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<p>Karishma Patel, former BBC newsreader</p>

Karishma Patel

I quit the BBC over Gaza – Glastonbury proves I was right to do it

By trying to play things safe with its Kneecap coverage – and getting it wrong with Bob Vylan… – the corporation has failed to represent the reality of public sentiment about Palestine, says its former newsreader Karishma Patel

<p>Keir Starmer has much to be proud of as he marks his first year in office</p>

The Independent View

Even after the welfare rebellion, it is too soon to write off Starmer

The welfare U-turn means Starmer no longer leads but follows his party

<p>Entry-level jobs are down due to AI in the workplace, according to a report by Adzuna </p>

James Moore

If AI kills off entry-level jobs, can the City survive?

<p>Education secretary Bridget Phillipson suggests people have more kids to counter falling fertility and birth rates</p>

Victoria Richards

‘Have more children’ – but who can afford to start a family, minister?

<p>Wonder Woman is a queer icon and yet she is omitted from the DC Comics Pride Anthology</p>

Peter Tatchell

Why it’s time Wonder Woman was allowed to live her bisexual truth

<p>Anna Wintour with the late Queen Elizabeth at London Fashion Week in 2018: As my mother put it, ‘There’s ‘Country Life’ for the life you want, ‘Hello!’ to gawp at other people’s lives and ‘Private Eye’ for the truth behind the lives’</p>

Rowan Pelling

Farewell, Anna Wintour – Queen of editors with a nuclear-force power

<p>Police have again raised concerns about the size of the crowds that attend Notting Hill Carnival, amid questions over whether organisers can secure funding for more stewards</p>

Ava Vidal

Notting Hill Carnival belongs in the streets, now more than ever

<p>‘If Sir Keir cannot turn things round after his difficult first year as prime minister, the fear of many voters that mainstream parties are “all the same” will be justified’</p>

The Independent View

This is the last chance for Labour and the Tories to stay relevant

<p>Universal healthcare free at the point of need is a noble idea but it desperately needs Labour’s reforms to work if it is to survive</p>

The Independent View

This 10-year plan may be the last chance to save the NHS

<p>If every time I picked up the wine bottle to top up my glass – over a healthy dinner! So civilised! – it reminded me that I was increasing my risk of cancer, I suspect I might put it back down</p>

Flic Everett

Putting cancer warnings on alcohol would help me drink less

<p>‘Both parts of his confession to Baldwin were unwise in the extreme. It was unwise to admit that he doesn’t always read his speeches before he delivers them – or that he doesn’t always read them “properly”, which is the same thing’</p>

I thought I knew what Keir Starmer believed – now, it’s anyone’s guess

<p>This week, Rosamund Hall selects her favourite Australian chardonnay </p>

The Wine Down

In defence of the most hated white wine in the world

<p>‘Mad heatwave shopping is not about sensible things like portable air con or linen clothing’</p>

Kat Brown

Help… I can’t stop ‘heatwave shopping’ at night!

<p>The Prince of Wales has been criticised for breeding his cocker spaniel</p>

Charlotte Cripps

I’m with Prince William – there’s a reason people want pure-breed dogs

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The Independent View

Delaying welfare reform is better than bad welfare reform

<p>Rachel Charlton-Dailey receives £558 a month in PIP – which she expects will be lost under Labour’s welfare cuts</p>

Rachel Charlton-Dailey

If Labour cuts my PIP, I lose everything I have worked for

<p>Prime minister Keir Starmer at the G7 leaders’ summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada</p>

Andrew Grice

Has Starmer finally mastered the art of the U-turn?

<p>‘While some locals may well be fed up with the fuss surrounding the Bezos/Sanchos wedding, it could be argued that 200 extra people is neither here nor there in a city that welcomes some 30 million tourists each year’</p>

Angelina Villa-Clarke

Sorry, Mr Bezos, it’s no wonder you’re not welcome in Venice in June

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