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href="/web/20161107051257/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"> <h1><a href="/web/20161107051257/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> </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/2016/09/27/10/clinton-trump-1.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161107051257/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"> <h1><a href="/web/20161107051257/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> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20161107051257oe_/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" 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/2016/10/29/15/theresa-may-downing.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161107051257/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"> <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/20161107051257/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 class="lead"> <p>Those who are opposed to a hard Brexit need to make sure that they are not painted into the corner of appearing to stand against the referendum result</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/20161107051257oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/tony-blair-back-europe-eu-referendum-return-to-politics-independent-view-a7385336.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/2016/09/23/15/tony-blair.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161107051257/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"> <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/20161107051257/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 class="lead"> <p>As the leader of a cross-party European movement, the former Prime Minister could place himself at the centre of debate once again – at least on the European question</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/20161107051257oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/brexit-growth-statistics-leaving-eu-british-economy-too-soon-to-know-a7383671.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_half/public/thumbnails/image/2016/10/19/00/money-stack.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161107051257/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/20161107051257/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><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story grid-mod-half-height " data-url="/web/20161107051257oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/trumps-relationship-with-russia-would-be-dangerous-a7381791.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/2016/10/26/08/donald-trump.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161107051257/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/20161107051257/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" 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/20161107051257oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/heathrows-expansion-may-have-been-approved-but-the-real-action-is-yet-to-come-a7379881.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/2016/10/25/14/boris-johnson.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161107051257/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"> <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/20161107051257/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 class="lead"> <p>As the saying goes, this is not the end of the matter, though it is perhaps the beginning of the end. Even if things go relatively smoothly, there will still be sufficient turbulence to delay the first operational flights for a decade or so</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/20161107051257oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/the-closure-of-the-calais-jungle-is-promising-for-the-coming-winter-a7378421.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/2016/10/24/18/calais-jungle-1.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161107051257/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"> <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/20161107051257/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 class="lead"> <p>The fundamental attractions of Britain as a destination will not diminish simply because the bulldozers have moved into the shanty town outside Calais</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/2016/10/03/22/hammond-may-getty.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161107051257/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"> <h1><a href="/web/20161107051257/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> </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/2016/05/14/19/gchq-hacking-investigatoy-powers-bill.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161107051257/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"> <h1><a href="/web/20161107051257/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> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20161107051257oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/may-made-an-impossible-demand-on-the-eu-a7375081.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/2016/10/21/21/cartoon20161022.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161107051257/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/may-made-an-impossible-demand-on-the-eu-a7375081.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/20161107051257/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 class="lead"> <p>The UK wants to continue to pay a full role in the EU, which it is entitled to, and would be fine if it were to be positive; but vetoing any number of federalist moves, for example on defence co-operation, seems in bad taste for a departing member of the club</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/20161107051257oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/its-right-to-strip-philip-green-of-his-knighthood-a7372321.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/2016/10/20/15/sir-phillip-green.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161107051257/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/its-right-to-strip-philip-green-of-his-knighthood-a7372321.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/20161107051257/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 class="lead"> <p><span>The usual line is that only conviction of a criminal offence warrants removal of any honour. Failing that you’d have to take part in a war against Britain<o:p></o:p></span></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/20161107051257oe_/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="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/2016/08/01/08/gettyimages-532084210.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161107051257/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/20161107051257/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-6"><article data-weight="2" class="weight-2"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20161107051257oe_/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/size2/public/thumbnails/image/2013/09/04/18/pg-29-drones-ap.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161107051257/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/20161107051257/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 questions about use of military drones</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>The use of drones operated from thousands of miles away using unverifiable intelligence gives rise to intense moral questions that have only barely begun to be considered</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/2016/10/14/18/iraqi-special-forces.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161107051257/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/mosul-offensive-isis-iraq-military-us-islamic-sectarian-forces-decide-future-independent-view-a7366346.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20161107051257/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/mosul-offensive-isis-iraq-military-us-islamic-sectarian-forces-decide-future-independent-view-a7366346.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> The future of Mosul will be decided by Islamic sectarian forces</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-cc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/07/18/19/epa-boris-johnson-europe.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161107051257/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/boris-johnson-brexit-article-in-favour-of-eu-published-referendum-remain-leave-a7364281.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20161107051257/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/boris-johnson-brexit-article-in-favour-of-eu-published-referendum-remain-leave-a7364281.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> Boris Johnson chose to play with fire over Brexit</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/20161107051257oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/mr-blair-s-return-is-not-the-answer-but-we-need-some-of-his-pro-european-idealism-a7363446.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/2016/09/24/13/tony.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161107051257/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/mr-blair-s-return-is-not-the-answer-but-we-need-some-of-his-pro-european-idealism-a7363446.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/20161107051257/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/mr-blair-s-return-is-not-the-answer-but-we-need-some-of-his-pro-european-idealism-a7363446.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> Blair’s return is not the answer, but we need his pro-EU idealism</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>Our exclusive poll suggesting the former Prime Minister should come back to lead Labour also points the way – more realistically – to a soft Brexit alliance against Theresa May</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/20161107051257oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/the-inquiry-into-historical-child-sex-abuse-must-swiftly-recover-from-its-previous-mishaps-a7362381.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/2016/08/11/15/alexis-jay.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161107051257/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/the-inquiry-into-historical-child-sex-abuse-must-swiftly-recover-from-its-previous-mishaps-a7362381.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/20161107051257/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/the-inquiry-into-historical-child-sex-abuse-must-swiftly-recover-from-its-previous-mishaps-a7362381.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> The inquiry into historical child sex abuse must swiftly recover </a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>Alexis Jay will need to work hard and smartly if she is to regain the confidence of victims and to get her investigation back on track</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/2016/10/11/18/aleppo-11-10-2016.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161107051257/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/syria-aleppo-russia-uk-us-military-intervention-isis-boris-johnson-aid-to-beleaguered-a7360171.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20161107051257/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/syria-aleppo-russia-uk-us-military-intervention-isis-boris-johnson-aid-to-beleaguered-a7360171.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Editorial</span> The focus in Syria must be on bringing aid to the beleaguered</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" 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in the national interest </span></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/20161107051257/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/theresa-may-conservative-conference-speech-immigration-dangerous-heir-to-tony-blair-working-class-a7347176.html"> <div class="image-holder"> <img class="lazy" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" data-original="https://web.archive.org/web/20161107051257/https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/storylist/public/thumbnails/image/2016/10/05/11/theresa-may.jpg"/> </div> <h2>Theresa May plays a dangerous game on immigration</h2> </a> </li> <li class="story" data-tb-region-item="2-2"> <a 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