Politics

Whoever wins the Conservative leadership is playing catch-up with Boris Johnson on social media

Truss is preparing to form a cabinet filled with failures, opportunists and third-raters while we watch on helplessly

The 91-year-old newspaper tycoon has long been sensitive over his age. Recently he's been adopting new tactics to appear younger...

The legendary journalist Sir Harry Evans was not impressed by the Daily Mail's expletive-prone editor-in-chief

Boris Johnson's appointees form the clear majority on the BBC's board

Unfortunately, the same cannot necessarily be said for the rest of the country when he leaves Downing Street

Salma al-Shehab signalled her support for women’s rights activists. Her sentence offers a glimpse into the reality of life under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

Any political obituary of the disgraced soon-to-be ex-PM has to start with his inability to tell the truth

The institution that has been a central feature of English life for centuries is increasingly sidelined and ignored. Its very survival looks uncertain

At the end of another summer of heatwaves in Europe, could the Islamic architecture of Spain help in the ongoing battle against climate change?

The outgoing prime minister has penned a letter to supporters who wrote to him after his resignation - and it’s every bit as detached from reality as you’d expect

This lazy, entitled man is showing his true colours by swanning around during a national crisis, writes one reader

A year on from the fall of Afghanistan, one journalist’s terrifying return...

Robert Habeck is the country’s most popular politician. But a hard autumn and winter are coming...

We don't want our freedoms curtailed too much, but sometimes paternalism can save us from ourselves

Twenty-five years after her passing, the legacy of Princess Diana endures even among generations who don’t recall her death, let alone life

Liz Cheney may have lost her renomination, but we haven't seen the last of her yet

German public broadcasting has gone beyond a public service and has become excessive and expensive

Britain’s energy crisis is even harder to fix than you thought – and Truss and Sunak don’t even seem to be trying

Liz Truss is promising a bonfire of rules and regulations. But every other prime minister has tried that and failed – for good reason

Fifty years ago, Boris Spassky’s destiny became forever intertwined with that of Bobby Fischer. But the Russian deserves more credit

Renewables aren’t just about saving the planet any more – they’re a means of helping to loosen Russia’s grip on the continent and preventing future fuel price hikes

Putin blames Zelensky for the fatal car bomb that killed an ally’s daughter. Whatever the truth, the Kremlin’s dictator should be worried

The BBC is an important part of our national and cultural identity and I remain a defender of them. But, on occasion, they make doing so quite difficult

Sadly, Truss's delusional attitude means the Tory government is likely to stand in the way of the change needed to make renewables work

The Tory government have relaxed standard after standard. Why stop there? Here are some more they can lower...

A move to appoint Michael Gove editor of the Thunderer could spark a merry-go-round of moves on Fleet Street

Theresa May's chief of staff is coining it in offering the advice which proved so useful to the former prime minister

In his final days as prime minister, he was on a mission to rack up a huge bill of £450,000 on flights at the expense of the long-suffering taxpayer

The bosses of the 22 major water companies are not only excellent at awarding themselves bonuses, but also mismanaging supplies