Politics

The 'global Britain' mantra from Boris Johnson's government is as much hot air as its 'levelling up' agenda

Tim Walker explains why Michael Gove's estranged wife is unlikely to be going anywhere at the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.

Hardly a household name outside the US, but Tucker Carlson is one of the most influential figures on the populist right and poster boy for TV shock jocks the world over. Is the White House in his sights?

Fast-food chain KFC and German potato farmers face interruptions to normal service after a shortage of lorry drivers

The Conservative MP and former soldier, whose moving speech on the tragedy in Afghanistan brought applause from the Commons, writes for The New European, and warns of an impending human calamity .. and China's role in a new global attitude to intervention.

ALASTAIR CAMPBELL on the shameful moral vacuum that is the British government of today

How Edward Said’s support for Palestine sparked campus wars long before the woke debate.

The party's left has suffered setbacks, but could its battle with the centre allow the former president to return in 2024?

More food shortages and higher prices are likely to be the result of new Brexit checks that come into effect from October 1

SUNA ERDEM reports on a sleepy area of Germany, devoid of big cities and obvious structural advantages, whose economic success is defying orthodoxy and attracting attention as a model for levelling up left-behind regions

Reader letters: In light of the climate emergency, rail connections between the UK and Europe could become our 'Green Gateway' to the rest of Europe

Whether it's aliens, QAnon or even beliefs about cheating in the referendum, fringe beliefs are now the mainstream

Just take a look at the cabinet to see how a focus on Latin, classics and PPE [Philosophy, Politics and Economics] in schools and universities does not guarantee success

One party on its own can't save us from the Tories - it's time for a progressive alternative.

Charlie Connelly offers his selection of perfect holiday reading, from the latest new European paperbacks

Images of Ian Botham with his bat aloft and the pageantry of the Royal Wedding have created a popular memory of 1981 as a summer of national pride for Britain. But the reality was quite different

As he approaches 70, the veteran coach is ready to make the orange brilliant again

Supermarket shortages are being blamed on the 'pingdemic' - but Brexit must take its share of responsibility after 25,000 lorry drivers returned to the EU

Weakened politics... a weekly diary of the latest woes from Westminster and beyond

In the tortoise-versus-snail race to take over at the broadcasting watchdog Ofcom, the former culture minister Ed Vaizey is opening up a lead over Paul Dacre, the former Daily Mail editor

Boris Johnson’s role in wrecking the Rugby League World Cup might rank low in his long list of offences, but should not be overlooked.

Few things could better connect the continent than an affordable, integrated rail system joining up its great cities. As airlines struggle, travel horizons shorten and climate change becomes ever more pressing, if it doesn’t happen now, when will it?

How has the US – ridden with culture wars and deeply divided on so many issues – managed to largely legalise weed with so little fuss and furore, while supposedly liberal Europe lags behind?

Brexit minister Lord Frost has a reputation as Boris Johnson’s trusted, protected henchman. But his vulnerability, as well as his shortcomings, are increasingly being exposed.

Brexit and a risky Covid strategy means that the UK is the focus of close global attention this summer. Rashmee Roshan Lall reports on what the rest of the world is saying

The fight against ‘woke’ carries with it echoes of their doomed battle to hold back gay rights. 

Reader letters: Trigger issues were critical in the 2016 EU referendum and US presidential votes.

Four tug boats manoeuvre the Russian submarine Orel into position in the Gulf of Finland during preparations for Russia’s Navy Day parade.

Tim Walker reports on the latest revamp at Chequers

The home secretary was once a maverick outsider. She hasn’t changed, but the country has.