Politics

Comedian MITCH BENN envisions what people would've sung as they queued to see Queen Elizabeth lying in state

The lucrative UK/US trade deal is dead - so will it Liz Truss now press ahead with ripping up parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol?

Everyone expects far rightist Giorgia Meloni to be Italy’s next PM. What happens next is uncertain

The only way to defeat them is for the left to link arms with the centre

Her business, the Barlby Group, returned to profitability last year

Hoyle has turned out to be a peculiarly unctuous Speaker of the House

Could the MP for North West Leicestershire soon be facing a byelection?

The West has turned away from the victims of the Syrian war, who are stuck between warring factions and a corrupt government that’s implicated in the drug trade

An idea that originated in the Basque country seems to be catching on

The Kremlin has been meddling in Italian politics and will be pleased with what it sees

Polls show the young don’t fully trust Charles. What better way to solve it than by restating his environmental agenda in deed, not word?

Ukraine has learned lessons from the battlefield but Russia has not. The result is humiliating for Vladimir Putin

In dark times, it is genuinely heartening to see Europeans coming together. We have our differences, but we are, essentially, the same, writes one reader

What the US playwright can teach us about Britain’s falling currency and fading international reputation

He has the task of preserving a system that even he knows can no longer be justified

Grief is the long-lasting flame that keeps memories alive. As Queen Elizabeth herself said, “grief is the price we pay for love”

From the Kingdom of Denmark to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, how the other monarchies across Europe function

Sweden’s big parties took up populist talking points to kill off the far right. Instead, the extremists are close to power – and getting worse

Germany isn't a country of royalists, but we turned into a republic of Elizabethans

Comedian MITCH BENN on what advice Boris Johnson may have penned to Liz Truss as he left Downing Street

It’s time to formalise Britain’s “monarchic republic”

The EU has offered to scrap almost all border checks but the new PM may not be allowed to listen to logic

Is the Carlton Club, the Conservative citadel in St James’s, about to offer Sunak free membership?

Lord Pickles as chair of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, has reminded them of their obligations to disclose all commercial ventures they are invested in

His resignation had little to do with his private company's links to Russian business and more to do with the fact that his friend Boris Johnson was no longer party leader

The two differing personalities will likely make for an interesting relationship

Matt Hancock tells MANDRAKE not to count Kemi Badenoch out

Populists have struck at the heart of European social democracy

An accident of timing gave me my name, and a lifelong interest in the royals

Amid the respect, there was some sorrow for what has been lost - not just the ruler, but her country