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The prime minister warns that immigration could turn Britain into an ‘island of strangers’. Author and poet Michael Rosen responds

After a week of bruising criticism, the PM will show what he really stands for when he signs a pivotal agreement with Brussels, says former Labour adviser Tom Baldwin

There was a telling moment at last week’s PMQs. After Keir Starmer declared that Plaid Cymru leader Liz Saville Roberts was talking “rubbish” – she asked if there was any belief that he held for more than a week – Rachel Reeves roared with laughter. But Angela Rayner, sat by…

Sunday’s election could threaten the country’s place in Europe if Russia’s dark arts and historical amnesia win the day, says Romanian-born writer Larisa Faber

It’s been argued the election would have had a different outcome with first-past-the-post voting. I cannot overstate how unsound this assumption is

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Kim Leadbeater, the sponsor of this private member’s bill, should continue to try to meet the concerns expressed in good faith by its critics

Editorial: Europe and Kyiv are showing increasing deftness and coordination, but Mr Trump is an unfriendly audience

Editorial: Tove Jansson’s magical stories provide a message of tolerance, inclusivity and hope for today’s refugee crisis

The president’s Middle East tour made one thing clear – he will betray his one-time ally in a heartbeat. He is already doing it, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Well! Emily Maitlis versus Rupert Lowe yesterday was quite the encounter. On the one side, a tweedy, grey-haired bloke of 67 representing Great Yarmouth (not the bit of Norfolk that London grandees frequent), on the other the incarnation of the Metropolitan Elite, formerly of the BBC, Emily M, looking marvellously…

The new pick for surgeon general, Casey Means, doesn’t have an active medical license. But she does have ‘impeccable Maha credentials’