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The Independent Debate

<p>Donald Trump has secured his return to the White House (Alex Brandon/AP)</p>

‘America will suffer again’: Readers react to Trump’s election win

<p>Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump gestures as he walks with former first lady Melania Trump</p>

Trump vs Harris: Tell us your reaction to the US election results

<p>Health secretary Wes Streeting (left) has said he considers himself a “working person”</p>

Define ‘working people’ – as Labour’s Budget promises to protect them

Ask Me Anything

Cop29: Ask our climate correspondent anything

<p>FILE PHOTO: A view shows a sign of the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference with a backdrop of the cityscape in Baku, Azerbaijan October 31, 2024. </p>

<p>It has been a deeply contested race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump</p>

US election results: Ask our Washington correspondent anything

<p>Sporting Lisbon manager Ruben Amorim during a press conference at the Alcochete Academy</p>

‘Will Amorim change Manchester United?’ 11 of your questions answered

<p>Chancellor Rachel Reeves has unveiled Labour’s first Autumn Statement in 14 years</p>

How will the Budget will affect you? John Rentoul answers questions

<p>Kemi Badenoch is in the running to be the next Tory leader </p>

Your Tory leadership questions answered by our political commentator

Letters

<p>Making a contactless payment with a phone</p>

Life in a cashless society will be no life at all

<p>US president Richard Nixon was told by Canadian PM Pierre Trudeau that ‘living next to you is like sleeping with an elephant’</p>

Living next door to the United States can be tricky

<p>‘Everybody should have the right to choose how and when they want to leave this world’</p>

Religion should have no place in the assisted dying bill

<p>Bob Geldof tells Band Aid 40 critics to ‘shut up’ as he declares charity single is ‘perfect’</p>

I’ve changed my view of Band Aid – this is why

<p>A ‘suicide pod’ known as the ‘Sarco’ in Rotterdam, Netherlands</p>

I asked ChatGPT about assisted dying – what it said shook me

<p>‘It would demonstrate that they had listened, understood and were ready to think again’ </p>

It would show great strength if Reeves and Starmer ‘retreated’

<p>‘Yes, he mangled his words, but you always knew what he meant’ </p>

John Prescott reconciled the old with the new – he will be missed

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