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Highlights

Nazism is now hiding in plain sight – from posters to football chants

Once hidden in the shadows of the lunatic fringe, suddenly extreme far-right groups feel emboldened to repeat the messages last seen in the era of fascist dictators. Guy Walters looks at the terrifying displays across Europe, reminiscent of one of the darkest periods in our history

<p>A boy on a poster used by the Party of France, which is accompanied by the tagline: ‘Let’s give white children a future’</p>

<p>Nigel Farage poses for pictures at a pub in Blackpool before England’s match against Denmark at Euro 2024 </p>

In Focus

If Gen Z votes for Farage, don’t blame us, blame the boomers

<p>This year marks the 50th anniversary of Roman Polanski’s ‘Chinatown’ (1974), the 1930s LA-set crime thriller that has one of Jack Nicholson’s most famous performances</p>

Jack Nicholson’s unofficial retirement – where is he now?

<p>Packed with peppers, carrots and sweet potato, this Moroccan salad maximises your beta-carotene levels </p>

All the ingredients nutritionists swear by for healthy summer skin

Voices

<p>It took Sunak almost two weeks to suspend two Tory candidates </p>

‘Gamble-gate’ will go down as Rishi Sunak’s Covid

<p>‘It was horrid. Beyond awful. Biden’s performance will reinforce every fear and anxiety that Americans have that he is way too old’ </p>

Biden’s performance was beyond awful – the time has come to step aside

<p>Keir Starmer may not enjoy the honeymoon Tony Blair had in 1997 – or be given the benefit of the doubt </p>

The number that spells trouble for Keir Starmer

The Longer Read

<p>An Iranian woman votes at a polling station in Tehran</p>

Iran goes to the polls with voter apathy high

As the country goes to the ballot box to replace the late hardline president Ebrahim Raisi, Kim Sengupta hears from young people angered by situation at home, but also worried about what Iran may face from the US if Trump returns to the White House

<p>Keir Starmer and Victoria in the Royal Box at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships </p>

In Focus

Who is Keir Starmer’s wife? As her neighbour, this is what I know...

<p>Smith says being socially nervous is something that can actually help us to bond </p>

Health and Wellbeing

How to become socially fit and have a good conversation with anyone

Politics Explained

<p>Stars including Bill Bailey rubbed shoulders with the Labour leader at the event</p>

Politics Explained

Why does talk of a Labour landslide worry Keir Starmer?

<p>Nigel Farage says he is ‘dismayed by the reported comments’, but his critics are sceptical </p>

Politics Explained

Will the row about racist language affect Reform’s election prospects?

<p>Even in elections that yield very clear winners, such as the one in 1997, the polls can be out</p>

Politics Explained

Can opinion polls tell us for certain who will win the election?

<p>David Tennant and Kemi Badenoch had a war of words over trans rights </p>

Politics Explained

Celebrities on politics: do they make a difference?

Most Commented

Le Pen’s far-right National Rally take lead in first round of French election voting

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Black journalist removed from Reform UK rally by security

368 comments

Phillipson blames private schools for ‘pricing out’ middle classes in VAT on fees row

167 comments

Election live: Keir Starmer warns only the Left can beat the far right

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Editorials

<p>When this election is over, neither the Tories nor Labour can afford to take their eye off the Farage show</p>

The Independent View

Farage must not be allowed to poison the well of British politics

<p>It is a sense of betrayal that is driving the national mood for change</p>

The Independent View

This is why The Independent is backing Labour in the 2024 election

The Independent View

Time for the torch to pass to a younger generation

Culture

<p>July’s best books include novels by Camille Bordas and Austin Duffy and non-fiction about trees and parks</p>

The best new books to read this July

<p>So it goes: Kurt Vonnegut photographed in 1965 by Bernard Gotfryd</p>

Book of a lifetime: Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

<p>Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) was tried and acquitted on charges of ‘immorality’ following the publication of ‘Madame Bovary’ </p>

Book of a lifetime: Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Travel

<p>Using third-party sites such as booking.com can have unforseen problems </p>

Do I really have to pay £2,000 to switch my flight dates?

<p>Camel crossing: on a 3000-km round trip, our adventurer got a good experience driving in Saudi</p>

I drove across Saudi Arabia solo – and what I found may surprise you

John RentoulThe Independent’s chief political commentator

<p>Will Gray make No 10 as effective as it was in Blair’s later years? </p>

Has Sue Gray made Labour ready for government?

<p>Labour leader Keir Starmer with actor Idris Elba</p>

The ‘Luvvies for Labour’ are back: are we time travelling to 1997?

<p>At one point Sunak theatrically declared, ‘Oh my god, ‘smash the gangs’, what does that mean?’ </p>

Rishi Sunak tried to savage Keir Starmer as if he was already PM

Andrew GricePolitical columnist who keeps his ear to the ground inside Westminster

<p>Starmer has said he understands the argument for abolishing the cap, but has not committed to getting rid of what some campaigners have described as a ‘cruel’ policy </p>

This will be the first Labour backbench rebellion

<p>Protest voting: Starmer’s advisers believe opinion polls predicting a massive Labour majority might give some a clear conscience to support other candidates</p>

Labour should join the Tories in ignoring the polls

<p>SNP leader John Swinney challenged Labour to tell voters: ‘Where is the change?’ </p>

Scotland’s love-in with Labour could be a brief encounter

Chris Blackhurst

<p>A law firm has written to the Financial Conduct Authority detailing its concerns about Shein’s potential listing </p>

Business Comment

Why Shein could take the shine off of Labour’s business-first plans

<p>Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. With income tax in the territory set at zero, it’s attractive in all kinds of ways </p>

Business Comment

How has HMRC failed to fine a single ‘enabler’ of UK tax avoiders?

<p>Jen-hsun Huang in his trademark black leather jacket </p>

Nvidia has become the world’s most valuable company – who’s behind it?

News analysis

<p>Sir Ed Davey launched the manifesto today </p>

Why Lib Dem pledge to reverse Brexit is its best chance this election

<p>David Cameron meeting Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Friday</p>

Why the UK should not rule out sending troops to Ukraine

<p>Buyers are reluctant to pay through the nose for houses, and prices have been falling month on month </p>

House prices are falling – but what does it mean for the future?

<p>Rishi Sunak welcomes Rwanda’s president Paul Kagame to Downing Street earlier this month </p>

Is the capital of Rwanda really safer than London?

Sport

<p>Sprinter Ben Johnson winning gold in the infamous ‘dirtiest race in history’, the 1988 Olympic 100m final in Seoul </p>

Welcome to the Enhanced Games, the Olympics with NO drug testing

<p>An England football fan speaks with a German police officer before the game against Serbia</p>

Hooligans are back – but so is England’s more gentle football fan

Mary DejevskyExpert on foreign affairs, Russian politics and diplomatic relations between the Kremlin and the west

<p>Marine Le Pen’s National Rally – the somewhat sanitised successor to her father’s National Front – came out on top, with around 34 per cent of the overall vote</p>

Macron gambled with French and the far-right – but there is still hope

<p>Both candidates were unhappy with the conduct of the 2016 and 2020 debates </p>

Trump, Biden or anybody but them… who will America choose?

<p>Joe Biden could be replaced as the party’s presidential nominee at the Democratic National Convention in August</p>

The Democrats must replace Joe Biden now

America

<p>Joe Biden speaks in Belfast on 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement</p>

Biden says Brexit deal can bring ‘significant’ US investment to NI

<p>Such leaks remind countries like Russia – as well as US allies – of the sheer scale and reach of Washington’s operations</p>

The diplomatic damage done by the Pentagon leak won’t last long

<p>Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley wrote a tweet attacking ‘weak and woke’ ideology the day she declared her candidacy</p>

Republicans are running on ‘wokeism’ – but don’t know what it is