Politics

Editor-at-large ALASTAIR CAMPBELL offers an A to Z of his withering assessment of government performance this summer

As the world waits to see the extent to which the Taliban’s victory will see the return of its brutal interpretation of Islamic law, RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL reports on different approaches used in other Muslim countries

The Afghan capital’s main stadium was used by the Taliban for public executions – and it may be again. But for PAT McFADDEN the venue was once a place of optimism

William Shawcross claimed that Boris Johnson's 'finest hour' will be if he 'saved' the nation from the EU.

Despite the UK's head start in the vaccine race, it is now falling behind the rest of Europe.

Brexit, like Covid, has undoubtedly contributed to a jobs crisis. But another major problem has been the government's failure to create a properly functioning apprenticeship system.

TIM WALKER, a one-time parliamentary candidate for the centre party, on how members feel about its former leader, now one of the social network’s senior figures

Do not underestimate Joe Biden's decisions over the withdrawal of troops in Afghanistan - he knows what he is doing.

MITCH BENN imagines the books right-wing figureheads would release if only they had a few more holidays...

The threat from 21st century fascism is not of a modern day March on Rome or a beerhall putsch. It's far more insidious. By PAUL MASON, the broadcaster and author of a new book on the subject

Pubs could run out of beer over the bank holiday weekend days after Nando's were forced to close due to a lack of chicken.

Readers respond to a letter from a voter in Sheffield who now backs Brexit.

LIONEL BARBER considers the Republicans who might pick up the MAGA mantle and bid for the White House

The 'global Britain' mantra from Boris Johnson's government is as much hot air as its 'levelling up' agenda

Tim Walker explains why Michael Gove's estranged wife is unlikely to be going anywhere at the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.

Hardly a household name outside the US, but Tucker Carlson is one of the most influential figures on the populist right and poster boy for TV shock jocks the world over. Is the White House in his sights?

Fast-food chain KFC and German potato farmers face interruptions to normal service after a shortage of lorry drivers

The Conservative MP and former soldier, whose moving speech on the tragedy in Afghanistan brought applause from the Commons, writes for The New European, and warns of an impending human calamity .. and China's role in a new global attitude to intervention.

ALASTAIR CAMPBELL on the shameful moral vacuum that is the British government of today

How Edward Said’s support for Palestine sparked campus wars long before the woke debate.

The party's left has suffered setbacks, but could its battle with the centre allow the former president to return in 2024?

More food shortages and higher prices are likely to be the result of new Brexit checks that come into effect from October 1

SUNA ERDEM reports on a sleepy area of Germany, devoid of big cities and obvious structural advantages, whose economic success is defying orthodoxy and attracting attention as a model for levelling up left-behind regions

Reader letters: In light of the climate emergency, rail connections between the UK and Europe could become our 'Green Gateway' to the rest of Europe

Whether it's aliens, QAnon or even beliefs about cheating in the referendum, fringe beliefs are now the mainstream

Just take a look at the cabinet to see how a focus on Latin, classics and PPE [Philosophy, Politics and Economics] in schools and universities does not guarantee success

One party on its own can't save us from the Tories - it's time for a progressive alternative.

Charlie Connelly offers his selection of perfect holiday reading, from the latest new European paperbacks

Images of Ian Botham with his bat aloft and the pageantry of the Royal Wedding have created a popular memory of 1981 as a summer of national pride for Britain. But the reality was quite different