The agony of self-hating liberals
Just because Trump won and populism is surging doesn’t mean the Labour party should give up its election promises
We need to talk about immigration
Progressives’ cowed silence has let the toxic talk of Farage and Jenrick take hold. Now we must respond – and taking action on integration should be the start
The drive for renewal must go far beyond AI
The nation’s problems are so deeply ingrained that no single technology could ever sweep them all away
The plot against Britannia
Our elected government is facing an assault on its very legitimacy from right wing politicians and their media toadies. So what are we on the left going to do about it?
What the EU fears from Trump’s return
On defence, trade and tech, Europe is bracing itself for four years of threats and chaos
Ace of Base and the darkness behind the light
From catchy pop hits to far right death threats and knife attacks – the shocking story of the Swedish pop group
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Who’s really to blame for populism?
There’s a thin line between “progressives got a lot wrong” and “the far right are winning because they’re right”
What would George Orwell think of Facebook?
On the 75th anniversary of the author’s death, some of his most famous words read as a warning
Elon Musk is a dictator in the making
Musk and Putin share a belief that facts don’t matter and there are no people or power structures that should be allowed to stand in their way
How to survive a near death experience
These experiences, however, are far from conclusive evidence of life after death
The cost of Elon Musk’s dangerous lies
The ranting billionaire embarrassed himself, Donald Trump… and Nigel Farage. Now he has to pay the price
We must make a better job of the way we work
Labour promised to produce the highest growth in the G7. But, few people understand what it will take to do that
Do humans need to hibernate?
The Oxford-based sleep scientist Vladyslav Vyazovskiy believes so, but it would just make life blander
Even for politicians, death is the great leveller
The prime minister should be spared social media’s grief voyeurism as he mourns the loss of his brother
Alastair Campbell’s winners and losers of 2024
In many cases over the last 12 months, the people who looked like winners also turned out to be losers
How to enjoy your Christmas dinner
For anyone who cares about animal suffering, it should be a no-brainer that eating intensively farmed turkey is unethical
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Under the radar, the Lib Dems could decide the next election
Why are we so scared to accept the EU’s generous post-Brexit deals?
Trump’s rush to build a crueller America
Who’s really to blame for populism?
The rise of Alice Weidel, a German extremist
A walk through Brussels’s vanishing neighbourhood
What does Musk want with Italy?
Zoran Milanović’s landslide in the Balkans
The Daily Express’s woman problem
A columnist for the Tory tabloid attacks the BBC for its treatment of female staff – then argues Rachel Reeves and Angela Rayner are not glamorous enough for government
GB News shows its laughable Reform bias
News stories on the channel’s website seem to overstate the far right party’s appeal
The Telegraph is being hypocritical – and it’s predictable to watch
A columnist at the paper has attacked “not-very-bright people” landing “well-paid sinecures”. So what’s her CV like?
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My cinema choices are a sign that both I and the times have changed
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We need to talk about immigration
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The drive for renewal must go far beyond AI
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What our language says about us
Paul Mason
After Southport, we must change the contempt law
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Trump’s hostages and Starmer’s terrorists
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Gaza proves every Trump has a silver lining
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Why are we so scared to accept the EU’s generous post-Brexit deals?
Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer are making a huge mistake in not openly embracing offers to cut red tape
We need to talk about immigration
Progressives’ cowed silence has let the toxic talk of Farage and Jenrick take hold. Now we must respond – and taking action on integration should be the start
Starmer’s small goals
The prime minister’s limited Brexit reset means the best UK FC can hope for is avoiding relegation, not shooting for glory
The Indy’s Mystic Maddox turns his sights on Mandelson
The journalist famed for his erroneous predictions is now claiming Donald Trump may block Keir Starmer’s preferred US ambassador
Badenoch blows her chance to say something interesting about Brexit
The Tory leader’s big speech was long on waffle and light on content – and it gives Keir Starmer a free run at fixing their mess
Letters: Labour’s stance on Europe is a bad dream
There is only one way to get a message through – make it clear we are not going to vote for them until they have an honest policy on the EU
The New Europe
The rise of Alice Weidel, a German extremist
Could the sleeping giant of Germany’s silent majority mobilise against the AfD?
Zoran Milanović’s landslide in the Balkans
Over the past five years, the president has been acting as the Flavor Flav of the Croatian political establishment
We need to talk about immigration
Progressives’ cowed silence has let the toxic talk of Farage and Jenrick take hold. Now we must respond – and taking action on integration should be the start
Welcome to Vienna’s anti-fascist duelling scene
Are there really any health benefits to being hit over the head with a sword by a drunk Austrian monarchist?
What Musk and Putin have in common
The Ukraine invasion and Musk’s Twitter buyout of Twitter show how weak accountability is in authoritarian regimes and among ultra-rich tech titans
Ukraine’s painful beauty
A Kyiv gallery has defied Russian missile attacks to stage a visceral but tender art competition for artists under 35
How Labour can prove it stands by Ukraine
The strategically important city of Pokrovsk is in Putin’s sights. The government should do everything it can to stop him – starting with donating surplus MoD equipment to Volodymyr Zelensky
We were always going to betray Ukraine
Zelensky has done all he can. But as the final sell-out approaches, the west has not done nearly enough
Ukraine is the new Berlin
As the second coming of Donald Trump threatens a sell-out of Kyiv, Europe finds itself pondering events of 75 years ago
UK soft power failed with Putin – it’s time for the hard option
Britain and Europe are up against an alliance of evil. Now is the time to resist Russia, and for the UK to lead by example
The shock and awe of Mr Benetton
With his work for the fashion brand, the late photographer and art director Oliviero Toscani took the trangressive mainstream
Science and the Sun King
Louis XIV built a Xanadu at Versailles – and sealed his family’s fate. But amid the extravagant luxury was thrilling innovation
Terence Rattigan’s mainline to the human condition
Bound together, pulled apart: Catalan artists in Paris
A Real Pain is a trauma tour de force
My cinema choices are a sign that both I and the times have changed
AI is doing wrong by writers
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The perpetual outsider who was always the centre of attention
The man of paper who died with his city
The big-time film mogul who saw the importance of making art
Eurovision’s first breakout success
Soviet cinema’s reluctant dissident
