Politics

Anything could happen in the upcoming US midterm elections. All bets are off

UK manufacturing is reeling from a double whammy of Brexit idiocy, and the future looks scary

Rishi Sunak's role as master of PR and the art of being super-rich makes him poorly suited for public life

Why is Britain in such a mess? It’s written in the stars of course…

There is only a cynical, poorly-run immigration system. And that’s the government’s fault

I’m just a few months away from my first chance to vote. But instead of great anticipation all I feel is hopelessness

The new prime minister is showing every sign of going down the same path as Boris Johnson

The Green Party MP hits out as the PM dithers over whether to attend COP27, and points to real environmental leadership elsewhere

Only recently The Daily Mail aggressively pushed for Liz Truss as leader one day and then delighted in her downfall the next

The publicity Lulu Lytle gained by being Boris and Carrie Johnson's interior designer has been good for business

Eleanor Shawcross is married to the Next boss Lord Wolfson, whose personal fortune is estimated to run into hundreds of millions

Privately and publicly, Charles Moore told his fellow Old Etonian that he should “sit this one out”

The former prime minister still hasn't finished his biography of Shakespeare but he's found a more interesting subject

A new generation of Gaeilgeóirí, or Irish language-speakers, are pushing for their rights in Northern Ireland in a cultural revival that could bring communities closer

As another election, rows over the Protocol and a febrile atmosphere between unionists and republicans overshadow the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement looms, can its message of reconciliation be resurrected?

How much longer does the country have to suffer this catastrophe of a government?

Another Tory farce has diminished the UK’s standing in the world. But could better times be ahead?

Macron wants a reset, but unravelling the country’s tangled legacy in the continent is proving harder than it sounds

How the news that Liz Truss was to leave Number 10 was covered across the continent

The pan-European Volt Europa is targeting a breakthrough at the 2024 Euro elections. Do they have a chance?

Brexit-induced labour shortages are going to be a limiting factor in the pursuit of growth, growth, growth

The Labour leader needs to work out what his offer to business is

The New World’s witch trials are infamous. But the most brutal outbreaks of Satanic panic took place in what is now southern Germany

For the moment, Scholz's plan appears to have worked. But, Germany's energy problem isn't solved yet

The Kerch Strait bridge will never be the same again. The patched-up bridge may end up looking like the original, but it will now have very different connotations

Donald Trump and Liz Truss have more in common than first meets the eye. Above all, their loyalties used to lie elsewhere

Liz Truss has joined the ranks of Tory PMs who fell partly or wholly thanks to internal posturing over the continent. Will Sunak be next?

The Northern Ireland Protocol points the way to a better Brexit – so, Macbeth-style, Sunak is being urged to kill it

The name’s Johnson, Boris Johnson. Licenced to kill propriety, decency and sincerity...

Rishi Sunak has taken the reins of the country. However, he has just as many reasons to be afraid as the rest of us

We used to laugh at Italy. But, after five Tory prime minister's in six years, we are now the global joke