Politics

Everything the former prime minister touched, he sullied. The former BBC chairman is more collateral damage

Post-Brexit Britain does not have the money or the political will to respond to challenges from the US and EU

Can a plutocrat King in a country ravaged by Brexit and the cost-of-living crisis reinvent the monarchy to keep it alive?

Claims that Remainers are lying about the true cost of leaving the EU are more ridiculous than ever

The philosopher turned to Star Trek to tackle some of life's biggest questions

Each year, spring toys with our emotions but the wait makes its delights all the sweeter

The story of Odysseus’s Italian origins are surprisingly popular and Sicilian tourism companies know how to capitalise on this

Dominic Raab’s pathetic conspiracy theories are yet another example of how the Conservative edifice continues to crumble

Right wingers sniping at Joe Biden is one more example of their delusion about Britain’s importance to the US

Trump is back, Carlson is gone - it’s all about the money for Murdoch. The real-life Logan Roy is bigger than fiction

The anti-Starmer slur isn’t catching on. If the prime minister is stuck, there are some better insults to reach for

From Suella Braverman’s claim over “British values” to Rishi Sunak’s more general assault on “lefties”, the government is engaged in an attack on ideological pluralism

Don’t expect a kitchen photo-op from Olaf Scholz and his wife, Britta Ernst, any time soon

They all did. But they campaigned for it anyway

The former First Lady’s account on The Rest Is Politics LEADING is one of the most remarkable pieces of explanation I have ever witnessed

The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street

Britain needs innovation. For that to happen, people need to believe it is a country with a future, not just a past

A new, much nastier Conservatism is rearing its head – and has its eyes on power

The shifting make-up of Britain’s electorate will put pressure on both

New chair of the European Movement gives surprise backing to Labour’s cautious approach

In Algeria and Polynesia, the shadow of French atomic and nuclear experiments in the 1950s and 60s still causes suffering and anger

A night at Edinburgh University offers a glimpse of Gen Z’s political future

Extraordinarily, three years after the UK formally left the EU, it will be the first time that MPs have had an opportunity to debate the impact of Brexit

He is the poster boy for a generation of Conservative politicians who have made Britain more divided, isolated and poorer

Brexit pressures, from a devalued pound to a worker shortage, are to blame

An inquiry decision is imminent, but here is what the case tells us about the deputy PM and the nature of bullies

What has Brexit got to do with the fate of the critically endangered big cat? Quite a lot – and many other species will be affected, too

There are some less crass and more accurate ways for Labour to attack the government

Germany has shut down its last remaining nuclear power plants, despite concerns over volatile power grids and rising energy costs

It wasn’t Hugh Grant or Emma Watson who brought Britain to its knees, but the populist and privileged right

The irony at the heart of his moral philosophy is as relevant today as it was in the 18th century