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Paul Clements

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Deputy comment editor at the Independent (Voices), previously features editor at the Daily Telegraph, deputy features at the Mail on Sunday. Views model's own

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Joined January 2009
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Found myself on the newly pedestrianised (and completely packed) Oxford Street today and, I have to say, it was glorious
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The only thing that thrived in the garden this year wasn’t even planted by me, but by the squirrels burying their nuts. I’ve had peanut bushes sprout everywhere. Bring on the frosts!
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Good to see my idea for a festive fruit platter – “charfruiterie”, if you will, hem hem – has finally arrived. Thank you, Marks & Spencer
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The finest thing I ever did commission independent.co.uk/voices/cha…
Forget butter boards… ‘charfruiterie’ is the only platter that matters

Forget butter boards… ‘charfruiterie’ is the only platter that matters

Following TikTok’s ‘butter board’ craze, the traditional cold-cuts spread has upped its game and become Instagrammable – and plant-based. Are you ready to carve and artfully sculpt the contents of...

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Number plates for cyclists? On yer bike! independent.co.uk/voices/lim…
Number plates for cyclists? On yer bike!

Number plates for cyclists? On yer bike!

For all its ‘decisive’ new powers to tackle pavement-blocking e-bikes and red-light runners, the government has missed a trick, says John Rentoul

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Aren’t all of these things already illegal?
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🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham has announced plans to fine people who ride e-bikes on pavements, jump red lights or ride while drunk Lime and other firms would also need insurance to compensate people who get hit as well as designated parking spots
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When even the @Independent takes against draft legislation that would criminalise parents who ask questions about a teenager with gender dysphoria, maybe the law needs a rethink, @bphillipsonMP? independent.co.uk/voices/con…
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Nigel Farage made a fool of himself predicting his friend Donald Trump would win independent.co.uk/voices/tru…
Trump’s midterm meltdown is bad news for Nigel Farage, too

Trump’s midterm meltdown is bad news for Nigel Farage, too

By loudly predicting his friend Donald Trump would win the US midterms, the Reform UK leader has made a fool of himself – looking like a deluded fan-boy will only drive away undecided voters, says...

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Appalled to see that a town near Dresden has decided to ban "stumbling stone" memorials to victims of the Nazis. If you don't know what they are, just google 'Stolperstein'. They can be found all over Europe, and there's even one in London. bbc.com/news/articles/cqm2mm…
German town bans stumbling stone memorials to Nazi victims

German town bans stumbling stone memorials to Nazi victims

Germany's education minister has branded the ban on the small brass memorial plaques a "scandal".

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For decades, Dr Az Hakeem treated people with gender dysphoria, but gave up when a teenage patient accused him of practising conversion therapy. Now, he fears misguided legislation would leave professionals like him facing years in prison Read more: independent.co.uk/voices/con…
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Great use of one of my favourite words, "enshittification"
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Rail passengers watching noisy reels, playing music or talking loudly on their phones is the kind of thing that gives people a sense of the enshittification of everything. It's like litter, leaving dogshit or shoplifting, so easy to stop , with penalties and enforcement. It's all a choice.
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Dear Abdul El-Sayed, that’s not how you do a Sky News interview. This is.
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My dreams of being a poet vanished like a thing in a whatever.
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Former food minister John Gummer reviews the new Rice Krispies for the @Independent Wonder if he’s fed them to his daughter yet? independent.co.uk/voices/bre…
Kellogg’s new Rice Krispies are a snap, crackle and flop with me

Kellogg’s new Rice Krispies are a snap, crackle and flop with me

As the food giant blames ‘changing weather conditions’ for reformulating its breakfast cereal, former devotee Lord Deben says the new blend of reconstituted wheat and rice flour leaves a bad taste

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Will pedestrianising Oxford Street really make it better? Sadiq’s vision of a boulevard filled with cafés, conservatoire-standard buskers and grizzled outdoor chess players is seductive. But this is the YooKay in 2026. It ain’t gonna happen, says Simon Evans buff.ly/tbIlAdW
Sadiq Khan’s pedestrian vision of Oxford Street

Sadiq Khan’s pedestrian vision of Oxford Street

The mayor’s fantasy of a quaint European-style piazzas is comically at odds with the scuzz of 2020s London.

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Warning: this excellent takedown of the barfsome John Lewis Christmas ad contains the word "tweeslop" (nice one, @alexlarman) spectator.com/article/the-ne…
The new John Lewis Christmas ad is lamentably bad

The new John Lewis Christmas ad is lamentably bad

Every year, the most anticipated advert of the Christmas season comes courtesy of John Lewis, the favoured retailer of the nation’s middle classes. And, every year, there is keen discussion as to...

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Bloody preppers
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Lovely bit of sass from Sir James Cleverly about his predecessor in the Home Office, Suella Braverman
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Did Chris Philps really just say Shabana Mahmoud will give us "Free NHS children"?
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