Politics

Britain’s laws on contempt of court may be a relic of the pre-internet age, but they are still in force. If you break the rules, you can collapse a trial

Meta has got a bit of a PR problem with its new product. Not only are Zuckerberg’s new glasses creepy, they’re also not very good

Keir Starmer said his government would not intrude on voters’ lives, but ended up producing a downpour of new laws. The new PM must not make the same mistake

Britain has saved people from tyrannical regimes by welcoming them in – but it has also rejected vast numbers of people. And there is a cost to that

Andy Burnham calls it ‘Manchesterism’. Other countries have tried it too, with varying degrees of success.

The new PM must be radical – including on Britain’s place in Europe

A new threat assessment says the country’s water system faces a new, more troubling level of threat – the only answer is nationalisation

When the senator and close ally of Donald Trump died recently, his senate seat was inherited by his sister. This has never happened before in US history

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He voted against paying women to give birth for you – then paid one himself

The Russian Orthodox Church is building churches in Kenya and is looking to expand its influence. But somehow Kenyans are still ending up dead in Ukraine

Under Starmer, younger voters went Green. The way to get them back is to tell a better story about the future – and Burnham is the one to do it

The new PM was expected to redeploy a few of his predecessor’s loyalists - but they have been purged from his Cabinet

With help from the US president, Andrew Tate and his band of toxic swindlers teach boys how to distrust institutions, embrace grievance and hate women

Secretary-general of Nato, or Strictly Come Dancing contestant? The possibilities are endless

We can’t really read the new prime minister if we don’t know what he reads

The Taliban has been back in power for five years and has introduced a brutally repressive regime against women. How long can it last?

The new prime minister is no theocrat. But he has been quite open about the influence of religion upon his politics

The first CPAC GB conference was chaotic, confused and sparsely attended – but also a harbinger of danger to come

The new PM should be careful about talking up the importance of where you're from

His first speech as leader wasn't memorable, but it may end up being significant

The EU is banning airlines from charging for hand luggage. Guess who will only, at best, half-benefit?

The Reform leader’s right hand money man, who did time in the US for fraud, is surrounded by a series of deeply troubling unanswered questions

By throwing out everyone she disagrees with, Badenoch is making the Tories both narrow and insular – and people don’t vote for parties like that

He’s by far the most qualified candidate for the job. If Burnham doesn’t put Ed in No11, he will have weakened himself from the start – just like Starmer

Nigel Farage is facing a man with a bin on his head and plenty of predecessors on his side

Keir Starmer deserved to go - but the machinery of government can’t withstand another implosion in No 10

Norway has always been a hotbed of enemy spies, but most of them have always been Russian. The new threat is from the Chinese

Expecting to escape scrutiny over that £5m donation was a huge blunder – and a gift to Burnham

Starmer didn’t do much for disabled people. It’s time for his successor to bring the changes we need – and if the next PM gets it right, everyone will feel the benefit

The problem for the hip outsider is that, if you suddenly become the most powerful person in the country, your old ways don’t look the same any more

AI firms have been hiring philosophers to deal with the moral questions thrown up by their platforms. But are they just window-dressing?