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uncouth?</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/20161118231302oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/30yearsoftheindependent/iraq-is-invaded-and-the-first-casualty-of-war-is-truth-a7349386.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/2016/10/04/14/downloaddocument-37-1.png"> <a href="/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/30yearsoftheindependent/iraq-is-invaded-and-the-first-casualty-of-war-is-truth-a7349386.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/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/30yearsoftheindependent/iraq-is-invaded-and-the-first-casualty-of-war-is-truth-a7349386.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Iraq is invaded... and the first casualty of war is truth</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/20161118231302oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/theresa-may-conservative-party-speech-fighting-the-elite-historic-tradition-mark-steel-a7348936.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/2016/10/06/09/612812774.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/theresa-may-conservative-party-speech-fighting-the-elite-historic-tradition-mark-steel-a7348936.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/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/theresa-may-conservative-party-speech-fighting-the-elite-historic-tradition-mark-steel-a7348936.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Theresa May must be a good Conservative if she's fighting the elite</a></h1> </div> </div> </article></div><div class="row" data-tb-region="row-3"><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20161118231302oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/jeremy-corbyn-labour-plotters-blairites-mps-learn-lessons-unite-party-last-few-months-a7338136.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/2016/09/29/16/corbyn-speech-2016-09-28.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/jeremy-corbyn-labour-plotters-blairites-mps-learn-lessons-unite-party-last-few-months-a7338136.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/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/jeremy-corbyn-labour-plotters-blairites-mps-learn-lessons-unite-party-last-few-months-a7338136.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>The Labour plotters are right about Jeremy Corbyn</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/20161118231302oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/jeremy-corbyn-labour-leadership-owen-smith-result-soon-over-mark-steel-a7322801.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/2016/09/14/23/corbyn-smith-sky.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/jeremy-corbyn-labour-leadership-owen-smith-result-soon-over-mark-steel-a7322801.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/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/jeremy-corbyn-labour-leadership-owen-smith-result-soon-over-mark-steel-a7322801.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>The Labour leadership battle will soon be over – for three minutes</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/20161118231302oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/concentrix-benefits-tax-credits-cut-government-contract-stopped-necessary-tough-investigate-a7309146.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/2015/09/10/20/1-Debt-Collector-Get.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/concentrix-benefits-tax-credits-cut-government-contract-stopped-necessary-tough-investigate-a7309146.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/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/concentrix-benefits-tax-credits-cut-government-contract-stopped-necessary-tough-investigate-a7309146.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>I feel sorry for Concentrix – they were just very enthusiastic</a></h1> </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-4"><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story grid-mod-half-height " data-url="/web/20161118231302oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/if-labour-members-are-being-banned-for-supporting-other-parties-then-labour-mps-should-be-banned-for-a7232551.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/2016/08/27/11/jeremy-corbyn-arts.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/if-labour-members-are-being-banned-for-supporting-other-parties-then-labour-mps-should-be-banned-for-a7232551.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/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/if-labour-members-are-being-banned-for-supporting-other-parties-then-labour-mps-should-be-banned-for-a7232551.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Labour MPs should be banned from voting for supporting Tory policies </a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>Most Labour MPs supported Tory Party policies on welfare, immigration and war, so when the General Secretary gets round to banning them, there will end up being a minus figure of members, meaning any candidate who wins nought votes will be the clear winner</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/20161118231302oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/at-last-nigel-farage-has-emerged-to-defend-the-ordinary-billionaires-of-the-world-like-donald-trump-a7209926.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/2016/08/25/17/front-cartoon-20160825.jpg"> <span class="icon-play medium"></span> <a href="/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/at-last-nigel-farage-has-emerged-to-defend-the-ordinary-billionaires-of-the-world-like-donald-trump-a7209926.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/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/at-last-nigel-farage-has-emerged-to-defend-the-ordinary-billionaires-of-the-world-like-donald-trump-a7209926.html">At last Farage has emerged to defend the ordinary billionaire Trump</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>Farage ended his speech with a cry to defeat the establishment. This was the most heartfelt moment of all, because no one has had to fight harder against the establishment than Trump</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/20161118231302oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/thanks-to-the-internet-there-are-now-millions-of-cyber-rupert-murdochs-a7197876.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_half/public/thumbnails/image/2015/09/18/18/Corbyn-Bragg-Getty.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/thanks-to-the-internet-there-are-now-millions-of-cyber-rupert-murdochs-a7197876.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/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/thanks-to-the-internet-there-are-now-millions-of-cyber-rupert-murdochs-a7197876.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Thanks to the internet, there are now millions of mini cyber Murdochs</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>The wonder of the internet, it was suggested, would be to take power from the old media and allow everyone an outlet for their views. We would all, in effect, own a newspaper</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/20161118231302oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/labour-jeremy-corbyn-ban-members-from-voting-high-court-can-t-be-trusted-economy-a7184971.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_half/public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/11/15/corbyn-rally.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/labour-jeremy-corbyn-ban-members-from-voting-high-court-can-t-be-trusted-economy-a7184971.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/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/labour-jeremy-corbyn-ban-members-from-voting-high-court-can-t-be-trusted-economy-a7184971.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Ridiculously, Labour is using members’ money to ban them from voting</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>What a boost this approach would be for British business. Comet would never have gone bankrupt if anyone buying a washing machine handed over their money and was then told they wouldn’t be given a washing machine</p> </div> </div> </div> </article></div><div class="row" data-tb-region="row-5"><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20161118231302oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/rio-2016-olympics-brazil-carnival-greed-doping-tear-gas-ill-still-watch-a7172276.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/2016/08/01/18/rio-olympics.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/rio-2016-olympics-brazil-carnival-greed-doping-tear-gas-ill-still-watch-a7172276.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/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/rio-2016-olympics-brazil-carnival-greed-doping-tear-gas-ill-still-watch-a7172276.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Rio 2016 will be a Brazilian carnival of greed, doping and tear gas</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/20161118231302oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-byron-burger-sports-direct-mike-ashley-lloyds-bank-southern-rail-eu-referendum-finally-free-a7160796.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/2016/07/12/13/southern-rail.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-byron-burger-sports-direct-mike-ashley-lloyds-bank-southern-rail-eu-referendum-finally-free-a7160796.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/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-byron-burger-sports-direct-mike-ashley-lloyds-bank-southern-rail-eu-referendum-finally-free-a7160796.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>After Brexit, Southern rail, Byron burger and Lloyds bank are free</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/20161118231302oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/theresa-may-voting-record-david-cameron-government-austerity-cuts-so-mean-she-loves-the-working-a7148761.html" 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/2016/07/18/12/theresa-may.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/theresa-may-voting-record-david-cameron-government-austerity-cuts-so-mean-she-loves-the-working-a7148761.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/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/theresa-may-voting-record-david-cameron-government-austerity-cuts-so-mean-she-loves-the-working-a7148761.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Theresa May loves the working classes – if you ignore her past</a></h1> </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-6"><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story grid-mod-half-height " data-url="/web/20161118231302oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/jeremy-corbyns-supporters-are-so-dangerous-they-took-over-labour-before-they-were-even-born-a7136711.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/2016/07/13/10/jeremy-corbyn-1.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/jeremy-corbyns-supporters-are-so-dangerous-they-took-over-labour-before-they-were-even-born-a7136711.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/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/jeremy-corbyns-supporters-are-so-dangerous-they-took-over-labour-before-they-were-even-born-a7136711.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Corbyn's supporters took over Labour before they were even born</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">If you were cynical you might wonder if, despite their ability to reach out to people, Corbyn’s opponents feel they’d be unlikely to beat him in a straight vote of members</span></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/20161118231302oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/jeremy-corbyn-iraq-war-chilcot-report-tony-blair-right-important-matter-doing-up-tie-a7125521.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/2016/06/27/20/jeremy-corbyn-placard-speech_1.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/jeremy-corbyn-iraq-war-chilcot-report-tony-blair-right-important-matter-doing-up-tie-a7125521.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/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/jeremy-corbyn-iraq-war-chilcot-report-tony-blair-right-important-matter-doing-up-tie-a7125521.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>He might be right on Iraq, but Jeremy Corbyn can't do up his tie</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">Like Tony Blair, we were all duped by the intelligence on Saddam Hussein – except for the millions that went on marches, and Nelson Mandela, and France, and the Pope, and the chief weapons inspector, and Robin Cook</span></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/20161118231302oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/michael-gove-conservative-leader-next-prime-minister-sarah-vine-rupert-murdoch-daily-mail-personal-a7111656.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_half/public/thumbnails/image/2015/05/20/10/Sarah-Vine-Rex.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/michael-gove-conservative-leader-next-prime-minister-sarah-vine-rupert-murdoch-daily-mail-personal-a7111656.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/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/michael-gove-conservative-leader-next-prime-minister-sarah-vine-rupert-murdoch-daily-mail-personal-a7111656.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Michael Gove isn't driven only by personal ambition, but his wife's</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>It's right that Sarah Vine dictates the terms under which the next Prime Minister stands. After all, she was fairly elected to the important constitutional role of Michael Gove’s Wife</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/20161118231302oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/im-sick-of-the-super-pc-referendum-debates-where-you-cant-offend-anyone-lets-get-real-about-a7098011.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_half/public/thumbnails/image/2016/06/23/11/referendum-9.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/im-sick-of-the-super-pc-referendum-debates-where-you-cant-offend-anyone-lets-get-real-about-a7098011.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/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/im-sick-of-the-super-pc-referendum-debates-where-you-cant-offend-anyone-lets-get-real-about-a7098011.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>I'm sick of the PC referendum debates where everyone takes offence</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>If, during Spain v Turkey at the Euros, the commentator had said, “That cross is cut out by the goalkeeper, who’s probably a commander of Isis and if the EU get their way will be living in Stoke by the end of the week, claiming it’s his human right to fire rocket-propelled grenades at your pot plants”, he’d have the PC brigade claiming this was “racist”</p> </div> </div> </div> </article></div><div class="row" data-tb-region="row-7"><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 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data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/eu-referendum-brexit-michael-gove-anti-austerity-activist-mark-steel-a7085786.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Thanks to Brexit, we know Michael Gove is really an anti-cuts activist</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/20161118231302oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexiteers-legal-challenge-voter-registration-extension-democracy-dont-want-you-to-vote-a7073116.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/2016/04/14/20/aaron-banks-rex.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexiteers-legal-challenge-voter-registration-extension-democracy-dont-want-you-to-vote-a7073116.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/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexiteers-legal-challenge-voter-registration-extension-democracy-dont-want-you-to-vote-a7073116.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Brexiteers love democracy – that's why they don't want you to vote</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/20161118231302oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/if-we-vote-to-stay-in-the-eu-every-baby-will-get-their-own-house-isnt-that-what-were-being-told-a7061346.html" 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/2016/05/27/23/boris-johnson-david-cameron_0.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/if-we-vote-to-stay-in-the-eu-every-baby-will-get-their-own-house-isnt-that-what-were-being-told-a7061346.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/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/if-we-vote-to-stay-in-the-eu-every-baby-will-get-their-own-house-isnt-that-what-were-being-told-a7061346.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>If we vote to stay in the EU, every baby will get their own house</a></h1> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1" data-locked="true"> <div id="ayl" class="grid-mod-single-mpu"> </div> </article></div><div class="row" data-tb-region="row-9"><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story grid-mod-half-height " data-url="/web/20161118231302oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/the-northern-ireland-abortion-laws-are-proving-that-the-troubles-were-nothing-but-a-silly-a7050561.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/2016/04/04/18/abortion-protest-northern-ireland2.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/the-northern-ireland-abortion-laws-are-proving-that-the-troubles-were-nothing-but-a-silly-a7050561.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/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/the-northern-ireland-abortion-laws-are-proving-that-the-troubles-were-nothing-but-a-silly-a7050561.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>All the priesthood wants is a bit of health and safety. Is that wrong?</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>Pro-life groups say abortion pills have ‘unpleasant side effects’. All the priesthood wants is a bit of health and safety. Is that so wrong?</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/20161118231302oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/watching-the-tories-debate-brexit-is-like-witnessing-the-greek-philosophers-at-the-peak-of-their-a7037906.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_half/public/thumbnails/image/2016/03/10/00/web-boris-getty.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/watching-the-tories-debate-brexit-is-like-witnessing-the-greek-philosophers-at-the-peak-of-their-a7037906.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/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/watching-the-tories-debate-brexit-is-like-witnessing-the-greek-philosophers-at-the-peak-of-their-a7037906.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>The Brexit debate is like the Greek philosophers at their peak</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>The EU is the only thing stopping Europe returning to the Jurassic period – if we leave, within six months every house will have a stegosaurus in the garden</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/20161118231302oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/jeremy-corbyn-labour-local-elections-sadiq-khan-queen-gaffe-iraq-war-chilcot-inquiry-a7026756.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_half/public/thumbnails/image/2016/04/29/20/jeremy-corbyn-inquiry.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/jeremy-corbyn-labour-local-elections-sadiq-khan-queen-gaffe-iraq-war-chilcot-inquiry-a7026756.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/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/jeremy-corbyn-labour-local-elections-sadiq-khan-queen-gaffe-iraq-war-chilcot-inquiry-a7026756.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Jeremy Corbyn, it's all your fault – whatever it is</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">The best way to support the Labour Party is to behave like one of those angry football supporters who screams that </span><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">their manager should be sacked if</span><span style="line-height: 20.8px;"> they lose one game</span></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/20161118231302oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/no-wonder-the-tories-are-shocked-by-labour-calling-khan-a-terrorist-sympathiser-was-so-racially-a7015191.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_half/public/thumbnails/image/2016/05/05/17/sadiq-khan.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/no-wonder-the-tories-are-shocked-by-labour-calling-khan-a-terrorist-sympathiser-was-so-racially-a7015191.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/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/no-wonder-the-tories-are-shocked-by-labour-calling-khan-a-terrorist-sympathiser-was-so-racially-a7015191.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Labour needs to learn from the racial sensitivity shown by the Tories</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>The subtle point was that with him as mayor, transport policy would be for all drivers to blow themselves up, and you can’t see the unions agreeing to that</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="4" class="weight-4"> <div class="grid-mod-titled-separator margin"> <h1 class="box-title"> More headlines </h1> </div> </article></div><div class="row" data-tb-region="row-12"><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20161118231302oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/hillsborough-disaster-decision-police-incompetent-organised-lies-mark-steel-a7005036.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/public/thumbnails/image/2016/04/27/20/pp-hillsborough-vigil-11-getty.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/hillsborough-disaster-decision-police-incompetent-organised-lies-mark-steel-a7005036.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/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/hillsborough-disaster-decision-police-incompetent-organised-lies-mark-steel-a7005036.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Hillsborough police were incompetent? Hardly</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/20161118231302oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/selfish-monarchists-need-to-give-the-queen-a-break-shes-90-for-gods-sake-a6995091.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/2016/04/21/12/queen-elizabeth.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/selfish-monarchists-need-to-give-the-queen-a-break-shes-90-for-gods-sake-a6995091.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/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/selfish-monarchists-need-to-give-the-queen-a-break-shes-90-for-gods-sake-a6995091.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Selfish monarchists need to give the Queen a break</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/20161118231302oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/its-obvious-that-jeremy-corbyn-is-the-real-tax-dodger-thats-why-he-paid-more-tax-than-he-owed-a6984411.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/2016/03/07/21/8-jeremy-corbyn-afp.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/its-obvious-that-jeremy-corbyn-is-the-real-tax-dodger-thats-why-he-paid-more-tax-than-he-owed-a6984411.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/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/its-obvious-that-jeremy-corbyn-is-the-real-tax-dodger-thats-why-he-paid-more-tax-than-he-owed-a6984411.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>It's obvious that Jeremy Corbyn is the real tax dodger</a></h1> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1" data-locked="true"> <div id="mpu5" class="grid-mod-single-mpu"> </div> </article></div><div class="row" data-tb-region="row-13"><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story grid-mod-half-height " data-url="/web/20161118231302oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/if-cameron-wont-benefit-from-his-fathers-offshore-trust-perhaps-he-got-through-eton-on-a-paper-round-a6973161.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/2016/02/28/21/12-EU-referendum-PA.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/if-cameron-wont-benefit-from-his-fathers-offshore-trust-perhaps-he-got-through-eton-on-a-paper-round-a6973161.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/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/if-cameron-wont-benefit-from-his-fathers-offshore-trust-perhaps-he-got-through-eton-on-a-paper-round-a6973161.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Did Cameron put himself through Eton on a paper round?</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">In the modern world, wealthy people can decide how much their tax bill comes to. Maybe we can extend this rule to other items, such as cheese</span></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/20161118231302oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/if-librarians-and-steelworkers-wanted-state-bail-outs-they-should-have-done-something-useful-like-a6962121.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/2014/12/17/21/web-libraries-1-getty.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/if-librarians-and-steelworkers-wanted-state-bail-outs-they-should-have-done-something-useful-like-a6962121.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/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/if-librarians-and-steelworkers-wanted-state-bail-outs-they-should-have-done-something-useful-like-a6962121.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>If libraries wanted a bail-out they should have been useful like banks</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>In any case the bankers deserved to be bailed out, as they couldn’t possibly anticipate that if they kept taking money it might eventually run out, whereas steelworkers have caused their own downfall by not being Chinese</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/20161118231302oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/osborne-needn-t-say-sorry-after-all-it-was-just-a-suggestion-a6950736.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_half/public/thumbnails/image/2016/03/17/15/Osborne-School-PA.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/osborne-needn-t-say-sorry-after-all-it-was-just-a-suggestion-a6950736.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/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/osborne-needn-t-say-sorry-after-all-it-was-just-a-suggestion-a6950736.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>We all make mistakes – some of us try to take £4bn off the disabled</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">We all make mistakes. Some of us put cardboard packaging in the wrong recycling box. And some of us try to take £4 billion off the disabled</span></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/20161118231302oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/thank-god-our-schools-have-finally-been-set-free-by-our-national-free-spirit-george-osborne-a6937016.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_half/public/thumbnails/image/2016/03/14/17/teachers-strike-2.jpg"> <a href="/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/thank-god-our-schools-have-finally-been-set-free-by-our-national-free-spirit-george-osborne-a6937016.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/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/thank-god-our-schools-have-finally-been-set-free-by-our-national-free-spirit-george-osborne-a6937016.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span>Thank God our schools have finally been set free by George Osborne</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">Soon Osborne will announce the next stage, yelling: “Don’t let maths teachers control your thoughts by telling you what numbers to write down, man, set yourself free of their bureaucracy with our teacherless academies, where you can think of whatever number turns you on!"</span></p> </div> </div> </div> </article></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <footer id="mastfooter" tynt-data="no-content"> <div class="stamp"></div> <ul class="follow"> <li>Follow us:</li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161118231302/https://www.facebook.com/TheIndependentOnline" target="_blank" title="Facebook" class="icon-facebook"></a> </li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161118231302/https://twitter.com/independent" target="_blank" title="Twitter" class="icon-twitter"></a> </li> </ul> <ul class="links"><li><a href="/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html" title="">User Policies</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html" title="">Privacy Policy</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html" title="">Cookie Policy</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/service/code-of-conduct-a6184241.html" title="">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161118231302/https://independentnews.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new" title="">Complaint Form</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/service/contact-us-759589.html" title="">Contact Us</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/service/external-contributors-policy-7905982.html" title="">Contributors</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/topics-list" title="">All Topics</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/archive" title="">Archive</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/register" title="">Newsletters</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161118231302/http://independentjobs.independent.co.uk/" title="">Jobs</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161118231302/https://www.independentsubscriptions.co.uk/" title="">Subscriptions</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161118231302/http://esimedia.co.uk/" title="">Advertising Guide</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161118231302/http://syndication.independent.co.uk/" title="">Syndication</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161118231302/http://www.standard.co.uk/" title="">Evening Standard</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161118231302/http://en.novayagazeta.ru/" title="">Novaya Gazeta</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161118231302/http://www.independent.co.uk/marketing/apps/" title="">Install our Apps</a></li> </ul> </footer> <div id="outofpageslot"> </div> <div id="teadsib"> </div> <div id="znaptag" tynt-data="no-content"> </div> <div id="thirdparty01"> </div> </div> <!-- PRE FOOTER INLINE --> <script>(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"]=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)})(window,document,"script","//web.archive.org/web/20161118231302/http://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js","ga");ga("create", "UA-27212627-1", {"cookieDomain":"auto"});ga("set", "anonymizeIp", true);ga("send", "pageview"); 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