Politics

In both opposition to war in Russia, and British attitudes to climate change, mass dissent will probably come too late to make any difference

Pope Francis’s credentials as a reformer and the future of the Vatican’s finances are being laid bare as a financial crimes mega-trial unfolds in Rome

The rebranded right wing presidential candidate is not what she pretends

A plummeting economy, food left to rot and red tape trouble are heaping more pressure on Boris Johnson

The UK government has made exporting and importing difficult and costly. Everybody who was not a Brexit fantasist saw it coming

Comedian MITCH BENN sheds light on what an email chain trying to craft the prime minister's statement on Partygate fines may look like

One peer told MANDRAKE that bold claims of standing shoulder-to-shoulder in the fight for freedom of speech never came to fruition

The chancellor's wife has come under fire recently, but what's escaped the public eye is how the firms she's been involved in have gone under leaving behind vast unpaid sums

The Times and The Daily Mail ran two different polls on the issue over the weekend, both showing different findings

Brexit has seen the UK leg of a fabled train journey quietly ditched

Sarah Sands, Akshata Murty’s public relations adviser, has an extraordinary ability to block out bad news

The prime minister is a proven liar and criminal. Of course his party and their rags will continue to support him

From climate change to Covid and now the Ukraine war. Everyone is feeling anxious – can we cope with any more?

Priti Patel should take note of the way the West African nation embraces migrants

What should the chancellor do next? Here is Alastair Campbell’s verdict

Remembering a visionary politician whose childhood experiences made him a believer in a united Europe

Anti-Christian sentiment in India has been on the rise since 2014 when Narendra Modi came to power – and now the attacks are turning increasingly violent

The left wing politician Clare Daly is no stranger to controversy, but this time her anti-war rhetoric is being used as ammunition by Russian media

The prime minister has no defence and no moral compass. Will his party finally act?

The prime minister and Rishi Sunak are being fined for breaking Covid rules… but don’t count on either resigning

Of all the issues influencing the French elections, there’s an unlikely one – hunting. Its supporters say the right to kill wild animals is at the heart of being French. But animal rights campaigners disagree, and now a recent series of deadly accidents is changing public opinion

It's not the one who lives in The White House. Meet the podcast host who can say what he likes about Covid, race and conspiracies without any comeback

After winning the first round of voting in the presidential elections by only a small margin, Emmanuel Macron has just two weeks to pull voters back from the brink of extremism

The parliamentary arithmetic calls for a Lib-Lab agreement to bring down the Brexiteers

Increased costs and administrative hurdles are stifling the movement of horses and livestock in what were once thriving industries

Through an English language training entitlement the government can show it is serious about helping refugees make the UK their new home

France's presidential election is shaping as the next and biggest test of the popularity of Europe's authoritarian right

We are stronger together in Europe – and stronger in making that case together in the Labour Movement for Europe

With his latest Panglossian take on Brexit Britain, the former minister is telling the Conservative Party what it wants to hear

A global campaign seeking shorter hours for the same wage could benefit people, the economy and the planet

Lord Grade described the BBC's coverage of Partygate as “gleeful and disrespectful”. So, the Tories must be thrilled with his appointment as Ofcom chair, remarks one reader