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Alex Fraser It's beyond cruel to scrap the £36-a-week for asylum seekers
A majority of refused asylum-seekers have their case overturned on appeal
Lee Williscroft-Ferris Misogyny is alive and well in the gay community
There is something cruel at the heart of these videos which reduce us to binary body parts
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Brian Adcock
Independent Voices ‘The unacceptable face of capitalism’ is back
The following letters appear in the 22nd January edition of the Independent
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Independent Voices ‘Improve your English or be deported’
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Independent Voices On gay marriage, church listens to other cultures
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Independent Voices Letters: UK citizens are ‘benefit tourists’ too
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Letters Letters: Corbyn represents true hope for many
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Independent Voices Letters: Nothing green about burning wood for electricity
Mark Steel
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Go on then, Dave. Put on your red shoes and dance the blues
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Who needs to learn when you can do everything with lists?
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Money’s no object for flood defences – unless they’re too expensive
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Until Corbyn led the Labour party, we were all wonderfully polite
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Donald Trump's problem? He doesn't go far enough
Howard Jacobson
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We affect praise for Corbyn’s ‘authentic’ voice, yet mourn David Bowie
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I’m no back-page philosopher - why do I find sporting exploits moving?
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Why stop with Cecil Rhodes? What about Nelson, or any of the rest?
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My life lesson - taking offence is nugatory
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Show me the jihadist with a well‑thumbed copy of Middlemarch
Grace Dent
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Depression, darkness, cold. What's not to love about January?
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Ricky Gervais does not get enough credit for being offensive
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Mark Zuckerberg’s robot butler would never work in my house
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Grace Dent: Instagram and the truth about my 2015
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Grace Dent: Blessings on those who stock the fridge with mini-quiches
Robert Fisk
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A warning for Turkey as Islamists turn on their old allies in Pakistan
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Is the history of Ireland's struggle for independence being twisted?
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Restoring Beirut’s Pink House is a cheering idea amid destruction
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‘Regrettable’ is as far as our criticism of Saudi Arabia will ever go
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No state has the moral authority or will to attack this butchery
Memphis Barker
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What do we learn from Penn's 'El Chapo' interview? How not to write
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Speculation about the "new Jihadi John" is missing the point entirely
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Roger Scruton is right - everyone is dancing the wrong way
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You shouldn't have to be the next Steve Jobs to count in the Jungle
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Loosening the rules of engagement in Syria would only backfire
Matthew Norman
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I knew Billy was fishy, but I didn’t realise he was this fishy
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Bowie and Murdoch – both powerful shapers of our modern culture
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2016 is almost upon us. Here is what probably lies ahead
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Sickened by Lynton Crosby's knighthood? There is some good news
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So long, BBC sport – you’re dying a suicide by smugness
Steve Richards
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It’s the miners’ strike all over again. With all the same mistakes
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Opinion polls misled us all in 2015, but are as powerful as ever
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Osborne gets away with looking responsible - even during floods
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Corbyn is going nowhere - and neither are his critics. So what next?
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The referendum has weakened Cameron’s hand in Europe
Janet Street-Porter
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Bowie made mistakes. That's part of what made him so magical
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Vegetarianism is bad for the planet, it’s time you embraced my diet
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Modern slavery is thriving thanks to the British culture of privacy
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Yentob is paying the price for being putty in Batmanghelidjh's hands
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Faith schools flourish, yet they breed a dangerous view of the world
Hamish McRae
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Don't focus on jumpy markets, we need to take the long economic view
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Stocks may be falling, but that doesn’t signal an economic crash
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Oil dividend: how we should all benefit from crashing prices
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Is the turmoil in the financial markets an ominous sign?
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If you think Christmas shopping is stressful, try being a retailer
Ben Chu
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Mario Draghi promises to pull the eurozone out of deflation
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‘Self-inflicted wound’ of EU vote could drive UK back into recession
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EU leaders sceptical of Cameron’s bid for early reforms deal
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Brexit threatens new UK recession says former BoE rate-setter
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RMB devaluation is not being used to boost exports, China tells Davos