Politics

Ken Burns, the great documentary-maker, returns with a masterful study of the American revolution. The resonances for the present day are hard to miss

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The government doesn’t need to legislate for every possible crime. Why? Because most people know the difference between right and wrong – as I discovered

The German right wing extremists are guilty of the very thing they criticised in other parties. Hypocrisy is not a good look, especially in an election year

The Taliban government in Afghanistan has just released a new penal code. The rules it sets out are relentlessly brutal and backward

The economic projections in the chancellor’s statement today have been made obsolete by war in Iran. Rachel Reeves would have won sympathy if she had acknowledged this. She didn’t

On the off chance something good does emerge from this chaotic conflict, don’t rush to give the President any credit for it

The Metropolitan Police claims to have changed, but its reforms fail to address its systemic issues. Five years after Sarah’s murder, I still do not trust them

The German chancellor is in Washington meeting Trump, a man who sees Europe as irrelevant, who supports Merz’s opponents and who is political poison. What can he hope to gain?

We know what happens when the US breaks something and then walks away. The result is catastrophe. The problem is, Trump doesn’t really care

The US and Israeli assault on Iran has the potential to escalate into a broader international conflict. Not only that, but Trump has put the entire global economy in danger

The experiences of Iraq and Libya show what happens when the west attacks but has no plan.

Trump wants to decapitate the Iranian regime. But the danger now is a proliferating conflict that runs out of control

Starmer may think his party is fighting a war on two fronts. But the reality is far worse than that

Even if he loses the general election, Orbán will retain his grip on the country’s institutions, which he has stacked with his placemen. That could spell disaster for whoever wins – and for Hungary

The Reform candidate in Gorton and Denton tried to blame “woke” ideology and “Islamism” for his by-election defeat. Might it be that actually, he and his politics are just not very appealing?

European funds can now be used to provide abortion across the continent. Campaigners have faced personal and political obstacles fighting for this result. Has a real moment of change arrived?

Charles Kushner – Jared’s dad – spent two years in jail after secretly filming his brother-in-law with a prostitute. So naturally Donald Trump made him ambassador to France. It’s been a disaster

The Labour strategy in Gorton and Denton backfired disastrously, and drove its core voters towards the Greens. If it doesn’t change course, the same thing could happen at the general election

The full transcript of Spencer's speech as the Green party pulls off a landmark victory - in a significant blow to Keir Starmer

The europhobes said if we left the EU, other countries would follow. Wrong. In fact, the opposite has happened – nations are now clamouring to get in

The battle for Labour is to keep US-style bigotry out of Britain. To do that, it cannot simply change its language on immigration and race. It must also change policies

Canvassing, former school bullies and a snoring, prosecco-filled Johnathan Gullis are just some of the challenges when campaigning for high office

Author David Marsh spoke to 160 key players - and they painted a picture of a continent losing its way

The PM’s constant u-turns and lack of any apparent plan are a gift for the extremists, who feed off the sense of chaos and drift

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The idea emerged at a time very different to our own, and now the Silicon Valley tech bros have revealed what was true all along – that the notion of ‘progress’ is riddled with contradictions

They’re the single largest demographic group in America and arguably the most politically influential – yet they seem to attract the ire and contempt of political figures from all sides

The problem is that the secret international network of powerful men that Epstein created around himself will only convince the paranoid fantasists they were on to something

In Pakistan, the courts are no longer there to administer the law – they have become extensions of the security state. It is a worrying indicator of where the US may be heading

Young people can’t get a job nowadays. It’s not because they’re workshy, or snowflakes – it’s because last year, over a million 16-24 year olds were chasing just 17,000 positions. The result? Misery

It’s a horrific digital age crime that often targets the young and is almost impossible to stop. The only real option is to disrupt the perpetrators’ business model