Opinion

Donald Trump and Liz Truss have more in common than first meets the eye. Above all, their loyalties used to lie elsewhere

Liz Truss has joined the ranks of Tory PMs who fell partly or wholly thanks to internal posturing over the continent. Will Sunak be next?

The Northern Ireland Protocol points the way to a better Brexit – so, Macbeth-style, Sunak is being urged to kill it

The name’s Johnson, Boris Johnson. Licenced to kill propriety, decency and sincerity...

Rishi Sunak has taken the reins of the country. However, he has just as many reasons to be afraid as the rest of us

We used to laugh at Italy. But, after five Tory prime minister's in six years, we are now the global joke

The new prime minister is a Brexit true believer who believes in making the rich richer

The ex-PM is like a tired movie trope: the battered, near-dead villain who rises one last time to wreak more havoc. Now it’s time to lower the curtain on this horror show

The ghouls are circling for Halloween – but nobody wants this Tory leadership horror show

A generation of kids will grow up associating Conservatism with cold, hunger and political disaster. He’ll only make it worse

If the UK is forced to endure another Tory government, is there anyone out there who might be willing to face facts on Brexit?

The political chaos at home in Britain is almost matched by that in Italy

A trade collapse with the EU shows that the damage will linger on far longer than Liz Truss did

The prime minister has resigned after a farcical and disastrous 44 days

The prime minister’s reckless plans continue to radicalise even the least militant organisations

Two more years of the Tories’ destructive misgovernment would be disastrous for the UK’s economy and credibility

Mathias Döpfner is Europe’s leading media mogul; the most influential man you’ve never heard of

Mikel Arteta and Xabi Alonso are on a mission to manage at the top

Russian draft-refusers crossing the Georgian border are bringing back uncomfortable memories for locals

The spirit of Kyiv has been tested by Putin once again. But inside this indomitable city, life continues. A report from celebrated Ukrainian author Andrey Kurkov

If you think Rothko's pieces are merely calm meditative paintings, look again. Carefully.

A wave of Anti-Americanism has returned to Germany. Or, to be more accurate, it never really vanished

It is surpassing ironic that the tragedy of the Rapanui and their extraordinary statues should now be farcically repeated

Dame Angela Lansbury was a true genius and stage animal. The world has lost a real presence

Starmer’s Labour would be radical in power - and rejoining should not be ruled out if it won a second term

Jeremy Hunt has taken the wheel of Liz Truss’s clown car

Two things are central to the humiliation of Liz Truss: we don’t understand her, and she doesn’t understand us

Only the reversal of Brexit can start to fix the state three prime ministers have left the country in

The Conservative Party has driven Britain to the brink of a democratic crisis. Only a national vote can end it

The collapse of Liz Truss’s authority is the logical conclusion of the anti-EU cult that has wrecked Britain’s economy over the last six years

The Tories could unite to topple Truss. However, they are so divided at the moment that it may not be possible