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And 17% of those who backed Boris Johnson now say we should rejoin the bloc
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How the Tories’ new deputy chairman is a symbol of the party’s bizarre transformation
No wonder the farmers who voted for Brexit are furious
The eye-catching tractor protests are justified from a stitched-up sector that mostly voted Leave
Raving Maddox: A shock transfer for one of Fleet Street’s key Brexiteers
The Independent has signed the Daily Express’s political editor, noted for his entertaining predictions
Leo Varadkar stood up for the whole island of Ireland against Brexit madness
The outgoing Taoiseach ran rings around Boris Johnson as he made peace a priority
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Marchers for a return to the EU are to descend on the Mersey city
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The case for a European army
Macron’s supposed ‘gaffe’ over European troops in Ukraine has invigorated the allies and again raised the question of an EU army
France shows Britain how to make abortion laws
In Britain, unbelievably, abortion technically remains a crime. That must change
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Ten years since its annexation, Putin’s miscalculations have put the status of Crimea in doubt again
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There are no signs that the commitment to the truth of Alexei Navalny’s allies will be deterred by violence
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Pope Francis may have called for a settlement, but those who have lived through the invasion are standing firm
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A West Point professor of Russian politics and foreign policy looks at the future of Russia without Putin
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Alienating Britain and France is a catastrophe for European security, but could this allow the chancellor to gain ground at home?
Inside the forgotten hell of Tito’s prison island
When Yugoslavia’s dictator split with Stalin in 1948, his potential rivals – politicians, intellectuals, businessmen – found themselves exiled
Going underground: The catacombs of Paris
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