Politics

Populists have struck at the heart of European social democracy

An accident of timing gave me my name, and a lifelong interest in the royals

Amid the respect, there was some sorrow for what has been lost - not just the ruler, but her country

With vital help from a rebuilt team of advisers and her close family, she navigated the institution through the trickiest of times by showing real leadership acumen

There are better places to generate electricity than farmland, writes one reader

The man who oversaw the breakup of the Soviet Union was an apparatchik who wanted to keep the Communist Party in power, says former head of MI6

Fast food or multicultural icon? Take a slice of European history via the intriguing tale of the doner kebab

Keir Starmer's performance during this coming winter of discontent will decide whether he becomes prime minister in the future

Liz Truss looks set to follow in the footsteps of her predecessor and play to the crowd rather than take her responsibilities seriously

A certain group of Brexiteers have got everything they wanted - but they still yearn for the impossible

A willingness to adapt rather than stick with the ways of the past would be beneficial for the contemporary political environment

There are few things Germans have a closer bond to than the woods and now they're under threat. However, there is hope...

Since the inception of his new nickname, Joe Biden has racked up a few victories

How the war in Ukraine is affecting different countries across the continent

Economic turmoil will test Britain's new prime minister

After Brexit killed freedom of movement, how easy is it to live in the EU for Brits in despair?

Boris Johnson's premiership exposed the weaknesses and systemic failures in our machinery of government, says the woman who defeated him in court

The former prime minister’s Oxfordshire farmhouse could help benefit the Johnsons' stretched finances

The songs perfect for the exit of Boris Johnson, as presented by comedian MITCH BENN

Liz Truss may have risen to the top by projecting herself as some kind of Margaret Thatcher tribute, but Thatcher's first cabinet contained serious political names. Truss's does not

Boris Johnson wants to be remembered as a great man of British political history. So how does his scorecard look?

Vine accused her of being a “weapons-grade narcissist”

Few journalists symbolised the BBC in its relatively recent glory days like him

Dacre sees Truss as someone who will recognise that it's the Mail not the electorate that now calls the shots in this country

Guided by a right-wing Brexiteer with an outdated view of the economy, Liz Truss is setting the UK on a disastrous course

Boris Johnson believes he will be back as Britain's prime minister before the next election. Here’s how it could happen… farcically

In choosing Truss to succeed Johnson, it is pretty clear the Tory Party has not learned much from the reasons he turned out to be such a spectacular failure

Former home secretary Alan Johnson returns with a new novel and some dissenting thoughts on Brexit, Corbyn and Starmer

There has been more nuanced conversation on reality television than during the Tory leadership race, says one reader

An exclusive poll shows that 60% of voters – including 46% of Leave voters – think Boris Johnson has failed on Brexit

The heavy favourite to be Britain’s next PM gives no indication of having the answers to the country’s problems – chiefly on fairness of our society