Opinions from the Independent newspaper

• Theresa May's deal is in deadlock – only a Final Say can release the bind 10/12/2018
  The Commons does not like the deal, and will not be persuaded by fresh 'assurances'; the EU is not prepared to go any further. Despite pushing the vote back, the stalemate is effectively unaltered
• Britain's defence strategy is being overhauled for the tech age – and a new generation is in control 10/12/2018
  Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson's fresh wave of 'heretical' defence chiefs will take on threats from cyber warfare, AI, robotics and more
• Theresa May has cancelled Plan A. There is no Plan B. So what on earth happens now? 10/12/2018
  The prime minister said a second referendum would cause people 'to question the role of MPs'. But people are doing that anyway, thanks to her
• The 'gilets jaunes' protests suggest an uncomfortable truth about Macron and everyone who believed in him 10/12/2018
  What the violent scenes have also shown perhaps is that Macron's erstwhile popularity was something of a chimera, casting a temporary veil over the malaise that has beset French politics since the Mitterand era, while at the same time embedding notions about the rights of the people
• The demonisation of Raheem Sterling has been led by white men in the media – there is a solution 10/12/2018
  The difference in treatment of white and black players in the papers is astounding. If they don't change their act – and newsrooms don't diversify – I wouldn't be surprised to see a media blackout by those affected

Opinions from the Guardian newspaper

• Watership Down should be about death and destruction, not fluffy rabbits | Stephanie Merritt 11/12/2018
  I loved the 1978 film as a child, even though it terrified me. The remake should have kept the wild darkness, not toned it downWe don’t like to think about death too much at Christmas these days, especially when it comes to children’s stories. This is a shame, because dwelling on the proximity of darkness has been a significant part of our collective storyte […]
  Stephanie Merritt
• Brexit is a failed project. Labour must oppose it | Paul Mason 11/12/2018
  The opposition should get behind a second referendum – and vote to remainSometimes, in politics, you just have to fight for what you believe in. I believe that – amid the current geopolitical meltdown – staying in the European Union and reforming it is safer than casting ourselves adrift with a bunch of rightwing Tory xenophobes at the helm.But since the ref […]
  Paul Mason
• Jimmy McGovern’s Care has shed light on a crisis. Now we need a solution | Dawn Foster 11/12/2018
  A ‘Grey New Deal’ for Britain could halt the crisis in elderly care – budget cuts are ruining livesEarly in Jimmy McGovern’s BBC drama Care, broadcast on Sunday, an occupational therapist takes Mary, a character recently diagnosed with vascular dementia after a stroke, to a test kitchen in the hospital and asks her to make herself a cup of tea by first placi […]
  Dawn Foster
• Theresa May’s cowardly blunder may have saved us from Brexit | Polly Toynbee 10/12/2018
  A second referendum is now the only way out of this car crashWhat cowardice. She roused the country to the great climax of Tuesday’s parliamentary vote on her EU withdrawal deal, only to beat a retreat – yet another fateful error in Theresa May’s miserable, blundering leadership. This vote was set to be the cathartic moment when the country finally faced the […]
  Polly Toynbee
• The Guardian view on the Brexit vote: the prime minister is on the run | Editorial 10/12/2018
  Theresa May continues to treat parliament with contempt, as her authority drains away on the most important issue facing BritainTheresa May decided to pull the parliamentary vote on her Brexit withdrawal agreement because she knew she would lose. She has been humiliated by her own MPs. It is staggering that this defeat only became obvious to her after it had […]
  Editorial