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Highlights

Have we witnessed Boris Johnson’s heroic last stand?

The prime minister put on a defiant show at PMQs, as he tried to rally his MPs in advance of the report on lockdown parties

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady You’re wrong, Rees-Mogg – ousting the PM doesn’t mean a fresh election

Salma Shah Insidious intolerance still exists in Westminster - I felt it

Anna Isaac Brexit has been an expensive decision – and may yet prove more costly

Voices

Hamish McRae Young investors are taking a hit on unconventional assets

John Rentoul A police inquiry brings the end of Boris Johnson’s premiership nearer

James Moore Prepare for Rishi Sunak to start spending again

Long reads

Steven Cutts Will hip resurfacing be a renaissance in ceramic or just another fad?

It worked for Andy Murray, so why isn’t hip resurfacing offered to more people as an alternative to the replacement? Orthopaedic surgeon Steven Cutts explains

Erik Kirschbaum Sticking to its guns: Why Germany is refusing to arm Ukraine

Lauren Crosby Medlicott How the nationality and borders bill will affect women refugees

Politics Explained

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Some Tories have perfected the art of defending the indefensible

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Paul Keating recognises the reality of the UK’s post-Brexit standing

Politics explained

Chris Stevenson How important are filibuster rules to the US Congress?

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Things are bad when government policy is coming from ‘The Thick of It’

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Legal checks delay Partygate report as Rees-Mogg insists PM will survive – live

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US and UK could personally sanction Putin over Ukraine invasion – follow live

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Boris Johnson personally authorised evacuation of dogs from Afghanistan, email shows

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Editorials

Editorial The Sue Gray report is not about the government – but Boris Johnson

Editorial The Met’s investigation urgently needs to restore public faith

Editorial The PM cares about damage limitation – not tackling Islamophobia

News analysis

May Bulman The EU settlement scheme ‘success’ is not quite what it seems

Adam Forrest Brexit pressure mounts on government as border queues build

Samuel Lovett Drug-resistant infections are a rapidly escalating health crisis

Business Analysis & Features

Ben Chapman What does inflation hitting a 30-year high mean for UK households?

Travel

Maya Oppenheim The best adventure thrills in the UK

Travel questions

Simon Calder What are the chances of being randomly tested on arrival in Canada?

John Rentoul

The Independent’s chief political commentator

John Rentoul Here is what I think will be in Sue Gray’s report

Editor’s letters

John Rentoul Labour missed an opportunity to fight a by-election in Bury South

John Rentoul Mea Culpa: let no one put the marbles asunder

Andrew Grice

Political columnist who keeps his ear to the ground inside Westminster

Andrew Grice If Johnson’s successor called an election now – they wouldn’t win

Andrew Grice The irony of Nadine Dorries’s attack on BBC ‘groupthink’

Andrew Grice Boris Johnson is resorting to kitchen sink strategy – but he can’t win

World

Moira Lavelle Greece faces new #MeToo reckoning with probe into sex trafficking ring

Simon Speakman Cordall More Tunisians risk their lives at sea trying to reach Europe

Culture

Geoffrey Macnab Nil by Mouth was a triumph, but why hasn’t Gary Oldman directed since?

Zoe Anderson London Coliseum’s Raymonda takes bold approach to ballet’s pitfalls

Geoffrey Macnab Why older viewers could be the saviours of cinema

Sport

Tony Evans The quiet genius behind Liverpool’s history of success

Jack Rathborn The NFL has one Black head coach, it simply must do better

Mary Dejevsky

Expert on foreign affairs, Russian politics and diplomatic relations between the Kremlin and the west

Mary Dejevsky The west is goading Russia into a war it doesn’t want

Mary Dejevsky Is the Djokovic saga about nationality, politics or privilege?

Mary Dejevsky Has Boris Johnson saved the union?

Hamish McRae

Authority on business, finance and the intersection between the worlds of economics and politics

Hamish McRae Russia’s position of relative economic strength may be short lived

Hamish McRae Oil and gas prices are rising – we remain dependent on fossil fuels

Hamish McRae The markets don’t really care what happens to Boris Johnson

Editor’s letters

Editor’s letters

Clémence Michallon Damon Albarn blamed the media when he insulted Taylor Swift. Bad move

Editor’s letters

Borzou Daragahi Istanbul seemed magical in the snow. Then reality intervened

Editor’s letters

Ben Burrows VAR takes centre stage yet again – it wasn’t supposed to be like this

Editor’s letters

Helen Coffey By now in the climate crisis, there’s no excuse for ‘ghost flights’

America

Chris Stevenson The guitar-loving Antony Blinken has Russia on his mind

Alex Woodward How the Bronx fire exposes layers of America’s housing crisis

John Bowden Abortion rights supporters gear up for 2022 midterms