Amol Rajan
Amol Rajan was appointed editor of The Independent in June 2013. He was previously Editor of Independent Voices, a comment, campaigns and community platform across print and digital. He was earlier Deputy Comment Editor, Sports News Correspondent and news reporter. He writes a restaurant column for the Independent on Sunday, and has a column in the Evening Standard (Mondays), Independent and i (Fridays). He used to work on Channel 5's The Wright Stuff, and at the Foreign Office; and is a trustee of Prospex, a charity for young people in Islington. He also wrote a book called Twirlymen: the Unlikely History of Cricket's Greatest Spin Bowlers.
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Miliband's speech was OK on argument, good on delivery, and bad on Labour's atonement
02 October 2012 04:10 PM
The party leader was surprisingly funny and confident in Manchester. But predictably enough he addressed the party faithful rather than the country at large
Miliband's speech was ok on argument, good on delivery, and bad on Labour's atonement
02 October 2012 03:53 PM
The party leader was surprisingly funny and confident in Manchester. But predictably enough he addressed the party faithful rather than the country at large
Miliband must step up with a powerful message
02 October 2012 10:06 AM
This week Ed Milliband must make clear he's a plausible Prime Minister. Is there anything to learn from the history of US presidential debates?
Nick Clegg's conference speech: 'Tax Wealth, Not Work' should have been the slogan
26 September 2012 03:32 PM
Property makes people rich through good fortune, not effort. A tax on wealth - not work - is a policy the Lib Dems should be championing
Nick Clegg's "ask the bank of mum and dad" house deposit plan assumes we all have rich parents
24 September 2012 02:18 PM
Perhaps it's the inevitable product of a political class dominated by the rich. We should urgently focus on building homes for the poor and needy instead
Andrew Mitchell, gate-gate, and what a ridiculous row over the word 'pleb' reveals about Britain
24 September 2012 10:57 AM
Is this what politics in Britain is reduced to? Endless blather and chatter about what Andrew Mitchell did or didn't say? Pathetic! Grow up and get serious, people.
In Lear and life, everything comes from nothing
21 September 2012 11:11 AM
Watching Shakespeare's greatest play again it struck me it has as much to say about parenting as madness and getting old
Voices, Amol Rajan: Why Mitt Romney's secret remarks to Republican donors tell us he won't be President
18 September 2012 10:25 AM
His supporters are straining every sinew to defend the indefensible. They've lost their narrative completely. This week he probably lost the election
Mitt Romney secret video: why remarks to Republican donors tell us he won't be President
18 September 2012 10:02 AM
His supporters are straining every sinew to defend the indefensible. They've lost their narrative completely. This week he probably lost the election
To stand afore History, yelling Go!
17 September 2012 04:47 PM
Where Bill Buckley's National Review and this website differ.
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Breaking the Silence: In the reality of occupation, there are no Palestinian civilians – only potential terrorists
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Mike Ashley wants blood after last season's trauma at Newcastle - and it won't stop with Derek Llambias
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Richard Nieuwenhuizen death: Six teenagers and 50-year-old father convicted of manslaughter in shocking case of referee killed over a game of football
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Exclusive: Newcastle's star talent-spotter on brink as Joe Kinnear sparks walkout
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