Politics

Stockport County’s Andy Mangan was set to move to Real Madrid. But then Brexit intervened

But we won’t be there to reap the benefits of modernisation

But can a country join that is still part-occupied by Russia?

The magazine has been taken over by the same man who runs GB News. Andrew Neil has already gone – will the editor cling on?

The slow march towards crushing defeat goes on

Starmer has a new tune and he’s not afraid to sing it, over and over again…

She wiped the floor with him. But Trump is still very dangerous

The next leader will be unlikely to take the Tories into the next election

A credulous, paranoid chancer, Musk has risen to fame through luck and other people’s hard work

At the Grand-Synthe camp on the French coast, people are risking everything to reach England. And it’s not for the benefits system

His life’s work has been a catastrophe – and now Hannan’s latest Brexit argument will be music to Putin’s ears

If Labour does bring in a smoking ban in beer gardens, how many non-smokers will start using them again?

China’s Chang’e-5 mission has fuelled a new lunar race after it brought back a sample of rock apparently containing water

He’s already the richest man on the planet. Now Elon Musk is going after even more power

Given the insurrectionary character of Trump’s politics, is it wise for his opponents to seek this?

If you’re lucky, it can be the most beautiful season of all

Old mistakes are catching up with the German industrial colossus

In 2023, we visited the Barniers at home. I would never have predicted that a year later he’d become Macron’s prime minister

When the island’s agriculture sector suffers, its tourism industry soon feels the consequences

The city’s improved cycling infrastructure has caused e-bike sales to shoot up. So, too, have thefts

This international jazz summer school has become a unique utopia for lovers of the genre

Peter Hummelgaard, Danish minister for justice, has blamed the emergence of ‘child soldiers’ on years of failed integration policies in Sweden

Barça’s new manager, Hansi Flick, must understand one simple fact: he is faced with a virtually impossible task

The delusional europhobes want to set up a museum of Brexit. Here are a few ideas to get them going

Starmer’s decision to cut heating benefits for pensioners is woeful politics, and Labour MPs are in despair

A deal on the future of the border between Gibraltar and Spain is long overdue - and that threatens the very future of the British outpost

He was the future once, but now French voters are heading for the extremes

Labour has inherited a jails crisis. Its short-term decision to release prisoners will be unpopular. The long-term answer might be even more so

The favourite to become the next Tory leader, once a vociferous Leaver, now seems loathe to mention it

Jonathan Reynolds’ reaction to business and trade questions mark an important turning point