The moral depravity of Robert Jenrick
A high-profile English politician proposes the idea of killing immigrants in the English Channel. How has it come to this?
Politics
Is this really all the Brexiteers have got left?
Parliament held a debate on joining the EU. But where were all the Conservative and Reform MPs who championed our departure in the first place?
Hungary’s lesson to the world: Populism isn’t permanent
Under Orbán, Hungary seemed lost to the far right. But a new PM has shown how to pull a nation back from authoritarianism – and it’s working
Kemi Badenoch, queen of delusion
The Tories think they’re doing brilliantly when they’re not. And their leader’s incoherent plan will make it harder for them to win
Letter of the week: Burnham’s popularity will fade – he must not waste this chance
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Make Washington DC square again
America’s capital city was originally a square shape, and a new law aims to restore its original boundaries. But is it in fact a case of gerrymandering?
Hungary’s lesson to the world: Populism isn’t permanent
Under Orbán, Hungary seemed lost to the far right. But a new PM has shown how to pull a nation back from authoritarianism – and it’s working
The eviction that could sway a general election
When Maricarmen Abascal was removed from her home, Madrid erupted in protests. Now, her death could determine the political direction of the country
My sincere advice to you – go back in time
The best defence against the people trying to manipulate the past for their own ends is to read history. Lots of it. Trust me, you will not regret it
A German spy chief was arrested – but who was he spying for?
The authorities came out quickly to say it wasn’t Russia. But if not them, then who? And was he giving them anything of any use?
23 stupid reasons why Britain should never rejoin the European Union
Despite Andy Burnham’s views on Brexit, there are some arguments for not going back into the EU. Here are a few to get you started
Andy Burnham wants to get back into Europe – here’s how he can do it
Britain and the EU need one another, and the answer is to bring in the UK on a new form of membership. This is what it would look like
The Conservatives get their net zero figures wrong… by nearly £500 billion
The party’s flagship policy document managed to double the actual cost of meeting net zero targets – by counting figures twice
Letter of the week: We have everything we need to fight the climate crisis
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The 60% problem: Why a hotter climate is a crisis for the UK economy
Drought is hitting British farms just as war and supply shocks make our food supplies more vulnerable
Andrew Neil, the wally with the brolly
The broadcaster posted an umbrella emoji as he mocked those predicting a scorching summer
Reform’s farmers are feeling the heat
As the fifth heatwave in four months blasts Britain, even Nigel Farage’s climate science deniers are struggling
Jeremy Clarkson reaps what he sows (literally)
The TV farmer worries that his harvest is ‘fucked’. Has he met the Sunday Times columnist who has rubbished all efforts to combat climate change?
The brutal beauty of the Soviet hotels that spied on their guests
A photographer’s tour of the monumental and stunning people’s palaces with informers behind reception and hidden KGB listening posts on the 23rd floor
The ‘creator economy’ doesn’t actually exist
There’s a huge global industry that’s grown up around the idea that anyone can make money out of ‘content’. But it’s a total fiction
The man who went down AI’s weirdest rabbit hole
Unearthing the Pokémon and paranoia lurking deep inside the tech – and the minds of those who work with it
The quantum algorithm that could crack the world
Back in the 1990s, the scientist Peter Shor devised a quantum computer algorithm that could undermine almost all digital security. Has its time come?
Oh look – Mark Zuckerberg’s trying to be cuddly
After the ‘perv glasses’ disaster, the Meta boss is back with a new, cuter idea. And judging by the US response, it seems to be working. For now
Everyone hates data centres – and I don’t blame them
Data centres are huge, noisy, polluting, provide no local jobs, look horrible and are being built in residential areas. A backlash is brewing – a big one
The woman who’s seen the end of America
Why Slavoj Žižek probably hates you
Why Ruth Ellis still haunts us
James Ellroy still wants to fight you
Can films fight fascism? Mark Cousins thinks so
Vicky Krieps, the woman who won’t play along
The unshakeable confidence of Julian Schnabel
