David Cameron says Christianity is not just for Easter. How does he explain the bedroom tax?
Whenever Church leaders intervene over benefit cuts or treatment of refugees, politicians tell them to stick to their religious knitting
Whenever Church leaders intervene over benefit cuts or treatment of refugees, politicians tell them to stick to their religious knitting
Putting people in jail for using their iPhones in the street is a step too far in dealing with a modern irritation
I do not want to see him anywhere near Downing Street, but Farage comes from a recognisable strand of jovial British conservatism that put the BNP out of business
The world owes it to the Syrian people to salvage as much as possible of the historic site 130 miles from Damascus
Londoner Safraz Ahmed, 34, faces jail after pleading guilty to keeping his wife as a slave
These letters appear in the 28 March 2016 digital edition of the Independent
In the end, it was the Syrian army - and its Hizballah chums from Lebanon, and the Iranians, and the Russians - who drove the Isis murderers out of Palmyra
After 9/11 atrocitities more Americans chose to drive instead of taking a flight, which resulted in a spike in road traffic deaths. Psychological 'dread risk' can lead us to make bizarre calculations
What the middle aged smugly know as naive idealism is the recognition of simple truth
Muslims aren't alone in facing problems with sectarianism, but people who demand respect for their beliefs but can't afford tolerance to others deserve neither
In 2014, Rebecca's husband Nick was hit by a car and seriously injured. Here, in one of a series of columns, she writes about the aftermath of his accident
The hard right is dangerously close to destroying its most potent and stable political project since Thatcherism
As an Irish school pupil I was taught to worship the memory of Padraig Pearse. I couldn't see through the myth until I left my native country - but now I know how dangerous it still is
Look out for economic data from America on Friday. Unemployment is expected to fall, and solid growth in the US is good news for the rest of us
Neoliberal politicians believe that that money can only be borrowed into existence, but that's not the case - and this fiction is forcing governments to resort to drastic measures