Sean OGrady
@sogrady.bsky.social
Journalist, Associate Editor at the Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/author/sean-ogrady
Donald Trump’s $1bn lawsuit won’t finish the BBC off – but Nigel Farage might www.independent.co.uk/voices/bbc-t...
Donald Trump’s $1bn lawsuit won’t finish the BBC off – but Nigel Farage might
As the US president contemplates suing the corporation over ‘Panorama’, the Reform UK leader is already dancing on its grave. Both men share an ideological project that would thrive on the broadcaster...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Donald Trump’s $1bn lawsuit won’t finish the BBC off – but Nigel Farage might www.independent.co.uk/voices/bbc-t...
Labour cannot afford many more weeks like this one www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
Labour cannot afford many more weeks like this one
Editorial: Starmer’s government has been busy emulating the ‘chaos and confusion’ that characterised the final days of the last Conservative administration, ahead of a Budget that will be profoundly d...
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November 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Labour cannot afford many more weeks like this one www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
Why it’s not too soon for Angela Rayner to write a memoir www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Why it’s not too soon for Rayner to write a memoir
She may not have been in Downing Street for long but, with lots of voter appeal and plenty still to say, the former deputy prime minister is right to get writing, says Sean O’Grady
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November 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Why it’s not too soon for Angela Rayner to write a memoir www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Elon Musk is worth every cent of his trillion dollars (with reservations) www.independent.co.uk/voices/elon-...
Elon Musk is worth every cent of his trillion dollars
Tesla shareholders have put the world’s richest man on the superhighway to being our first trillionaire – and it could be a breakthrough moment for all of mankind, says Sean O’Grady
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November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Elon Musk is worth every cent of his trillion dollars (with reservations) www.independent.co.uk/voices/elon-...
Why Reeves could impose pay-per-mile Budget tax on electric cars www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Why Reeves could impose pay-per-mile Budget tax on electric cars
Fuel duty on petrol vehicles has been frozen for so long that the Treasury has set its sights on electric cars instead, as Sean O’Grady explains
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November 7, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Why Reeves could impose pay-per-mile Budget tax on electric cars www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
David Lammy finds himself in a perilous position www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
David Lammy finds himself in a perilous position
Editorial: Forgetting to wear a poppy to his first appearance leading PMQs now looks like the least of the justice minister’s problems. His lack of candour with the Commons about yet another foreign-n...
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November 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
David Lammy finds himself in a perilous position www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
Is there anything Robert Jenrick won’t do to get attention? www.independent.co.uk/voices/rober...
Is there anything Robert Jenrick won’t do to get attention?
As the shadow justice secretary and rumoured Tory leadership hopeful turned the airwaves blue on ITV’s ‘Good Morning Britain’, his potty-mouthed outburst looked like another wheeze with which to yank ...
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November 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Is there anything Robert Jenrick won’t do to get attention? www.independent.co.uk/voices/rober...
You don’t need a master’s degree to see Britain depends on foreign students www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
You don’t need a master’s degree to see Britain depends on foreign students
Editorial: The government’s effort to drive down the number on student visas coming to study in this country is misguided and self-defeating — it will do untold damage to our universities and communit...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:39 AM
You don’t need a master’s degree to see Britain depends on foreign students www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
What can the former John Lewis boss tell us about ‘sick note Britain’? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
What can the former John Lewis boss tell us about ‘sick note Britain’?
Charlie Mayfield has some ideas for reducing the £85bn lost every year through workplace sickness. Sean O’Grady asks if he can get Britain back to work
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November 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
What can the former John Lewis boss tell us about ‘sick note Britain’? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
The Z factor: Why New York Zohran and Green Zack need to be taken seriously www.independent.co.uk/voices/zohra...
The Z factor: Why New York Zohran and Green Zack need to be taken seriously
Progressive Zohran Mamdani's victory in the New York mayoral election is not just 'Trump's worst nightmare', it's a wake-up call for Labour and Reform – they need to watch out for Zack Polanski and hi...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The Z factor: Why New York Zohran and Green Zack need to be taken seriously www.independent.co.uk/voices/zohra...
Forget alarm-clock Britain – Reeves was talking to the bankers www.independent.co.uk/voices/rache...
Forget alarm-clock Britain – Reeves was talking to the bankers
For an address broadcast live to the nation, this was a speech aimed at the Square Mile – but how will the markets respond to the prospect of tax hikes and the call that ‘we will all have to contribut...
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November 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Forget alarm-clock Britain – Reeves was talking to the bankers www.independent.co.uk/voices/rache...
The Huntingdon knife suspect’s race should not be bullied out of the police www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
The Huntingdon knife suspect’s race should not be bullied out of the police
Editorial: The train attack has shown yet again how revealing a suspect’s ethnic identity rarely quells the anger of those who want to weaponise a tragedy
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November 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The Huntingdon knife suspect’s race should not be bullied out of the police www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
By talking down the economy, is Farage hoping to spark an early general election? www.independent.co.uk/voices/nigel...
By talking down the economy, is Farage hoping to spark an early general election?
In a landmark speech setting out his new economic vision, the Reform UK leader suggested that market forces will soon force Labour to adopt austerity measures that will collapse the government. It’s w...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
By talking down the economy, is Farage hoping to spark an early general election? www.independent.co.uk/voices/nigel...
The world must act to stop the catastrophe unfolding in Sudan www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
The world must act to stop the catastrophe unfolding in Sudan
Editorial: US secretary of state Marco Rubio has set the tone for international action to alleviate the suffering and all responsible nations should follow
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November 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The world must act to stop the catastrophe unfolding in Sudan www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
Government data leaks can be a matter of life and death www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
Government data leaks can be a matter of life and death
Editorial: As The Independent reveals new details about the catastrophic Ministry of Defence data breach that may have exposed to the Taliban details of thousands of Afghans who helped UK forces, wide...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Government data leaks can be a matter of life and death www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor hasn’t reached rock bottom yet www.independent.co.uk/voices/princ...
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor hasn’t reached rock bottom yet
After the King’s historic decision to evict his brother and strip his official titles, the former prince must contend not only with his straitened circumstances and the public shaming, but also with t...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor hasn’t reached rock bottom yet www.independent.co.uk/voices/princ...
Bringing back the “invalid carriage” may be Reform’s most idiotic idea yet www.independent.co.uk/voices/invac...
The three-wheeled car plan that may be Reform’s most idiotic idea yet
‘30p Lee’ Anderson wants to bring back the old Invacar ‘invalid carriages’ for disabled drivers. That’s not only daft but disrespectful, writes Sean O’Grady
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October 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Bringing back the “invalid carriage” may be Reform’s most idiotic idea yet www.independent.co.uk/voices/invac...
Can Zack Polanski turn the Green Party poll surge into votes? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Can Zack Polanski turn the Green Party poll surge into votes?
Enjoying their highest opinion poll ratings for decades, the Greens are well placed to capitalise on Labour’s current woes, writes Sean O’Grady
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October 29, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Can Zack Polanski turn the Green Party poll surge into votes? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Call for entries: Rupert Cornwell Award: £5,000 bursary for budding foreign correspondents www.independent.co.uk/news/media/r...
Rupert Cornwell Award: £5,000 bursary for budding foreign correspondents
The award honours the memory of Rupert Cornwell, one of The Independent’s most distinguished journalists
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October 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Call for entries: Rupert Cornwell Award: £5,000 bursary for budding foreign correspondents www.independent.co.uk/news/media/r...
Why Britain’s asylum hotels must be closed for good www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
Britain’s asylum hotels must be closed for good
Editorial: Billions have been wasted on unfit accommodation that suits neither the migrants who shelter there nor the communities enraged by their presence. It is imperative that the government take d...
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October 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Why Britain’s asylum hotels must be closed for good www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
The £15.3bn asylum hotel bill is a disgrace – and it’s undermining the whole concept of asylum, www.independent.co.uk/voices/asylu...
The £15.3bn asylum bill is a disgrace – the broken system needs a total reboot
With soaring costs and no solution in sight, the asylum hotel fiasco has left refugees in limbo and taxpayers furious, says Sean O’Grady. The scandal is a symbol of political failure on all sides
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October 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The £15.3bn asylum hotel bill is a disgrace – and it’s undermining the whole concept of asylum, www.independent.co.uk/voices/asylu...
Ukraine’s ingenuity alone will not be enough to win the war www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
Ukraine’s ingenuity alone will not be enough to win the war
Editorial: Nato forces must back Ukraine or prepare to see all that country’s innovative brilliance fall into the hands of the Kremlin
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October 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Ukraine’s ingenuity alone will not be enough to win the war www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
Labour should forget about mansion tax and look to growth www.independent.co.uk/voices/tax-r...
Labour should forget about mansion tax and look to growth
Labour would be better off replacing its imminent tax plans with centrist policies to boost growth, writes Sean O’Grady
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October 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Labour should forget about mansion tax and look to growth www.independent.co.uk/voices/tax-r...
What sort of Labour deputy leader would Lucy Powell be? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
What sort of Labour deputy leader would Lucy Powell be?
Powell doesn’t want to run the party and is unlikely to be a regular helper in 10 Downing Street, as Sean O’Grady explains
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October 25, 2025 at 7:18 AM
What sort of Labour deputy leader would Lucy Powell be? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
What sort of Labour deputy leader would Lucy Powell be? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
What sort of Labour deputy leader would Lucy Powell be?
Powell doesn’t want to run the party and is unlikely to be a regular helper in 10 Downing Street, as Sean O’Grady explains
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October 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
What sort of Labour deputy leader would Lucy Powell be? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...