Politics

The people are heading to the polls this weekend and whatever the result, Poland will remain starkly divided

The social network has been reprogrammed in a way that seems to encourage disinformation

Hardcore Remainers were disappointed but unbowed by Keir Starmer’s conference

The Tory Party has been taken over by cynics and fantasists, says former Telegraph editor Max Hastings – which is why he has decided to vote Labour

This week, Keir Starmer needed to show, in policy terms, how life in Britain would change if he became prime minister

What would Walt Disney have made of the USA we now find ourselves in?

Manufacturers are crying out for a long-term strategy. The government won’t supply one. Can the Labour Party step in?

It’s human nature to crave immortality, despite the pain and boredom that would accompany it

Too many Germans see support for AfD as an eastern phenomenon but the party’s vote share is growing in the west

Britain’s political class is locked in a cycle of consensus on law and order that costs a lot and delivers little

The green party has ambitions to make Bergen ‘cruise-free’ by 2027 but this will be no mean feat

Brexit has grounded the ‘snowbirds’ who headed for Spanish holiday homes each winter – and ended dreams of expat life in the sun

With a populist returned to power in Slovakia, the Czech Republic has been reminded of the ever-changing nature of nationhood

Can Donald Tusk turn back the populist tide in this weekend’s election? Or will PiS deal yet another blow to the EU’s hopes of unity?

Bologna is at risk of being turned into a tourist’s vending machine

The prime minister’s reaction to recent violence in the country has made it all too clear that the political weather is set to darken

There aren’t many outsiders in Geldo, but then there aren’t many Geldanos either

The pre-war German design school set the template for beautiful, functional modernism. Can an EU-backed revival match up?

I would take a wrecking ball to Buckingham Palace, one of the ugliest buildings in London

If the party’s mind-boggling conference is anything to go by, the Conservatives’ flight from reality is complete

Despite an invader on stage and an elephant in the room, Labour’s leader looks in control of his party and his destiny

The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street

As the aftermath of the Hamas incursion dominates the headlines, we should not take our eyes off Kosovo

A broken Tory party would turn to a Farage comeback

The shadow chancellor is winning rave reviews, but needs to tackle productivity

Letting Labour hold their conference last is another Conservative blunder

As Israel contemplates another intelligence failure, the world looks nervously at what comes next

Safety-first will not save Britain’s economy and Labour’s leader knows it

The Labour leader’s praise for Clement Attlee in a new book is significant

Authoritarian populists tolerate opposition media – as long as they only exist at the margins

Give Kosovo a path to NATO and crack down on Serbia’s Vučić, says a former Kosovan foreign minister