Politics

The annual crisis over Protestant marches might have been avoided had we followed Mandela’s example

Our national obsession with immigration – and the pejorative language we use about it – has got to change

John Healey needs to find a huge amount of money – but he can’t cut welfare or put up taxes on ‘working people’. So what options does the chancellor actually have?

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Narendra Modi has a plan for winning the next election – and the thousands of demonstrators on the streets don’t like it one bit

New Musk-run voting machines, Kansas ruled not a real state and Hegseth to face a firing squad… is this America’s future?

Brussels wants a deal done fast before a probable Le Pen victory in France – but unrealistic spending proposals make that unlikely

The comforting idea that we can understand and persuade our enemies is leading the world towards disaster

The PM’s first budget must show the meaning behind his mantra – by challenging us to be citizens rather than impatient observers

In an exclusive extract from his brilliant new book Persevilience, Alastair Campbell reflects on his time at the heart of the New Labour media operation, and what it taught him

Our parents, friends and colleagues pass away – but their memories, their values and the advice we think they would give us live on

Fraud counts for 50% of all UK crime, and a large amount originates from overseas. But the victims aren’t just the westerners who lose their money

The polls are clear – an overwhelming number of voters want to rejoin the EU. Millions of Brexit voters have died and the young want to get back in

The original complaints about school conditions have been completely lost in a mess of competing political interests, many of which are being driven from abroad

ITV’s documentary reveals the party as a hotbed of racists baying for concentration camps and executions

The PM’s former advisor isn’t convinced by the bargain the AI companies are offering. They stand to make trillions: but what do we get in return?

Son of the extremist former president Jair Bolsonaro, Flávio offers more of the same culture war, Trumpy chaos. It is the country that will bear the brunt – again

A Guinea-Bissau medical aims to investigate side effects that decades of research have failed to find

A high-profile English politician proposes the idea of killing immigrants in the English Channel. How has it come to this?

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?

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 Tories think they’re doing brilliantly when they’re not. And their leader’s incoherent plan will make it harder for them to win

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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?

The godmother of ‘alternative facts’ assured me the president loved Zelensky – just as he was stabbing him in the back with Putin

The Bosphorus has been a contested waterway for centuries, and the lessons of its history have never been more relevant

The leader is unlikely to break through while she remains openly eager to help the wealthy and contemptuous of middle-of-the-road Conservatives

When Maricarmen Abascal was removed from her home, Madrid erupted in protests. Now, her death could determine the political direction of the country

From the far north of the Lone Star State down to the Mexican border, people feel their way of life is under threat. And they know who’s responsible

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

Oxford professor Lola Salem, who lived with the former politician for two years, has been charged with possession of indecent images of children

The two insurgent parties peaked last December and since then it’s been all downhill. It looks like we are returning to the old days of Conservatives v Labour