5 h. ago After quitting the US, Britain seemed like a sanctuary from Trump’s Maga movement. Now I wonder, for how long? | Emma Brockes

I was the envy of the friends I’d left behind. Now it seems prudent to assess how much that nativism will truly take root hereThis time last year, I had just moved back to Britain from the US and was enjoying the almost universal envy of American friends. While they were looking down the barrel of a second Trump presidency with its guarantee of chaos and division, we had elected Keir Starmer by a landslide and were feeling pretty pleased with ourselves. I remember people congratulating me on the prescience of my move, which I absolutely took even though politics hadn’t been part of my decision (not least because, for most of 2024, I had assumed Trump would lose). Anyway, here we are a year later and who’s laughing now?I guess the answer to that is Nigel Farage and his Reform UK party, which has somehow managed to harness the anger, disappointment and shame felt by large numbers of people who voted for and were then let down by Brexit, and are now in search of another fire to light. ...

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5 h. ago I quit the US and Britain seemed like a sanctuary from Trump’s Maga movement. Now I wonder, for how long | Emma Brockes

I was the envy of the friends I’d left behind. Now it seems prudent to assess how much that nativism will truly take root hereThis time last year, I had just moved back to Britain from the US and was enjoying the almost universal envy of American friends. While they were looking down the barrel of a second Trump presidency with its guarantee of chaos and division, we had elected Keir Starmer by a landslide and were feeling pretty pleased with ourselves. I remember people congratulating me on the prescience of my move, which I absolutely took even though politics hadn’t been part of my decision (not least because, for most of 2024, I had assumed Trump would lose). Anyway, here we are a year later and who’s laughing now?I guess the answer to that is Nigel Farage and his Reform UK party, which has somehow managed to harness the anger, disappointment and shame felt by large numbers of people who voted for and were then let down by Brexit, and are now in search of another fire to light. ...

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48 h. ago ICE crackdowns intensify across Boston as sanctuary cities face Trump’s latest operation

President Donald Trump is intensifying immigration enforcement in sanctuary cities like Boston

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49 h. ago Ranvir Singh is urged to quit Good Morning Britain after speech about Tommy Robinson march

The ITV presenter, 48, made the confession on the breakfast show on Tuesday and explained that many viewers had called on her to quit after she aired her views on the rallies in central London.

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49 h. ago ITV Good Morning Britain's Ranvir Singh told to quit after emotional speech

Good Morning Britain presenter Ranvir Singh has revealed that she has been told to resign from her role on the ITV show after she shared her views on the far-right March in London at the weekend.

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52 h. ago Ranvir Singh told to quit Good Morning Britain after emotional speech on far

Ranvir Singh has revealed that she was told to resign by Good Morning Britain viewers after airing her views on London's far-right march during the show on Monday morning

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55 h. ago Donald Trump says he is bringing $15bn lawsuit against New York Times

US president says he is bringing defamation and libel action in Florida against the newspaper, accusing it of being a ‘virtual mouthpiece’ for DemocratsDonald Trump says he has brought a $15bn lawsuit against the New York Times, alleging defamation and libel.In a social media post late on Monday, the US president accused the newspaper of a “decades long method of lying about your Favorite President (ME!), my family, business, the America First Movement, MAGA, and our Nation as a whole”. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Who was Charlie Kirk? MAGA star shot dead in Utah had bizarre link to Scotland

Charlie Kirk, a prominent figure in the MAGA movement, paid tribute to Scottish independence in his activism.

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1 week ago Boston readies for Ice’s offensive amid Trump’s onslaught on sanctuary cities

Standoff escalates between Trump administration and Michelle Wu, city’s mayor, over immigrant protectionsTensions between Michelle Wu, the mayor of Boston, and the Trump administration have been escalating in recent months over the administration’s aggressive immigration policies, with reports now signaling the possibility of a federal immigration enforcement surge in the city.The friction came to a head last week when the Trump administration reportedly began preparing an “immigration enforcement blitz” for Boston in the coming weeks, according to Politico. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump administration targets Boston in latest sanctuary city lawsuit

The Trump administration has sued the city of Boston and its leaders, aiming to invalidate policies seen as interfering with immigration enforcement

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2 w. ago Summer’s ending – and the delusion that a new me might be possible is back | Emma Brockes

The start of a new school year always awakens my resolve: time to be more disciplined, less cluttered and nicer to the catsSign up for our new weekly newsletter Matters of Opinion, where our columnists and writers will reflect on what they’ve been debating, thinking about, reading and moreEvery year at this time, I think of a quote from the Bible, but which I know from Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson, in which seven-year-old Jeanette stitches a needlepoint sampler decorated withthe inscription: “The summer is ended and we are not yet saved.” We are not yet saved: no, not in this house, where I experience the back-to-school week in September far more urgently than New Year’s Day as the time of year for a behavioural reset. New school year, new me, new cast-iron conviction I can put the rocky road on the top shelf after I’ve used it in my girls’ packed lunches and not get it down until tomorrow.This is the first and most pressing item on the list: diet. Ten days o...

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2 w. ago Bruno Tonioli's Britain's Got Talent replacement confirmed as multi millionaire star

KSI has been confirmed as the new judge on Britain's Got Talent after Bruno Tonioli quit the show earlier this year - and the multi-millionaire is 'grateful and happy'

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2 w. ago Britain's Got Talent Bruno Tonioli's replacement confirmed as judge quits ITV talent show

The former Strictly Come Dancing star has decided to quit the ITV show and his replacement has already been confirmed

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2 w. ago Britain's Got Talent's new judge revealed with huge star replacing Bruno Tonioli

TV judge Bruno Tonioli had to quit Britain's Got Talent due to filming clashes, and his full-time replacement has become a huge hit with viewers on the recent series

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2 w. ago JB Pritzker calls for ‘all to stand up’ to Trump’s immigration crackdown in Chicago

President is preparing for controversial federal takeover of US city in crusade against immigration ‘sanctuary cities’Illinois’s governor JB Pritzker has called on “all to stand up” to Donald Trump as the US president prepares to launch a federally led immigration crackdown across Chicago, a plan which has been met with widespread backlash from local leaders and the public.Pritzker’s comments come as White House officials vow to target Chicago next in its sweeping immigration crackdowns across the country. Recently, the White House requested that a US military base on the outskirts of Chicago assist with immigration operations as the Trump administration plans a broader takeover of Democratic-run “sanctuary cities”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Jeremy Clarkson issues verdict on quitting UK for Dubai as he brands Britain 'unsalvageable'

Jeremy Clarkson has issued a scathing verdict on the UK, branding the country an "unsalvageable basket case" and weighing in on whether he would consider leaving for Dubai

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2 w. ago ITV Good Morning Britain regular quits after four years and joins rival channel

A Good Morning Britain news reporter has shared a statement with fans about his departure from ITV

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2 w. ago Good Morning Britain star quits ITV show after four years and joins GB News

A Good Morning Britain news presenter has announced his departure from the ITV show, as he lands a new role at GB News - which he's 'thrilled' to start in September

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2 w. ago Why are there growing calls for Britain to quit the ECHR – and would it make a difference?

Here, The Independent takes a look at what the ECHR is, why some people think we should quit and why others say leaving may bring more problems than it solves

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2 w. ago Lotus to sack nearly half its UK workforce with 550 jobs at risk amid fears it could quit Britain

The company has launched a consultation process to determine how many roles out of the 1,300-strong workforce at the factory in Norfolk will be affected.

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