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The British, soon to be separated from their largest export market, can ill-afford to be fastidious</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/20161118231642oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/trumps-presidency-means-an-increasingly-reclusive-america-on-the-world-stage-a7410186.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/2016/11/10/16/gettyimages-539916528.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/trumps-presidency-means-an-increasingly-reclusive-america-on-the-world-stage-a7410186.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> 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environment can learn from this setback and fight back</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/20161118231642oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/donald-trump-wins-us-election-president-first-task-america-heal-discord-a7405326.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/2016/11/08/12/trump-vote.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/donald-trump-wins-us-election-president-first-task-america-heal-discord-a7405326.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/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/donald-trump-wins-us-election-president-first-task-america-heal-discord-a7405326.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> President Trump’s first task will be to heal America’s discord </a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>President Trump must repair the rift between his ruling party and the nation to which it bears so little resemblance</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/20161118231642oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/us-election-2016-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-democracy-huge-flaws-whoever-wins-race-white-house-a7405281.html" data-tb-region-item="1-1"> <div 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sectional and geographical interests, Congress looks less fit for purpose than ever</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/20161118231642oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/james-comey-will-be-the-biggest-loser-in-the-presidential-election-a7403106.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/public/thumbnails/image/2016/11/01/16/james-comey.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/james-comey-will-be-the-biggest-loser-in-the-presidential-election-a7403106.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/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/james-comey-will-be-the-biggest-loser-in-the-presidential-election-a7403106.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> James Comey will be the biggest loser in the presidential election</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>The charitable explanation is that the FBI messed up, but without any partisan bias. Unfortunately, many Americans may be more prone to the rich array of conspiracy theories already circulating, none of them helpful to restoring trust in politics and the federal bureaucracy</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-cc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/11/05/08/pa-29092478.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/theresa-may-must-tread-carefully-with-india-if-post-brexit-britain-is-to-succeed-a7401031.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/theresa-may-must-tread-carefully-with-india-if-post-brexit-britain-is-to-succeed-a7401031.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> May must tread carefully with India in post-Brexit Britain</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/2016/11/05/10/clinton-detroit.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-us-presidential-election-the-independent-view-editorial-a7399646.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-us-presidential-election-the-independent-view-editorial-a7399646.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> The Independent view on the US presidential election</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/20161118231642oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/a-second-referendum-on-the-brexit-deal-would-be-fair-and-democratic-a7398236.html" data-tb-region-item="4-1"> <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/2016/11/04/12/theresa-may-europe.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/a-second-referendum-on-the-brexit-deal-would-be-fair-and-democratic-a7398236.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/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/a-second-referendum-on-the-brexit-deal-would-be-fair-and-democratic-a7398236.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> A second referendum on the Brexit deal would be fair – and democratic </a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p><span>If MPs give the Government a sensible and realistic negotiating remit, then there is that much more chance that the new relationship between the UK and the EU, when eventually settled, will be sustainable and democratically legitimate</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/20161118231642oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/the-government-shouldnt-fight-the-high-courts-article-50-decision-a7396056.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/2016/11/03/11/brexit-high-court-5.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/the-government-shouldnt-fight-the-high-courts-article-50-decision-a7396056.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/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/the-government-shouldnt-fight-the-high-courts-article-50-decision-a7396056.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> The Government shouldn't fight the High Court's Article 50 decision </a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>It is entirely proper, if the Government indeed plans to govern on behalf of <em>all</em> the people in this country (not just the 52 per cent) that the people’s representatives should have some input as to what Brexit might look like</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/20161118231642oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/an-inquiry-into-sharia-courts-doesnt-have-to-criticise-islam-a7391886.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/2016/11/01/09/gettyimages-79773589.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/an-inquiry-into-sharia-courts-doesnt-have-to-criticise-islam-a7391886.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/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/an-inquiry-into-sharia-courts-doesnt-have-to-criticise-islam-a7391886.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> An inquiry into sharia courts doesn't have to criticise Islam</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>Jewish beth din provide similar access to arbitration using religious law and have attracted rather less criticism than sharia: that perhaps explains why some Muslims believe the current inquiries are discriminatory in their focus on Islamic faith</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/20161118231642oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/whoever-wins-the-presidency-their-time-in-office-is-aleady-tarnished-a7387796.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/2016/09/27/10/clinton-trump-1.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/whoever-wins-the-presidency-their-time-in-office-is-aleady-tarnished-a7387796.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/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/whoever-wins-the-presidency-their-time-in-office-is-aleady-tarnished-a7387796.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> Whoever wins the Presidency, their time in office is aleady tarnished</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>That is not to say that the great machine of American governance will grind to a halt; but it is a reminder about just how unsatisfactory the choice facing the American people is</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/2016/10/29/15/theresa-may-downing.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/democratic-oversight-of-brexit-is-not-an-attempt-to-frustrate-the-will-of-the-british-people-theresa-a7386616.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/democratic-oversight-of-brexit-is-not-an-attempt-to-frustrate-the-will-of-the-british-people-theresa-a7386616.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> We don't want to block Brexit, we want a democratic Brexit</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/2016/09/23/15/tony-blair.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/tony-blair-back-europe-eu-referendum-return-to-politics-independent-view-a7385336.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/tony-blair-back-europe-eu-referendum-return-to-politics-independent-view-a7385336.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> Tony Blair still has something to offer his party and his country</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/20161118231642oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/brexit-growth-statistics-leaving-eu-british-economy-too-soon-to-know-a7383671.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/2016/10/19/00/money-stack.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/brexit-growth-statistics-leaving-eu-british-economy-too-soon-to-know-a7383671.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/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/brexit-growth-statistics-leaving-eu-british-economy-too-soon-to-know-a7383671.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> Why you should ignore the latest Brexit statistics</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>The latest figures have been interpreted, as are most economic data, with the prejudices of those doing the interpreter firmly embedded in them</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/20161118231642oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/trumps-relationship-with-russia-would-be-dangerous-a7381791.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/2016/10/26/08/donald-trump.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/trumps-relationship-with-russia-would-be-dangerous-a7381791.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/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/trumps-relationship-with-russia-would-be-dangerous-a7381791.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> Trump's relationship with Russia would be dangerous</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>America, with varying levels of success but consistent bravery, resisted Russian domination of Eastern Europe and it is unthinkable that Washington would now stand idly by while Putin re-establishes Stalin’s empire</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/2016/10/25/14/boris-johnson.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/heathrows-expansion-may-have-been-approved-but-the-real-action-is-yet-to-come-a7379881.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/heathrows-expansion-may-have-been-approved-but-the-real-action-is-yet-to-come-a7379881.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> Heathrow may have been approved – but the real action is yet to come</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/2016/10/24/18/calais-jungle-1.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/the-closure-of-the-calais-jungle-is-promising-for-the-coming-winter-a7378421.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/the-closure-of-the-calais-jungle-is-promising-for-the-coming-winter-a7378421.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> The Calais Jungle is being cleared, but what follows may be 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/20161118231642oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/we-are-lurching-away-from-a-hard-or-soft-brexit-and-towards-a-stupid-brexit-a7376636.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/2016/10/03/22/hammond-may-getty.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/we-are-lurching-away-from-a-hard-or-soft-brexit-and-towards-a-stupid-brexit-a7376636.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/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/we-are-lurching-away-from-a-hard-or-soft-brexit-and-towards-a-stupid-brexit-a7376636.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> We are lurching towards a 'stupid Brexit'</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>As far as interest rate decisions go, this should be above politics. The whole point of giving the Bank of England independence was to take monetary policy out of government</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/20161118231642oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/we-are-too-careless-about-our-reliance-on-the-internet-until-we-come-under-attack-a7375451.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/2016/05/14/19/gchq-hacking-investigatoy-powers-bill.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/we-are-too-careless-about-our-reliance-on-the-internet-until-we-come-under-attack-a7375451.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/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/we-are-too-careless-about-our-reliance-on-the-internet-until-we-come-under-attack-a7375451.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> We are too careless about our reliance on the internet</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>It is time, then, to take a look at the plumbing, to explore the interstices of the internet to identify the weaker links and secure them</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/2016/10/21/21/cartoon20161022.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/may-made-an-impossible-demand-on-the-eu-a7375081.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/may-made-an-impossible-demand-on-the-eu-a7375081.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> May made an impossible demand on the EU</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/2016/10/20/15/sir-phillip-green.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/its-right-to-strip-philip-green-of-his-knighthood-a7372321.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/its-right-to-strip-philip-green-of-his-knighthood-a7372321.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> It’s right to strip Philip Green of his knighthood </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/20161118231642oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/a-parliamentary-vote-at-the-end-of-the-brexit-talks-is-not-good-enough-a7369956.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/2016/08/01/08/gettyimages-532084210.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/a-parliamentary-vote-at-the-end-of-the-brexit-talks-is-not-good-enough-a7369956.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/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/a-parliamentary-vote-at-the-end-of-the-brexit-talks-is-not-good-enough-a7369956.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> A parliamentary vote at the end of Brexit talks is not good enough</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>A range of MPs and peers are preparing to hold the Government to account as it negotiates to leave the European Union</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/20161118231642oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/no-excuse-for-dodging-questions-about-use-of-military-drones-a7368161.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/2013/09/04/18/pg-29-drones-ap.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/no-excuse-for-dodging-questions-about-use-of-military-drones-a7368161.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/20161118231642/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/no-excuse-for-dodging-questions-about-use-of-military-drones-a7368161.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> No excuse for dodging 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