HISTORICAL FACTS: 7 | History Defined

Digested week: Starmer is trying to carve out his legacy – but it’s not his to write

Plus, Brexit at 10, dinner as protest, 100 best novels and not watching the World Cup (yet)

The Guardian - UK · Jun 12

As John Healey goes, the political vultures circle Starmer. And so continues our history of PM-icide

A small, eccentric electorate gets to oust the UK’s leaders and then chooses largely inadequate replacements. It’s an absurd process and we’re locked into it again, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK · Jun 12

Ministers want 60% of pupils in England ‘actively’ travelling to school by 2035

Exclusive: Transport secretary, Heidi Alexander, says cycling and walking plan focuses on ‘everyday travel needs’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 11

Voices: Zelensky is an indispensable ally in Britain’s new security partnership with Europe

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: While Britain has an embarrassingly underpowered military plagued by incompetence, the Ukrainians have the biggest army of any European nation

The Independent UK · Jun 8

Britain is a swamp of lies and disinformation – and we got here on the Brexit bus

Ten years after the vote, our economy is battered – and our national conversation darkens by the day. Still, there is reason for hope, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK · Jun 5

My views on EU may have influenced Boris Johnson’s decision to back Brexit, says ex-wife

Exclusive: Marina Wheeler, the lawyer and writer who was married to the former prime minister until 2020, claims her change of heart about Britain’s membership of the EU ‘undoubtedly struck’ Johnson, who was one of the leading figures in the campaign to leave the bloc

The Independent UK · Jun 5

A decade after Brexit, Britain needs a new relationship with Europe

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The Brexit arguments of 2016 belong to the past. The challenge now is to develop a realistic new partnership with Europe that strengthens Britain’s prosperity, security and influence

The Independent UK · Jun 4

Voices: ‘We are so polarised post-Brexit’: Readers on rebuilding Britain’s future in Europe

YOUR VIEWS: As The Independent launches Europe: The Way Back, readers remain split over Brexit’s legacy and Britain’s future in Europe, but agree the country still needs to confront the issue

The Independent UK · Jun 4

What Boris Johnson meant when he likened Theresa May to a ‘giant yucca tree’

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The Independent UK · Jun 4

Boris Johnson described Theresa May as a ‘giant yucca tree under whose shade everything dies’

Exclusive: Sir Conor Burns, one of Boris Johnson’s closest aides, lays bare the former prime minister’s dim view of his predecessor in new book marking 10 years since the Brexit referendum

The Independent UK · Jun 4