Opinion

Comedian MITCH BENN explains it is barely an adequate metaphor to define what this government is doing.

Like the Labour Party in Britain, the Democrats are tearing themselves apart, and turning voters away with their public spats.

From the same people who brought you the 'watertight' plan to rescue Owen Paterson, their latest proposal will reignite the Brexit debate.

Tory knives are sharpening for a leader of the house who has lost all credibility.

In the latest u-turn from the government, Boris Johnson has relented to pressure from the Daily Mail over how MPs are policed.

The government is doing irreparable damage to the country, its global standing, and its democracy.

WILL SELF on the latest production of the James Bond franchise.

Afghan female judges and lawyers left behind in Kabul and beyond now have targets on their backs. BARONESS HELENA KENNEDY makes an impassioned plea for intervention.

Without properly thought-through measures from the government this piece of legislation risks making the internet worse.

As crises mount, the polls show voters turning at last. But the national newspapers that backed Leave – even the two now edited by Remainers – continue to pretend there is nothing wrong.

Diversity has to be created from within the organisation, or it becomes pointless and useless in the long run.

From U-bend to U-turn, NIGEL WARBURTON on the role of disgust in UK politics

ALASTAIR CAMPBELL's weekly diary looks at how 'Global Britain' exists as just a slogan.

What began as a friendly alternative to costly hotels is displacing locals and turning community areas into tourist-only playgrounds.

Britain’s Far Right is now intensely Eurosceptic, but there was a time when it provided Britain’s most pro-European voice of all.

The decision to block a Hebrew version of her latest book because of her dislike of what she sees as an apartheid state in Israel has seen the author come under fire.

One thing's for sure, he's certainly ready to try.

All the while, Labour's deputy leader at PMQs served Boris Johnson with a reminder that the Tories cannot go on cheating the public forever.

As Twitter goes full-on berserko over the "non-EU salt and pepper" crisis, the fact that shoppers and staff at the supermarket are about to be stuffed appears to have been forgotten

One comic’s take on the Dave Chappelle controversy

The Harry Potter author has become shorthand for so-called terfdom in the increasingly bitter debate over sex, gender and trans rights. It is a story of our times.

With Boris Johnson looking to approve the next political editor at the BBC, comedian MITCH BENN looks at other decisions Number 10 might want to influence.

Your weekly check on how well Brexit is going (SPOILER: Not very well)

In this week's reader letters, Keir Starmer is reminded of his six key Brexit tests.

Employees are quitting their jobs, of their own accord, at exceedingly high rates. Welcome to a new era of work.

Julian Nagelsmann has been managing the team from his kitchen, but Bayern Munich's spirits won't be dimmed.

The culture secretary's recent fury against the BBC’s Nick Robinson won't win her any favours with the public.

With cases like Emily Ratajkowski's, two lines of enquiry are usually made. Both of which miss the point.

The new justice secretary appears to be leading the Tories' assault on European Convention on Human Rights.

In a grim week, one man can always be relied upon to put a smile on our collective faces. That man is, of course, Matt Hancock.

The Tories appear to be exploiting a weakness in humans, where they will tolerate pain and suffering over comfort.

In his weekly diary ALASTAIR CAMPBELL gives his account of his experience in Ireland talking British politics.