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A toxic and debased brand may be still in denial, but the only vital signs on the right are now with Reform

The complete unknown who could wreck Labour
Morgan McSweeney is the most influential invisible man in British politics. Is he to blame for Labour’s rightward turn and tanking opinion poll numbers?

Starmer’s realism won’t go far in fantasyland politics
Starmer is doing deals as old certainties vanish. But frustrated voters will be hard to convince

Laura Loomer, the real first lady
Loomer, rumoured to be Donald Trump’s girlfriend, is a hardcore right wing extremist. It’s a shame she’s also one of the most influential people in America

Da Pope’s new sandwich
A Chicago restaurant has begun selling ‘The Leo’, a limited-edition sandwich dipped in gravy and topped with peppers, in honour of the new pope

Why we love whodunnits
The story of the detective who gives a neat solution to the mess of human affairs is deeply satisfying – and reassuring
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Is Starmer about to suffer his first defection?
At least two Labour MPs are on a watchlist amid rumours of a switch to the Green Party


Runners and riders gathering in the race to succeed Badenoch
There isn’t currently a vacancy for the Conservative Party leadership – but that hasn’t stopped some MPs from looking around


Lee Anderson doesn’t know Jack
The Reform MP mocked Keir Starmer for his ‘magic beans’ from the EU. Perhaps he should re-read the fairytale…
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The Two Matts
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It’s taken a Remainer to fix the Brexiteers’ mess
Keir Starmer’s pragmatic deal is nowhere near as good as rejoining – but it is good news for British companies, consumers and tourists


The UK-EU reset deal is not a Brexit surrender
Lost billions, border queues, red tape strangling business. What exactly is this bold reset deal supposed to be surrendering?

The government must seize this EU opportunity
The PM is going to Brussels next week for talks on resetting Britain’s relationship with Europe. It is the only way back to growth – everybody knows it

Labour could never handle Europe
The question of what to say about the EU will not disappear just because Keir Starmer has chosen to bury his head in the sand

Ipsos polls: Brits want a reset with Europe
A new relationship with Europe offers Labour the chance to reset more than Brexit


The prime minister appears to know less about Brexit than Simon Cowell
While Keir Starmer no longer resembles the man many people voted for, the former X Factor judge is calling for a new referendum on Europe
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Why you should visit Heligoland
Eighty years ago, the island was nearly wiped off the map. Today it relies on wind-farm crews more than tourists

Greenland knows what it wants, and it’s not JD Vance
If the vice-president wishes to return to the country, he may want to be better prepared

The revenge of the Spanish economy
Spain has made a spectacular economic recovery since the last economic crash– but Spaniards are still struggling and fear Trump’s tariffs might trigger another disaster

North Macedonia loses an entire generation
With 59 fatalities and over 200 hospitalisations, the fire at Club Pulse was the stuff of nightmares

Putin’s tortured prisoners of war
Evidence and eyewitness testimony shows how Russia has maimed some Ukrainian PoWs. But other soldiers and civilians have simply disappeared from sight

Ukraine’s defiance is rarer than minerals
The most egregious demands from the US-Ukraine minerals deal’s first draft have gone. But, in Kyiv, there are fears that it still offers no concrete security guarantees

Steve Witkoff, the world’s worst diplomat
He is a life-long property developer. So how the hell did he end up as America’s top international negotiator, on everything from Ukraine to the Iran nuclear deal?


The fall of Saigon, 50 years on
Half a century ago, a humiliated America scrambled out of a losing war. But parallels with Ukraine show little has changed


Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Putin’s dirty tricks campaign
Whether or not they were involved in the Heathrow fire, the Russians revel in the mayhem their hybrid actions cause

The day Putin took power
The foundations of the Kremlin strongman’s ascent to power were forged in the ruins of Grozny a quarter of a century ago

Père-Lachaise: Where Paris goes to die
The cemetery, opened by Napoleon, was unpopular at first. But then the VIPs came – followed by the ghosts

Utagawa Hiroshige, master of fire and water
The elemental works of the Japanese ukiyo-e artist are celebrated in a new book and exhibition at the British Museum


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Dilettante: The blind faith of old-school photography

Raoul Lufbery, the Frenchman who became America’s greatest aviator

Eddie Barclay, the man who invented showbiz

Jerzy Kosiński, the writer whose last act was to plagiarise himself

Maria Schell, Hollywood’s grounded alien

Totò, the unlucky actor who took it on the chin
