Opinion

The normally talkative party have little to say on America’s abandonment of Zelensky and the western alliance. Why?

The hard right in the US and UK rely on deception and outright lies to make their case. It is time to weaponise the truth – before it’s too late

Education reform is the neglected piece in Labour’s growth agenda and central to the fight against far right populism. Keir Starmer should make it a priority

By palling up with populists and parroting their talking points, the leader has taken the Tories down a slippery slope to extremism

JD Vance’s rant against a British law banning protests outside abortion clinics is pure hypocrisy - and nothing at all to do with free speech

Two new books on the current threat to western democracy come to very different conclusions about who’s to blame and what to do about it

The six-foot-six Friedrich Merz tends to look down on people - but his tenacity could be just what a troubled country needs

In a new book, the author argues that faced with multiple global crises, western civilisation is under threat – from the inside

Irmin Schmidt on the hypnotic chemistry of Can, Europe's most influential band

The country’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk wants forgotten victims released and war criminals punished. But those hopes seem further away than ever

Solitude and flatlining social mobility are shuttering millions into a network of conspiracies and grievance. We need new strategies to break them out

Another worthwhile intervention on youth mobility from London’s mayor will be ignored by his own party

A new poll shows opinions shifting on whether the US can still be seen as an ally

How can the chancellor afford increased defence spending without tax rises or public service cuts? There is one way out

Undoing the damage done by leaving the EU is like crossing a fast-flowing stream. It must be done in one jump

His previous attempt to start a trade war with China only rebounded on America. This time round, might the US president try to cut a deal?

The left knows how to fight austerity and centrists, but it has so far failed against the far right. Europe's future rests on its ability to learn

The debate over the future of the new technology was between the US and EU. The danger for Britain is that we begin to look irrelevant

The third instalment of Mike White's acclaimed series is back with its usual love of mystery, lurking lust and dark humour

The industry is split about Reform’s leader appearing at their rallies against inheritance tax

Not even his shocked closest allies know what drove Donald Trump’s Ukraine sell-out

The programme’s swipes at the far right, GB News and toxic men have outraged some viewers

Closer EU alignment would boost growth, strengthen our hand against an unpredictable US and set a trap for Farage and Badenoch

Greenland, the Panama Canal, trade wars, the Gaza riviera, surrendering to Putin – and it’s only week three. Most of it won’t happen. But some of it might. And that’s the problem

This Munich moment means Starmer must borrow to rearm, then forge stronger ties with the EU

Politicians like Starmer and Scholz govern while looking over their shoulders. Rightists like Trump are more adept at concentrating power and using it

In a response to a critical analysis in the New European, Best for Britain argues that its growth numbers on greater UK-EU alignment do make sense, and that they reflect political reality

If even just one place were to open in a big city, and start offering decently priced, unfussy French bistro classics, they would become gazillionaires in a matter of weeks

What might be most enamouring about the gourmet bistro in Trondheim is that it doesn’t share the ludicrous prices of some of its more famous Scandi counterparts

Damien Hirst’s work is stale, insular, highly lucrative. Why were we ever taken in by him?

The plans she has suggested so far will only yield economic benefits years into the future. But what can she do straight away?

A Leave-voting fisheries owner from the red wall was invited to praise Brexit – but told the channel it had been a disaster for his business