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By taking Jeremy Hunt’s NI cuts and ruling out other rises, Labour tried to out-Tory the Tories. And made a bad situation worse, says former Labour minister Chris Mullin

Tommy Robinson is said to be going to Villa Park as a Maccabi Tel Aviv fan. Do the politicians jumping on this bandwagon care what they are doing, asks Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

While Nigel Farage promotes retro plans to reopen coalmines, will he really tell thousands of clean energy workers to leave their well-paid, local jobs, asks Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Labour now wants to use the damage from Brexit to combat the threat of Nigel Farage, but the union has bigger fish to fry, says Anand Menon, director of UK in a Changing Europe

In the sleepiest towns I found bustling, light-filled places eager for conversations about books and writing

Editorial: The Jeffrey Epstein scandal has exposed a constitutional blind spot: royal privilege remains beyond democratic scrutiny. MPs must be able to question power

Editorial: The US president’s attempts to broker a deal fail to distinguish between the aggressor and the victim. No just agreement is possible on that basis

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The US president’s refusal to supply the Tomahawk missiles that would repel Putin’s advance is a lost opportunity – one made more tragic by Europe’s ‘coalition of the willing’ displaying a worrying reluctance to ensure that Zelensky can win the war

Epstein’s victim thought she might die as a sex slave

The violence Republicans seemed to want did not materialize. Instead the event showcased liberal-democratic consensus

Prince Andrew has finally decided to give up his titles – but we have known the shape of the allegations against him for years. Why was there a collective decision to look away, asks Zoe Williams