Politics

Insulate Britain infuriated the nation with their direct action. But were their tactics effective? PETER TATCHELL, the pioneer of modern protests, explains what works and what doesn't.

The causes of a grim week for Boris Johnson lie in an impatience with the rules that constrain his power, says Theresa May’s former deputy.

A woman trapped in Iran after being convicted of new, trumped-up charges. A husband starving himself in despair. A child facing another Christmas without her mother. And a government that won’t pay up to make it stop.

After working on Armin Laschet’s bid to become chancellor, our columnist returns to explore the relationship between her country and Poland

They may not matter to Boris Johnson and the same old faces from the Brexit campaign, but these principles cannot be discarded.

Response to last week’s cover story by Sarah Ditum, “The war against JK Rowling”, has dominated TNE mailbag, attracting both praise and criticism. Here, we publish a representative selection of correspondence from readers.

Comedian MITCH BENN explains it is barely an adequate metaphor to define what this government is doing.

Like the Labour Party in Britain, the Democrats are tearing themselves apart, and turning voters away with their public spats.

From the same people who brought you the 'watertight' plan to rescue Owen Paterson, their latest proposal will reignite the Brexit debate.

Tory knives are sharpening for a leader of the house who has lost all credibility.

In the latest u-turn from the government, Boris Johnson has relented to pressure from the Daily Mail over how MPs are policed.

The government is doing irreparable damage to the country, its global standing, and its democracy.

Afghan female judges and lawyers left behind in Kabul and beyond now have targets on their backs. BARONESS HELENA KENNEDY makes an impassioned plea for intervention.

Without properly thought-through measures from the government this piece of legislation risks making the internet worse.

Global Warming Policy Foundation trustee Charles Moore continues to exert his influence on Boris Johnson.

As crises mount, the polls show voters turning at last. But the national newspapers that backed Leave – even the two now edited by Remainers – continue to pretend there is nothing wrong.

Diversity has to be created from within the organisation, or it becomes pointless and useless in the long run.

From U-bend to U-turn, NIGEL WARBURTON on the role of disgust in UK politics

ALASTAIR CAMPBELL's weekly diary looks at how 'Global Britain' exists as just a slogan.

What began as a friendly alternative to costly hotels is displacing locals and turning community areas into tourist-only playgrounds.

Britain’s Far Right is now intensely Eurosceptic, but there was a time when it provided Britain’s most pro-European voice of all.

All the while, Labour's deputy leader at PMQs served Boris Johnson with a reminder that the Tories cannot go on cheating the public forever.

Considering the prime minister is fond of his global Britain rhetoric, he struggles to have any gravitas on the world stage.

As Twitter goes full-on berserko over the "non-EU salt and pepper" crisis, the fact that shoppers and staff at the supermarket are about to be stuffed appears to have been forgotten

One comic’s take on the Dave Chappelle controversy

The Harry Potter author has become shorthand for so-called terfdom in the increasingly bitter debate over sex, gender and trans rights. It is a story of our times.

With Boris Johnson looking to approve the next political editor at the BBC, comedian MITCH BENN looks at other decisions Number 10 might want to influence.

Janus Boye, a Social Democrat in Denmark, has earned himself a new nickname after the sun faded out the first and last letters of his name on a poster.

Your weekly check on how well Brexit is going (SPOILER: Not very well)

In this week's reader letters, Keir Starmer is reminded of his six key Brexit tests.