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Lord Patten: ‘Hong Kong’s fight for freedom is ours as well’

As the final instalment of the diaries from his time as Britain’s last governor in Hong Kong is published, Lord Patten tells Rory Sullivan its democracy movement is an ‘existential threat’ to Beijing

Harriet Williamson What I learned about my mental health when I gave up alcohol

Culture Staff The Week on Stage, from Jitney to King Lear

Editorial If Boris Johnson wants to avoid a return to the 1970s, he must act

Voices

Caolán Magee Really, Boris Johnson? A manufactured trade war with Europe?

Andrew Grice It’d be entirely to form if the PM scrapped having an ethics adviser

Mary Dejevsky Rwanda is no answer to stopping Channel crossings – but this might be

Long reads

David Barnett Why are we so obsessed with the multiverse right now?

Geoffrey Macnab How the Carry On films became the UK’s most lucrative comedy franchise

Stephen Applebaum Approaching Syria’s turmoil through art

Politics Explained

Politics explained

Ashley Cowburn How will the privileges committee investigation into Johnson work?

Politics explained

Chris Stevenson What are the steps Ukraine has to take to join the EU?

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady Labour’s tough journey ahead over rail strikes

Politics explained

Sean O'Grady The PM can’t ignore the complications of the Northern Ireland protocol

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Tory rebels warn by-election ‘disaster’ will pile pressure on Boris Johnson

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Russian troops ‘refusing orders and having armed stand-offs’ - live

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Boris Johnson defends ‘draconian’ plan to use electronic tags on asylum seekers

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Opinion: Pixar’s Lightyear just got cancelled by the anti-cancel culture right

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Editorials

Editorial Justice for Julian Assange should be tempered with mercy

Editorial Lord Geidt’s resignation won’t be the last scandal attached to the PM

Editorial ‘Failure to launch’ is a growing theme in the Johnson administration

News analysis

Ben Chapman The Bank of England has few good options to tame inflation

Harry Cockburn Will heatwaves wake us up to the impact of the climate crisis?

Chris Stevenson The government needs a lesson in housing supply and demand

Simon Calder UK travel restrictions: what went wrong?

Travel

Ianthe Butt The best new UK hotels that opened last month

Travel questions

Simon Calder Am I due compensation for my cancelled Spain flight?

John Rentoul

The Independent’s chief political commentator

John Rentoul Priti Patel’s Rwanda policy may be unethical, but is it ‘unworkable’?

John Rentoul Mea Culpa: how can we be sure that Donald Trump won’t come back?

Editors' letters

John Rentoul The only interesting thing Keir Starmer ever said

Andrew Grice

Political columnist who keeps his ear to the ground inside Westminster

Andrew Grice Boris Johnson now wants a diplomatic war with Europe over human rights

Andrew Grice Rail strikes, inflation – politics has gone back to the 1970s

Andrew Grice Tax cuts aren’t the magic bullet Boris Johnson thinks they are

Chris Blackhurst

Chris Blackhurst Our government seems to be living in a world of make believe

Chris Blackhurst Too big to jail: The story of HSBC and the Mexican drug cartel

Chris Blackhurst Can a big fine ever be sufficient punishment for financial wrongdoing?

World

Joe Middleton Russia not squeaky clean but not ashamed of it, Lavrov says

Peony Hirwani Indian state cuts internet, stops trains as army reforms protests grow

Culture

Zoe Anderson Scottish Ballet’s adaptation of The Crucible is fierce and stark

Martin Chilton Books of the month: From Fight Night to Factory Girls

Culture Staff The Week on Stage, from Tony! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera] to Dreamers

Sport

Lawrence Ostlere Ben Stokes: England’s unlikely Test captain changing the team’s psyche

Jack Rathborn DeChambeau explains decision to join Saudi-backed LIV Golf

Mary Dejevsky

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

Mary Dejevsky After the biggest scandal in NHS history, why do victims have to wait?

Mary Dejevsky Why Germany is right to be cautious over Ukraine

Mary Dejevsky It’s time to be realistic about the war in Ukraine

Hamish McRae

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

Hamish McRae Why are bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies so volatile right now?

Hamish McRae ‘Where is the floor for bitcoin?’ Urgent questions to ask about crypto

Hamish McRae What can the government do about the cost of living?

Editor’s letters

Editor’s letters

Charlotte Cripps Patchy reception, low battery – this is how you cover a music festival

Editor’s letters

Andrew Woodcock Brexit has been reframed as a fragile flower that needs ‘protecting’

Editor’s letters

David Harding 50 years after Watergate, a security guard’s crucial role was ignored

Editor’s letters

Phil Thomas The 6 January hearings and the difficulty of changing people’s minds

America

Vishwam Sankaran US forest service started New Mexico’s largest ever wildfire

Holly Baxter Extreme right-wing ideologies are becoming a big problem for the US

Politics explained

Chris Stevenson Joe Biden is targeting ‘Maga’ Republicans – but will the gambit work?