Politics

British-Iranian Elika Ashoori considers what’s at stake for defiant women and girls in the country where her father was unjustly imprisoned

Liz Truss certainly had the shortest honeymoon period in British political history

Changing the current system will be disruptive, time-consuming, expensive and counterproductive

Gentrification has come to Amsterdam’s Noord borough. But not everyone is happy with the results

Our ancestors reacted quickly to seasonal change. It's time for us to prepare for the cold months ahead

After last year's election disaster in the capital, trust in Germany's democracy needs to be restored

One hundred years ago, a malign figure took power in Rome and led a country to disgrace and destruction

Far-right talk radio host Alex Jones and his listeners could spell danger for Joe Biden

What do European nations spend their money on?

The former Ukip leader's latest party may be struggling but he's personally quids in

The hard-left website's staff have taken charge and plan to run it as a co-operative

The sacked trade minister's local Conservative association has been slow to rally around him

Elon Musk’s 'peace plan poll' would trample Ukraine’s right to defend its own people from Vladimir Putin’s onslaught

Starmer has a huge lead, but what exactly are the polls telling us?

A few alternative terms for the ‘enemies of the people’, AKA everyone except Liz Truss…

Why are so many stories that are bad for the government unreported in large sections of the press? Simple. Intellectual corruption

Mortgages helped cause the 2008 financial crash. Now they may bring about a new crisis

Curiously, Boris Johnson thinks that Andrew Roberts, an avid supporter of the former PM, should receive a peerage in his resignation honours list

One journalist told MANDRAKE that Gove just saw Brexit as a chance to socialise and enjoy a sense of comradeship with 'Brexity people'

Rupert Murdoch vocalised that Lord Rothermere's Mail titles were making a blunder in championing Truss to lead the Tories

The home secretary is giving voice to the basest of her party’s instincts

It appears that she has not inherited the financial skills that her father, NR Narayana Murthy, has

System faults have left the UK being governed by the least gifted political class in memory

Whatever comes next for Russia, it will not be liberal democracy

Trickle-down economics is a big lie and always has been, argues one reader

Commentators in the US are unsure what the future holds in politics. These bizarre midterms won't shine any light on the issue

The country's nudist clubs are running out of members. Soon, Germans au naturel may become extinct

How an ex-WAG popstar brought and won a case at the European Court of Human Rights

In today's society, justice as fairness is under threat

A guide on the shortest serving leaders in European history. Happy reading prime minister!

The most important question raised by the prime minister’s speech came from the protestors who disrupted it