Spies, lies and Britain’s prize: We still need a Brexit inquiry
A photo of three Bulgarians convicted of espionage for Russia at a Commons committee on EU membership has opened up an old question
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The ‘Brexit benefit’ trade deal shows we’re weaker out of the EU
Keir Starmer has done the best he could at a relatively low cost, knowing Britain lacks the backing to fully stand up to Trump
Starmer’s realism won’t go far in fantasyland politics
Starmer is doing deals as old certainties vanish. But frustrated voters will be hard to convince
Apparently I hate Winston Churchill
That’s the view of some people on the British right. But getting emotional over history is a sure sign that you’re abusing it for political ends
Wobbling Starmer must not turn back on the Brexit reset
You’ll never please Nigel Farage – so there is no point in the prime minister trying to appease him
PMQs review: Is Kemi Badenoch getting her strategy from the Two Ronnies?
The Conservative leader quizzed the PM on Tony Blair’s net zero comments, just a week too late. Meanwhile, Ed Davey went all Pastor Niemöller
Rachel Reeves may have to U-turn on non-doms
The average taxpayer will have little sympathy, but evidence suggests Labour’s hard line could damage its growth ambitions
Alastair Campbell’s diary: Labour can’t beat Farage at his own game
Don’t fight him where he is strong, fight him where he is weak – the economy, the NHS, Putin, Trump, climate, and yes, Brexit
The populist war on law
From El Salvador to Greater Lincolnshire via the White House, populists want to sweep aside the criminal justice system as we know it
Letters: Virginia Giuffre was betrayed by society
What happened to her as a 17-year-old was appalling, but was it down to the failings of a brainwashed society obsessed with celebrity?
Labour’s lunacy and asylum policy
Taking migrants out of hotels into private rented housing is another socially conservative move destined to blow up in the government’s face
What happened when the lights went out in Spain
A major power outage across the Iberian peninsula caused panic and unexpected joy as people rediscovered simplicity, resilience and community
Lie of the Week: Farage on Reform’s NHS policy
Cartoon: Is Trump now just a mad king?
Germansplaining: The AfD extremists
As tempting as the dream of an AfD-free Bundestag may be, banning the party wouldn’t make the anger and fear that fuel it disappear
Can Starmer avoid the Farage trap?
Previous prime ministers have tried to deal with Farage by pandering to his ideas, and it’s led to disaster. Starmer must avoid the same fate
Labour’s right-wing are obsessed with culture wars
Transfixed by the culture wars, the government’s immigration policy is being driven by Labour’s right wing – it’s going to blow up in their faces
Laura Loomer, the real first lady
Loomer, rumoured to be Donald Trump’s girlfriend, is a hardcore right wing extremist. It’s a shame she’s also one of the most influential people in America
The ghosts of Downing Street
If Keir Starmer learns from the mistakes made by Jim Callaghan and Gordon Brown, he can navigate a successful course through stormy economic waters
Bring back office culture!
Working from home has its benefits. But a whole generation of people who once would have learned on the job now have no one around to learn from
Putin’s tortured prisoners of war
Evidence and eyewitness testimony shows how Russia has maimed some Ukrainian PoWs. But other soldiers and civilians have simply disappeared from sight
On the Arctic at least, Trump is right
Russia and China’s superiority in the ‘High North’ could allow them to sever a key supply route between America and Europe
Britain has finally become a European country
With the collapse of the two main parties, the rise of populism and an obsession with immigration, the UK now looks more continental than ever
Farage’s net zero policy would be a disaster
Reform are winning by offering wrong answers to real problems. Switching off the booming green economy is worse than Brexit
Labour’s Reform copycat act has backfired
Following Farage on immigration while cutting money from OAPs and the disabled has been a disaster
How the Tory party can survive political extinction
Badenoch is receiving extensive media training in an attempt to soften her image. But her image is not the problem
Ukraine’s defiance is rarer than minerals
The most egregious demands from the US-Ukraine minerals deal’s first draft have gone. But, in Kyiv, there are fears that it still offers no concrete security guarantees
Both Labour and the Tories should be terrified
Yesterday’s vote shows that the Reform party has now passed a crucial tipping point
If Brexit is so unpopular, why is Farage winning?
Labour are unwilling to attack the Reform leader’s greatest weakness
PMQs review: Keir Starmer actually makes a good joke shock
It has taken 3,646 days since he became an MP, but Keir Starmer today made an actual funny joke at Prime Minister’s Questions
The slow death of local news
Proper reporting is fading out as papers shrink or fold. Who will hold the powerful to account?
The Trump who cried wolf on Wall Street
Donald Trump swore he would face down the world – then blinked first. His aura is damaged forever
The great Trump meltdown
Is it too much to hope that, eventually, Trump’s constant lying and backtracking will be enough to bring down his administration?
How Merz can build his coalition
Scholz’s successor will exceed expectations – but only as the bar for the chancellor-designate has been set so low
Argentina’s lithium wars
President Milei is selling out his own country and its indigenous people along with it
Brexit is a killer
The diagnosis for cancer patients and researchers has got considerably worse since we left the EU. Does the government have the courage to act?
What the hell happened to Neil Oliver?
One minute he was the king of cosy Sunday night TV, the next he was on GB News ranting about Covid-creating elites and turbo cancer. What went wrong?
Goodbye Mr Globalism
Klaus Schwab, the man who founded the Davos summit, had a vision for the world. But things haven’t turned out the way he wanted
Letters: After that ruling, let’s restore respect
Most of us are happy to live and let live, but objected to being told that we were bigots, transphobes or Nazis
Lie of the week: Trump and Columbus Day
Tim Bradford’s Cartoon: Donald Trump’s guide to clothes
Inside the minds of extremists
The media often describes terrorists as manifestations of evil, or as zombie-like products of indoctrination, but we urgently need a better account than that
Should Labour copy Carney’s Trump strategy?
Despite the Canadian PM’s stunning win, it does not follow that being tough with the US will be good for Starmer or Britain
The unwanted return of Nick Clegg
The former deputy PM wants you to listen to his big ideas about the EU. But does anyone care?
Welcome home to Gilead
In a world reordered by Trump, The Handmaid’s Tale is now more relevant than Nineteen Eighty-Four
We can’t trust Trump, so prioritising an EU trade deal is a no-brainer
A massive 46% of our exports and imports are via Europe – so why not make that easier?
The murder of Virginia Giuffre
Society fails survivors of child sexual exploitation over and over
Meeting fascists in the graveyard
Spain is still mourning its Civil War dead. But not everyone sees the nation’s history in quite the same way
Gen Z’s problems are all our fault
To understand why they are finding it so difficult to become adults, we need to look at where we all went wrong
Who makes the Pope’s coffin?
Deep inside the Vatican, in a highly secret location, a group of carpenters were tasked with creating a very special casket