Politics

Italy’s unusually stable government under the experienced Mario Draghi is poised to collapse and take the country back to the days of ineffective alliances and controversial populists

Will a catastrophic summer in Europe deliver real change on climate policy? Not while states remain captured by fossil fuel interests

Ali Goldsworthy, Laura Osborne and Alexandra Chesterfield’s book, Poles Apart, dives into the causes and solutions to increasing polarisation

Italy’s unusually stable government under the experienced Mario Draghi teeters on the brink of collapse as it faces a confidence vote that could take the country back to the days of ineffective alliances and controversial populists

The Conservative leadership contenders are not being required to explain how they would address the devastating economic impacts of our decision to leave the EU. They should be

So-called ‘dark stores’ are surreptitiously popping up all over Europe – but is the business model sustainable in the post-pandemic world?

There is too little questioning either of the process to choose the next prime minister or scrutiny of the half-baked proposals and vacuous slogans the candidates are bringing to the table

Ahead of another vote in the Tory leadership race, former chancellor Rishi Sunak pledges to get rid of those pesky EU regulations and unleash Britain’s potential. Where have we heard that before?

As the Conservative leadership race narrows down to the final five, we look for clues to how the next prime minister might approach Brexit

The answer is both yes and no. While we can take many things from his thinking, we must be wary of his celebration of self-reliance

To prevent all-out war in Europe we have to be prepared to spend money on defence. Even if this means higher taxes and higher borrowing

For the good of the country, the Tories must seek Johnson’s immediate eviction from No 10, writes one reader

We don't know anything yet about Generation Z. Not about the world they face nor the one that awaits them. We need to change that

There is a link between UK foreign policy and recent global traumas. So what is our place in the world, and what kind of country do we want to be?

Whoever is chosen will have no personal mandate nor a manifesto that’s been tried and tested with voters

What will Boris Johnson’s departure mean for the Northern Ireland Protocol and the government’s plans to rewrite it?

I was eight years old when I discovered Albert Einstein. His words not only changed my life, but scientific thinking too

Yes, art can shape our reality. But the metaverse can show us what could be possible in our future

The question for the Tories' new leader and prime minister is if a Post-Johnson-Britain is ready for a bit more boredom. The answer to which should be yes

The European Research Group may be divided on who to back in the Tory leadership race but, in a way, this division matters less than the fact that this amorphous faction has already decided the rules of the game

Long after he is forgotten, his legacy of Brexit will still be with us. That is the real tragedy and why I feel unable to celebrate his departure

Comedian MITCH BENN on what Boris Johnson could yet do to avoid leaving Downing Street

The ongoing impasse over the Northern Ireland protocol is in no one’s interest, the European Commission's vice president has said

A desperate editorial in the Daily Mail shows how Dacre is Boris Johnson's last reliable cheerleader on Fleet Street

Patrick Ryecart's new play Carrie on Boris is near-the-knuckle stuff

Supporters of the outgoing PM share Trump-style claims of a coup organised by the media

MANDRAKE wonders why Michael Gove was nowhere to be seen ahead of his call for Boris Johnson to resign

In Ed Power's review of Ghislaine Maxwell: The Making of a Monster, MANDRAKE was misquoted

The strangely silent spokeswoman for the Aspinall Foundation may soon find herself in need of another role to fill her time

As the mercury climbs in the Greek capital and forest fires spark into life again, Athens’ chief heat officer worries about what summer will bring but tempers her fear with dreams of change in one of the world’s oldest named cities

Boris Johnson’s days as prime minister may be finally numbered but the damage his government has done will live on, not least in the scientific community where over 100 prestigious EU grants have been withdrawn as the row over the Northern Ireland Protocol poisons relations