Opinion

Despite the pandemic and record waiting lists, health spending has gone up less than was promised

After an influx of ex-Labour voters, are they still the party of the climate crisis – or of Corbyn, or Gaza?

Thousands of Georgians are protesting against the "Russian law", refusing to give up their hopes of joining the EU

Don’t believe everything you think you hear

Labour has yet to find satisfactory answers to the Brexit question

Racist discrimination in the game is becoming more noticeable than ever. Does Italy intend to do something about it and is the solution to the issue black and white?

Younger voters are being heavily courted by the far-right ahead of the European elections

The close-knit ‘forgotten’ borough of Staten Island is a Republican stronghold – in stark contrast to the rest of New York City

Affordable housing should be a defining election issue for Britain’s young people

The comical hypocrisy of right wing panic over new border schemes

Talk of turning a corner is premature when we’re worse off than this time last year

Labour’s embrace of a defector with a whole lot of baggage raises questions about where Keir Starmer draws the line

Scottish voters are switching from the SNP to Labour – but support for independence is holding up

With many ageing males, the locus of anxiety is, of course, an actual locus on the head

Europe Day is here again – and despite the EU’s problems, it is well worth celebrating

After Covid, the job fits the employee’s life, not the other way round – how can we handle that shift?

The Tory reign will shortly come to an end, and this bunch of incompetent charlatans will not be remembered fondly

Labour thinks nationalising trains is a vote-winner. But a rail trip through the continent shows delays and strikes are problems there too

If the Bank of England is right, the reverberations will be felt around the country

There is still time for the campus mayhem in America to contribute to a political disaster

Labour should scrap the Tories’ assault on PIP from day one, ending the victimisation of the long-term sick

Unlike our PM, the Greek leader listens to questions and actually answers them

Fred Zinnemann’s classic Western is full of tired, scared, cynical people. In that, it is like a Godard or a Cassavetes

Plato addressed many of the questions that have been at the centre of discussion for almost 2,500 years

Almost 2,000 restaurants went bust last year, but Rishi Sunak and co are apparently uninterested

‘Leitkultur’ called for a consensus on civil norms but it was – intentionally – misunderstood

The military coup hastened the end of the Portuguese empire, and triggered the country’s turn towards Europe

Rishi Sunak looks safe despite new humiliation.. but only because his rivals want him to own a general election defeat

Americans aren’t exactly my people, but I loved being among them for a little while

Salemi’s status as capital lasted a mere 24 hours, but the pride its residents feel today is immeasurable.

This year’s contest in Malmö is at risk of being overshadowed by a fear of violence

During the city’s Las Fallas festival, Valencia becomes a source of never-ending joviality