The Independent

Leading article: If he wants to save Italy, Mr Berlusconi should go

2011-11-07 00:00:01.0

As the political career of the Greek Prime Minister draws to its inevitable close, pressure is growing on his Italian counterpart to step down as well. This pressure comes from home and abroad. At home, Silvio Berlusconi faces another vote of confidence in parliament tomorrow. He may well scrape through again – he has, after all, won at least 20 such confidence votes in the past – but the closeness of the vote will underline what a divisive and distrusted leader he has become.

Leading article: Miliband hits right note on inequality

2011-11-07 00:00:01.0

It is always refreshing when party leaders seem to really listen to voices coming from outside their own camp. That is why Ed Miliband should be commended for the warm words he has given in today's interview with this newspaper concerning the protest outside St Paul's.

Leading article: Dramatic pause that could turn into a crisis for Abbey worshippers

2011-11-07 00:00:01.0

Oh, what is one to do with a Sunday evening without the televised feuds of Ladies Mary, Edith and Sybil to entertain one, not to mention the lesser dramas surrounding Mrs Patmore and the bisexual ex-footman-turned war-profiteer with the strange accent?

Leading article: Anger at greed will only grow

2011-11-06 00:00:01.0

There is something in the air, and it is not just the smoke from last night's fireworks. If there is such a thing as a national mood, it has changed. And about time too. The excesses of greed that were reluctantly accepted as a price well worth paying for the long period of prosperity that this country, and many others, enjoyed until 2008 are no longer acceptable.

Leading article: A disingenuous debate that is not about the IMF

2011-11-05 00:00:01.0

Almost the only achievement of the G20 summit that ended in Cannes yesterday was an agreement to increase the resources of the International Monetary Fund.

Leading article: Chilling facts on global warming

2011-11-05 00:00:01.0

The new figures on global carbon dioxide emissions for 2010 from the US Department of Energy make sobering, not to say chilling, reading.

Leading article: Justice must be seen to be done

2011-11-05 00:00:01.0

Viewers of Sky News may feel relieved or deprived as they contemplate a world without live coverage of the trial of Michael Jackson's doctor that has occupied so much airtime in recent weeks.

Leading article: Talk of Greece leaving the euro is reckless

2011-11-04 00:00:01.0

The Greek premier has resisted calls for his resignation. He should heed them

Leading article: From protest camp to festival

2011-11-04 00:00:01.0

For all the laudable display of compromise, it is difficult not to feel a twinge of disappointment at the deal to allow the St Paul's protest camp to remain in the cathedral precincts until after Christmas, in return for removing those tents which block the thoroughfare.

Leading article: Legacy 10 - a philanthropic incentive that is long overdue

2011-11-04 00:00:01.0

The idea that we need incentives to make us less selfish sounds like an oxymoron. But that is the sense at the heart of the new Legacy 10 scheme, which encourages people to make the most of the inheritance tax breaks in the last Budget.

Leading article: Israel's leaders adrift in a fast-changing world

2011-11-03 00:00:01.0

That an attack on Iran is once again in the air reflects the new sense of vulnerability

Leading article: The houses we need – now

2011-11-03 00:00:01.0

In a time of stalled growth, scarce finance and limited confidence, it is perhaps not surprising that the number of new houses being built has dropped to the lowest level for a century. But it is no less alarming for that.

Leading article: An opportunity for Julian Assange to practise what he preaches

2011-11-03 00:00:01.0

After yesterday's High Court verdict, Julian Assange and his legal team have 14 days to lodge an appeal against his extradition to Sweden over allegations of rape and sexual assault. But rather than fighting, the WikiLeaks founder would do better to practise what he has so uncompromisingly preached.

Leading article: An act of bad faith from Greece's premier

2011-11-02 00:00:01.0

With a Greek referendum unlikely until January, Europe faces weeks of uncertainty

Leading article: Squatters' rights – and wrongs

2011-11-02 00:00:01.0

Campaigners warn that the Government's plan to criminalise squatting, which was debated in the Commons yesterday, could increase homelessness and place lives at risk. But our greater sympathies here lie with householders, who fear little more than arriving back from holiday to find their home occupied by strangers and the prospect of a long and expensive legal battle to reclaim it.