Politics

Bands, lawyers and architects are all suffering as Brexit damages a sector that makes up 80% of the UK economy

Scores of Afghans who helped the British in Kabul had to flee to Iran when the Taliban took power. But now Iran is sending them back, to almost certain death

As the year comes to a close, what new lingo has emerged across the continent?

Britain is a more civilised society without the death penalty. I hope this Orwellian humanitarianism prevails, but these are dark days

German immigration policy has been dominated by prefixes for too long. Now, this has finally changed

Can Britain have a grown-up conversation about its national health service?

If we want the NHS to be functional in 10 years time, we need to start having more honest conversations about the state of affairs

Racism, real or implied, has no place inside the royal family nor does it have any place in the nation this family represents

Moroccans were blamed for riots in Brussels after their World Cup upset of Belgium. But what really happened?

The “message to Putin” idea merely made Zahawi look in need of close nursing assistance himself

Faced with the first episode of stagflation since the 1970s, it's now time to rethink

Neil Kinnock introduced me to a new word this week and it perfectly sums up the silence and dishonesty surrounding the Brexit debate

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Its failure to break through has left room for far-right parties to prosper across the continent

Nurses are the heart of the NHS. They are dedicated, skilled, knowledgeable and wise. This is why it’s time to value them and pay them properly

It is five years since the Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered. Her son Matthew talks about his family’s continuing fight against corruption

Greece’s wildest peninsular, the Mani, is a place of ruined towers and ‘functional anarchy’

We must be realistic and patient when it comes to the campaign for rejoining the European Union

The US justice department’s investigation into Donald Trump could spell the end for him as a political force

Brexit has damaged British construction through a self-inflicted skills shortage and higher prices for imported raw materials

What is behind this new wave of bullying allegations? Part of the answer lies in the UK's political system and Westminster's bizarre culture

There is enough pseudo-martyrdom going on as it is without the rise in climate activism

Some have labelled Cantona an existentialist. Partly because he is French and partly as he defies conventions. But, is that warranted?

Cantona was a catalyst for change. He had a profound effect not just on football, but on Manchester, and by extension, the nation

From a Nordic baby boom to a drop in Lithuania and Romania, how birth rates compare across the continent

Spain’s most important port is over 300km from the sea

There is no doubt that in order to save British business we need to learn to live with high migration. The only question is how

After all, once he’s free of Twitter he’ll be looking for something else to do

Brexit created an economic black hole. But, some politicians would still rather fall in it than fill it in

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