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Readers call out US demand to repeal hate speech laws for trade deal

Our community share their views on the US trade deal ultimatum, from outrage at ‘JD Vance’s demand to scrap LGBT+ protections’ to calls for Keir Starmer to ‘defend British laws, not bow to US pressure’

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Your questions answered as ex-MI6 boss says Britain must ready for war

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John Rentoul answers your Trump tariffs questions

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