Politics

Paul Johnson, the former head of Britain’s most important economic think tank, spent years scrutinising the UK. In his new book, he reveals one of the biggest misconceptions people have about the country and how it works

Dozens of far right extremists, racists, Islamophobes, conspiracists and homophobes have somehow passed Reform’s rigorous vetting and now stand on the brink of victory

The Serbian president still blames Nato and New Labour over Kosovo

Donald Trump wants to build a 250-foot monstrosity in Washington DC. Where could he have got that idea?

One key question arises from questions to Keir Starmer’s former top aide in a Commons committee: How did such a savvy political operator get it all so disastrously wrong?

A look into the monarch’s private journal reveals the truth behind his controversial trip to Washington DC. (Is this real, or satire?* Read on to find out…)

It is time for Britain to rewrite the rules on war powers. Better to do it now than to wait until hostilities break out. By then it will all be too late – and what’s more, Farage might be in power

There’s something deeply unconvincing about the new German chancellor – here are five reasons why voters here don’t like him

A proud, stubborn prime minister wants to fight on – but knows his mistakes over Mandelson mean plenty in the cabinet and beyond have given up him

The paper’s malice towards the Duchess of Sussex is boundless, and its stories about her are entirely in bad faith. Why does it do it? The answer’s depressingly simple

Paranoia and cynicism are no longer just for MAGA - and that might be the president’s lasting legacy

The trial of a former soldier in Australia is a reminder that democracies fight wars according to a set of laws. No matter how distinguished or powerful, the people who break those laws must face justice

For most people, the Westminster fire-storm over Mandelson’s appointment is tedious, the details are impenetrable and none of it affects their lives. But even so, Starmer is still in deep trouble

The reason Starmer has been such a terrible prime minister is that he’s the wrong type of person for the role. To be PM, there are two character traits that you need – and he doesn’t have either of them

He was once a slavish devotee of the US president. But now Trump’s war on Iran has descended into catastrophic farce, the Reform leader is trying to distance himself from the demented man in the White House. That won’t be so easy

The hard right in Britain has never been so influential and its influence is starting to encroach on the political mainstream. And so I decided to fight

The former Green Party leader says that the government wants to ignore the climate crisis and if Nigel Farage gets into power, Britain’s climate policy will become even worse

A gathering of the most hopeless Brexit soothsayers is set to take place in London

A man like Trump was always going to do it bigger and badder than any of his predecessors. The catastrophe he has created contains a stark lesson for voters around the world

Shabana Mahmood’s quip wasn’t funny. The danger is the signal it sends to Britain’s extremists – that if the home secretary can say things like that, anyone can

In a new book, the former SNP politician recalls the in-fighting, the vendettas and the back-stabbing in Scottish politics – and the time it literally made her sick

If he did he’d have public opinion firmly on his side. Nowadays, even a majority of Daily Mail readers can see that leaving the EU was a catastrophe

The difference between those who depend on their screen-time and those who can do without it represents a deep social divide. But the full consequences will take decades to play out

He’s doing huge damage to his party, but the PM shows no sign of loosening his grip on power. And that’s a problem – because no Labour PM has ever been removed from office against his will

Philosopher Immanuel Kant said you should always tell the truth no matter the consequences. It’s too much to expect that from politicians

It’s a dreadful building and no amount of money will fix that. Britain needs to wake up, modernise, get rid of all the ridiculous pomp and spend the money on defence instead

Instead of subsidising AI start-ups, the government needs to use the new technology for socially beneficial ends. But the real opportunity will be after the inevitable coming AI crash

Poor Timmy got beached on the German shoreline. Then it happened again. But when the same whale washed ashore for a third time, people started asking whether something was up

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There’s been a run on fuel in some parts of South Africa and the pumps are running dry. It raises the possibility that something much worse might happen

It was Britain's most influential paper. Now it's barely in the national conversation

The prime minister has been damagingly incurious over the Peter Mandelson affair. But that’s not the half of it