Britain and other great powers will not create a new Kurdish state. That might be seen as making up for imposing borders nearly a century ago, but the Kurds have to make their own pitch to those who matter most – leaders and people in Baghdad
The crisis in Britain's curry industry could easily be solved in a stroke of Priti Patel's pen by lowering the minimum salary requirement for chefs, but she has failed to address this vital issue and is now conveniently using the EU as a scapegoat
The restrictions on smoking are welcome, but now, with the constraints on retail displays and multiple rules on smoking in public places, we are probably pushing at the limits of prohibition by fiat
EU leaders are deluding themselves by including part of the Middle East battle zone within their outer defences
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Yesterday's smokers had it easy. Thanks to new EU laws today's smokers are destined to amble into the boozer carrying a shag-repelling box of nicotine horror, part covered in a photo of rotting eye, or a weeping scab
I loathe the way Burnham has set out his stall by shamelessly resorting to the hackneyed cliché of a national cultural divide
With Conservative voters divided, both sides in the referendum agree that Labour supporters could swing it
He joins a whole load of celebrities who have stuck their two cents into the EU debate. They only rear their heads every now and then – when something suddenly upsets them, or they spot a good PR opportunity
Both sides of the debate play fast and loose with "facts" and neither will admit that no-one can say what the future will hold for the UK
Elephant conservation in Botswana, a founding member of the Giants Club
Elephant conservation in Gabon, a member of the Giants Club
This week, former Conservative Minister Neil Hamilton was heard referring to two senior female Welsh politicians as "political concubines" in the First Minister's "harem"
Ordinary junior doctors proved just how out of touch the government was to presume industrial disputes in an online age can be modeled on the miners' strike
From Rod Stewart and the Faces to Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel
Plus an alarming – even shocking – trend in The Independent's usage this week
Critics of PrEP, the daily pill that stops people getting HIV, say that gay men just need to change their behaviour, not take a preventative medicine. Here is why that alone is not the answer
At Cannes Martin Scorcese announced that he has raised money to make hitman movie The Irishman. Why do films in which men behave so repulsively achieve cult status?