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James Ball

The new Brexit time bomb

A refresh of EU product safety standards, GPSR, will be a disaster for the UK’s small exporters, with the government little help

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If Musk wants to give Farage £100m, let him

There’s a good case for shaking up UK campaign finance - but banning one particular donation would backfire

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The assisted dying debate adds to Starmer’s woes

Victory for Kim Leadbeater’s bill won’t stop legitimate doubts about it - or it becoming a distraction for a PM struggling to define himself

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The Louise Haigh affair is a cock-up by Team Starmer

Why has No.10 been so swift to wield the axe now when the PM has known about her conviction for years?

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The rise of the ‘fuck you’ party

Across the world, a new coalition is growing – of exhausted people on all sides who are gunning for Scholz, Macron... and Starmer

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Why Britain can’t afford to ignore X

A social media rumour about Keir Starmer has attracted millions of views – aided by far right figures who amplify conspiracy theories online

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Is Germany’s economy kaput?

With a declining industrial base, a lack of support for emerging sectors, and a shaky financial landscape, the country’s downturn might be here to stay

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Yes, farmers have been stitched up – but not by inheritance tax

These protests have picked the wrong cause. Brexit is what they should be angriest about

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Thanks to Trump, Bitcoin is booming.. but it is still useless

Key questions about the cryptocurrency remain unanswered even as the Republican’s victory causes it to soar

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Can anyone make the Church of England relevant?

The next Archbishop of Canterbury has an almost impossible job

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The Democrats: the losers who knew best

Arrogant and stuck on broadcast mode, the Democrats have stopped listening to America

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Dominic Cummings: a one hit blunder

The former political adviser has mistaken himself for a visionary intellectual rebel. If that’s so, why is his legacy so small – and crap?

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How Europe should deal with Trump

As Ukraine despairs and Europe’s populists cheer Trump’s win, Keir Starmer faces up to the need to rejoin the single market

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The night when hope ebbed away

Trump is now ominously close to victory as the Harris surge proved a fantasy

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Badenoch inherits the poisoned chalice

The new Tory leader has been handed a shaky mandate by a depleted party rooted in deep denial

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The White House race is ending in chaos and calamity

The Harris v Trump contest remains on a knife-edge. So does the country

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Where’s the vision, Rachel?

The Budget largely avoided tough choices as the new chancellor put pressure on Wes Streeting by throwing cash at the NHS

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America, nihilist nation

The shining city on the hill has become a citadel of darkness. Whoever wins, American optimism is dead

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A crowd-pleasing open goal for Labour

This £200m policy would help children and be the first step to restarting Sure Start

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Spot the lies in Farage’s tale of his Trump trips

The Reform leader’s attack on Labour over its activists volunteering for Kamala Harris has blown up in his face

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Can Kamala do it?

The Democrats are united and have stuck to a plan that has worked so far. But if it goes wrong, the party could go into meltdown

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How to kill a newspaper

Owned by an oligarch and run by an editor who seems suddenly out of his depth, the London Evening Standard has been subjected to a slow, cruel death

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Alan Johnson’s lesson for Keir Starmer

Johnson says that his new book on Harold Wilson isn’t meant as a message to the current PM. But it is

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Carla Denyer: the most ignored woman in British politics

The Green party risks being dismissed as a hard left protest vote – how can it broaden its appeal?

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The Taylor Swift scandal is not a scandal

Giving a police escort to a woman who has been a terror target was the right thing to do

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The burden of assisted dying

Putting a cherished but broken NHS at the centre of a complex moral argument is fraught with danger

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Pension credit claims double after winter fuel raid

Rachel Reeves will have less to spend - but will argue the rise in applications vindicates her strategy

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Losing Sue Gray won’t end the Starmer drama

Her departure offers the chance for a reset - but fixing Labour’s stumbling start needs much more than a reshuffle

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Cleverly deals a blow to Jenrick and Badenoch

An unexpectedly strong Tory conference speech leaves the right wing candidates unsure of reaching the final vote

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The case for audacity

Labour must deliver policies that make people glad they voted for a new government

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There is no Starmer superinjuction

Baseless rumours about the PM, Lord Alli and a court order are a right wing fantasy fuelled by grifter ‘journalists’ and social media

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There’s a whiff of Truss about Badenoch

Tory MPs are worried by the former trade secretary’s gaffe over maternity benefits

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