region-item="2-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/09/28/14/jeremy-corbyn-2.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/jeremy-corbyn-is-right-in-his-defence-of-immigration-but-he-needs-to-be-bold-to-convince-the-a7335801.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/jeremy-corbyn-is-right-in-his-defence-of-immigration-but-he-needs-to-be-bold-to-convince-the-a7335801.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> Corbyn is right on immigration – now he must convince the electorate</a></h1> </div> </div> <div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story " data-tb-region-item="2-2"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/09/27/12/clinton-trump-2.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/by-all-conventional-standards-clinton-won-her-first-debate-but-these-arent-conventional-times-a7333376.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/by-all-conventional-standards-clinton-won-her-first-debate-but-these-arent-conventional-times-a7333376.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> By all conventional standards, Clinton won her first debate</a></h1> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20161002053642oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/john-mcdonnells-economic-policies-are-popular-but-regressive-a7331001.html" data-tb-region-item="3-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/09/26/12/john-mcdonnell.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/john-mcdonnells-economic-policies-are-popular-but-regressive-a7331001.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/john-mcdonnells-economic-policies-are-popular-but-regressive-a7331001.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> John McDonnell's economic policies are popular – but regressive</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>John McDonnell and Jeremy Corbyn may as well bring back the Bay City Rollers and have done with it. Shang-a-lang</p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20161002053642oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/theresa-may-brexit-honeymoon-over-boris-johnson-david-cameron-editorial-a7329426.html" data-tb-region-item="4-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/09/04/20/theresa-may-g20.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/theresa-may-brexit-honeymoon-over-boris-johnson-david-cameron-editorial-a7329426.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/theresa-may-brexit-honeymoon-over-boris-johnson-david-cameron-editorial-a7329426.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> Theresa May’s honeymoon is now over</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>David Cameron described Boris Johnson as really a ‘confused Inner’. No wonder some Conservative MPs are so pleased it was Ms May who became Prime Minister</p> </div> </div> </div> </article></div><div class="row" data-tb-region="row-3"><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1" data-locked="true"> <div id="ayl" class="grid-mod-single-mpu"> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story grid-mod-half-height " data-url="/web/20161002053642oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/jeremy-corbyn-win-labour-leadership-results-victory-cult-of-personality-further-from-power-a7327891.html" data-tb-region-item="1-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-cc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1_half/public/thumbnails/image/2016/09/24/13/jeremy-corbyn-owen-smith.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/jeremy-corbyn-win-labour-leadership-results-victory-cult-of-personality-further-from-power-a7327891.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/jeremy-corbyn-win-labour-leadership-results-victory-cult-of-personality-further-from-power-a7327891.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> Jeremy Corbyn's cult of personality puts Labour further from power</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>Corbyn has a mandate to do almost what he wants and he will take full advantage of it: so far from wiping the slate clean, he has wiped the floor with his enemies</p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story grid-mod-half-height " data-url="/web/20161002053642oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/questions-remained-to-be-answered-by-yahoo-over-the-company-s-data-breach-a7326231.html" data-tb-region-item="2-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1_half/public/thumbnails/image/2016/07/27/17/yahoo-verizon-epa.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/questions-remained-to-be-answered-by-yahoo-over-the-company-s-data-breach-a7326231.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/questions-remained-to-be-answered-by-yahoo-over-the-company-s-data-breach-a7326231.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> Questions remained to be answered by Yahoo over data breach</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>Yahoo claims the hack was the work of a 'state-sponsored actor' and has noted that such attacks are 'increasingly common across the technology industry' – an attempt to place this particular incident in a wider, shared context</p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1" data-locked="true"> <div id="mpu3" class="grid-mod-single-mpu"> </div> </article></div><div class="row" data-tb-region="row-4"><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20161002053642oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/did-the-dog-eat-theresa-mays-homework-on-grammar-schools-a7323851.html" data-tb-region-item="1-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/09/19/22/theresa-may-19-09-16.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/did-the-dog-eat-theresa-mays-homework-on-grammar-schools-a7323851.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/did-the-dog-eat-theresa-mays-homework-on-grammar-schools-a7323851.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> Did the dog eat Theresa May's homework on grammar schools?</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>If the aim of education policy is to raise standards for all, and to correct and reverse the decline in social mobility, then a widespread expansion in selection is not the best way to do it</p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20161002053642oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/britain-and-france-have-a-responsibility-to-end-the-misery-of-the-calais-jungle-a7321411.html" data-tb-region-item="2-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-cc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/09/20/13/calaisjunglechildren-9.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/britain-and-france-have-a-responsibility-to-end-the-misery-of-the-calais-jungle-a7321411.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/britain-and-france-have-a-responsibility-to-end-the-misery-of-the-calais-jungle-a7321411.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> End the misery of the Calais Jungle</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>The problem – one of a very many – with the Jungle is that there are no aid agencies working on the ground, which leaves too much space for individual volunteers</p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"> <div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story " data-tb-region-item="3-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/09/15/23/donald-trump-jr.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/the-trump-campaign-is-playing-the-isis-songbook-a7319441.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/the-trump-campaign-is-playing-the-isis-songbook-a7319441.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> The Trump campaign is playing the Isis songbook </a></h1> </div> </div> <div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story " data-tb-region-item="3-2"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/09/18/20/syria-east-aleppo.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/the-west-s-involvement-in-syria-is-only-making-matters-worse-a7317116.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/the-west-s-involvement-in-syria-is-only-making-matters-worse-a7317116.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> The West’s involvement in Syria is only making matters worse </a></h1> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20161002053642oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/refugee-crisis-children-unaccompanied-calais-jungle-new-low-we-must-act-a7315226.html" data-tb-region-item="4-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/04/24/18/child-refugees.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/refugee-crisis-children-unaccompanied-calais-jungle-new-low-we-must-act-a7315226.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/refugee-crisis-children-unaccompanied-calais-jungle-new-low-we-must-act-a7315226.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> The child refugee crisis has reached a new low – we must act </a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p><span>This is a humanitarian issue, not a political one. But the fact that we have in effect a new government gives an opportunity both to acknowledge that we have not performed very well in the past, and a chance do better</span></p> </div> </div> </div> </article></div><div class="row" data-tb-region="row-5"><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1" data-locked="true"> <div id="mpu1" class="grid-mod-single-mpu"> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20161002053642oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/the-liberal-democrats-attempt-at-a-comeback-is-admirable-but-the-public-does-not-trust-them-a7313521.html" data-tb-region-item="1-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/07/15/13/liberal.png"> <a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/the-liberal-democrats-attempt-at-a-comeback-is-admirable-but-the-public-does-not-trust-them-a7313521.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/the-liberal-democrats-attempt-at-a-comeback-is-admirable-but-the-public-does-not-trust-them-a7313521.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> The Liberal Democrats' attempt at a comeback is admirable</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>Out of all this current turmoil could come the long-awaited realignment of progressive politics in Britain</p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="2" class="weight-2"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20161002053642oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/so-long-as-jeremy-corbyn-labour-fails-ukip-will-continue-to-win-a7311716.html" data-tb-region-item="2-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size2/public/thumbnails/image/2016/09/16/15/nigel-farage.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/so-long-as-jeremy-corbyn-labour-fails-ukip-will-continue-to-win-a7311716.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/so-long-as-jeremy-corbyn-labour-fails-ukip-will-continue-to-win-a7311716.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> So long as Jeremy Corbyn's Labour fails, Ukip will continue to win</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>Ukip has taken over from the Liberal Democrats as the default protest party of choice in any election that doesn’t matter, and thus will remain in position to cause all manner of mischief in the coming years, almost regardless of its policy stance</p> </div> </div> </div> </article></div><div class="row" data-tb-region="row-6"><article data-weight="2" class="weight-2"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20161002053642oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/hinkley-could-turn-out-to-be-an-enormous-white-elephant-a7309756.html" data-tb-region-item="1-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size2/public/thumbnails/image/2016/09/15/11/hinkley.gif"> <a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/hinkley-could-turn-out-to-be-an-enormous-white-elephant-a7309756.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/hinkley-could-turn-out-to-be-an-enormous-white-elephant-a7309756.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> Hinkley could turn out to be an enormous white elephant</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>The fact remains that the price the Government has agreed that consumers should pay for power from Hinkley is twice that of prevailing wholesale electricity prices, which have fallen sharply since it was first conceived. What will Chancellor Philip Hammond do if he finds the developers at his door with their caps in their hands? </p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"> <div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story " data-tb-region-item="2-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/06/06/21/fgm-london.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/until-fgm-is-prosecuted-this-barbaric-practice-will-go-on-flourising-in-modern-britain-a7307306.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/until-fgm-is-prosecuted-this-barbaric-practice-will-go-on-flourising-in-modern-britain-a7307306.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> Until FGM is prosecuted, this barbaric practice will go on</a></h1> </div> </div> <div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story " data-tb-region-item="2-2"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/09/13/09/jeremy-corbyn-labour-getty.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/a-boundary-review-isnt-unfair-on-labour-but-they-should-push-for-further-electoral-reform-a7256061.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/a-boundary-review-isnt-unfair-on-labour-but-they-should-push-for-further-electoral-reform-a7256061.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> Labour should push for further electoral reform</a></h1> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20161002053642oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/hillary-clintons-health-scare-isnt-likely-to-change-the-outcome-of-the-us-election-a7238766.html" data-tb-region-item="3-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/09/12/15/hillary-clinton-rally.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/hillary-clintons-health-scare-isnt-likely-to-change-the-outcome-of-the-us-election-a7238766.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/hillary-clintons-health-scare-isnt-likely-to-change-the-outcome-of-the-us-election-a7238766.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> Clinton's health scare isn't likely to change US election outcome</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>Despite evidence that her unpopularity has risen to almost Trumpian levels, Clinton is positioned to enjoy a lot of in-built electoral advantages</p> </div> </div> </div> </article></div><div class="row" data-tb-region="row-7"><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20161002053642oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/change-britain-should-lay-down-their-arms-and-let-theresa-may-get-on-with-the-herculean-task-ahead-a7237241.html" data-tb-region-item="1-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/09/06/17/boris-davis-fox-2016-9-6.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/change-britain-should-lay-down-their-arms-and-let-theresa-may-get-on-with-the-herculean-task-ahead-a7237241.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/change-britain-should-lay-down-their-arms-and-let-theresa-may-get-on-with-the-herculean-task-ahead-a7237241.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorials</span> Change Britain should lay down their arms</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>We should remember that Change Britain is the same crowd who offered the public the false prospectus of a £350m-a-week boost for the NHS if they voted Leave</p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"> <div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story " data-tb-region-item="2-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-cc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/27/15/aleppo-bombing4.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/intensive-diplomacy-finally-offers-the-hope-of-de-escalating-violence-in-syria-a7236046.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/intensive-diplomacy-finally-offers-the-hope-of-de-escalating-violence-in-syria-a7236046.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> Diplomacy finally offers the hope of de-escalating violence in Syria</a></h1> </div> </div> <div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story " data-tb-region-item="2-2"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/09/06/12/kim-jong-un.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/america-and-china-need-to-cooperate-on-north-korea-before-kim-jong-un-extends-his-violence-beyond-a7234706.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/america-and-china-need-to-cooperate-on-north-korea-before-kim-jong-un-extends-his-violence-beyond-a7234706.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> America and China need to cooperate on North Korea</a></h1> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20161002053642oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/grammar-schools-are-a-racket-that-offer-the-middle-classes-a-public-school-education-for-free-a7232701.html" data-tb-region-item="3-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2015/03/24/22/pg-1-grammar-schools-2-pa.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/grammar-schools-are-a-racket-that-offer-the-middle-classes-a-public-school-education-for-free-a7232701.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/grammar-schools-are-a-racket-that-offer-the-middle-classes-a-public-school-education-for-free-a7232701.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> Grammar schools are little more than a middle class racket</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>Ms May is right to observe that we have quietly but clearly shifted towards a system of selection by good schools based on house prices and, broadly, the incomes of parents. Academic selection could easily make matters worse</p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1" data-locked="true"> <div id="mpu2" class="grid-mod-single-mpu"> </div> </article></div><div class="row" data-tb-region="row-8"><article data-weight="4" class="weight-4"><div class="partner-slots"> <div class="es-partners-slot parter-slot-1"> <div id="partner1"> </div> </div> <div class="es-partners-slot parter-slot-2"> <div id="partner2"> </div> </div> <div class="es-partners-slot parter-slot-3"> <div id="partner3"> </div> </div> <div class="es-partners-slot parter-slot-4"> <div id="partner4"> </div> </div> <div class="es-partners-slot parter-slot-5"> <div id="partner5"> </div> </div> </div> </article></div><div class="row" data-tb-region="row-9"><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20161002053642oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/building-a-wall-in-calais-will-only-deepen-the-shame-felt-by-europe-over-the-refugee-crisis-a7230091.html" data-tb-region-item="1-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/17/08/calais-camp-getty.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/building-a-wall-in-calais-will-only-deepen-the-shame-felt-by-europe-over-the-refugee-crisis-a7230091.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/building-a-wall-in-calais-will-only-deepen-the-shame-felt-by-europe-over-the-refugee-crisis-a7230091.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> Building a wall in Calais will only deepen the shame felt by Europe</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>The lesson, already, is that building such barriers only pushes the migrants back a few more miles to the point when the wall runs out. A wall with gaps in it, or which does not actually enclose an area is not much more than a modern day folly</p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"> <div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story " data-tb-region-item="2-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/15/16/mike-ashley-getty-images-0.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/government-action-on-sports-direct-was-laudable-but-the-future-still-looks-bleak-for-the-working-a7228666.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/government-action-on-sports-direct-was-laudable-but-the-future-still-looks-bleak-for-the-working-a7228666.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> Government action on Sports Direct was laudable - but not enough</a></h1> </div> </div> <div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story " data-tb-region-item="2-2"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/09/05/17/calais-protest-bbq-2016-09-05.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/time-to-get-rid-of-the-calais-jungle-and-investigate-why-it-was-allowed-to-happen-in-the-first-place-a7227331.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/time-to-get-rid-of-the-calais-jungle-and-investigate-why-it-was-allowed-to-happen-in-the-first-place-a7227331.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> Time to get rid of the Calais Jungle</a></h1> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="2" class="weight-2"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20161002053642oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/theresa-may-is-on-the-back-foot-at-g20-and-rapidly-realising-that-the-opportunities-of-brexit-will-a7225106.html" data-tb-region-item="3-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size2/public/thumbnails/image/2016/09/02/22/theresa-may.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/theresa-may-is-on-the-back-foot-at-g20-and-rapidly-realising-that-the-opportunities-of-brexit-will-a7225106.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/theresa-may-is-on-the-back-foot-at-g20-and-rapidly-realising-that-the-opportunities-of-brexit-will-a7225106.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> Theresa May is on the back foot at G20</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>May's prospects look bright, and she has handled herself with enviable diplomacy, but she's right to say that there are tough times ahead</p> </div> </div> </div> </article></div><div class="row" data-tb-region="row-10"><article data-weight="4" class="weight-4"><div class="partner-slots"> <div class="es-partners-slot parter-slot-1"> <div id="partner6"> </div> </div> <div class="es-partners-slot parter-slot-2"> <div id="partner7"> </div> </div> <div class="es-partners-slot parter-slot-3"> <div id="partner8"> </div> </div> <div class="es-partners-slot parter-slot-4"> <div id="partner9"> </div> </div> <div class="es-partners-slot parter-slot-5"> <div id="partner10"> </div> </div> </div> </article></div><div class="row" data-tb-region="row-11"><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20161002053642oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/it-is-joyous-to-see-the-biggest-threat-to-life-on-this-planet-climate-change-finally-being-taken-a7224031.html" data-tb-region-item="1-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/09/03/12/obama-xi-climate-agreement.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/it-is-joyous-to-see-the-biggest-threat-to-life-on-this-planet-climate-change-finally-being-taken-a7224031.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/it-is-joyous-to-see-the-biggest-threat-to-life-on-this-planet-climate-change-finally-being-taken-a7224031.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> Climate change is finally being taken seriously </a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>When the two powers that dump four in every ten tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere belatedly decide to get real, it is a happy day that many thought could never arrive</p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-list no-title"> <ul class="simple-news-list"> <li class="story" data-tb-region-item="2-1"> <a href="/web/20161002053642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/our-railways-are-a-disaster-but-nationalisation-would-only-make-the-situation-worse-a7222561.html"> <div class="image-holder"> <img class="lazy" 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