Politics

Bolstered by Tory scandals and a new shadow cabinet, Keir Starmer should heed a newly published account of one of his party’s darkest hours, which turns the Red Wall narrative on its head.

Germany’s new chancellor faces a tough task in steering a risk-averse country through the radical change of modernisation.

The government is engaging in a continuous anti-foreign agenda, disguised under the slogan "global Britain". No wonder investors are staying away.

Despite the prime minister's other errors that continue to come to light, the news of his expensive home renovations isn't going away.

We had his number from the start. Here are the front pages that prove it

Celebrations of Mark Francois' book, Spartan Victory, achieving best-seller status may be premature.

While the public followed the rules last year, the government thought it best to break them and play party games instead writes ALASTAIR CAMPBELL.

A one-time economic tiger and a linchpin of stability in a fragile region, Ethiopia now stands on the brink of disaster. What happened to Africa’s oldest independent country?

Hezza helped save Liverpool because he knew the point of power: Doing stuff, not just saying stuff.

As Omicron spreads Christmas fear, our prime minister grapples with the truth and the world grapples with severe shortages in solidarity.

Philosopher NIGEL WARBUTON on how Covid isn't the only disaster we should be wary of.

Boris Johnson’s posturing over France is making a terrible situation even worse.

For generations, top private schools, including Eton, have taught students a sense of superiority, argues ALASTAIR CAMPBELL.

Joe Biden’s possible successor is the real success story of this administration.

Boris Johnson continues to try and convince the public that he is acting in their interest, not just his own.

The Labour leader's early legal life was fuelled by risk-averse stories and redactions.

Our columnist (who worked for his rival during the German elections) says Angela Merkel’s successor is a pragmatist, not an entertainer.

As a new variant hits, Austrians are once again dealing with the strangeness of life behind closed doors.

Mafia scams involving farming, tobacco, VAT and alcohol are taking billions out of EU funds. The Covid pandemic has opened the floodgates.

Italy’s Mafia is older than the country itself and, despite the cyclical efforts to stamp out its influence, the rise of the Calabrian ’Ndrangheta clan to displace the Sicilian Cosa Nostra underscores its intrinsic place in Italian society.

Comedian MITCH BENN ponders if the prime minister is making plans to open "Borisland" once his time at No.10 is done.

One reader questions what Boris Johnson is scared of, after he purged his party of all those who dared to question him.

The new Commission for UK-EU Relations will propose solutions to problems caused by Britain’s botched exit.

As subsidies are cut and pigs are culled, it's unlikely farmers are part of the 18% who believe Brexit is going well.

With his decisive shadow cabinet reshuffle, Keir Starmer may have reached his Clark Kent moment.

Olaf Scholz's in-tray is bulging, and Germany is braced for change. But can a cautious chancellor deliver it?

Businesspeople, academics, journalists and a top trade unionist have formed a group with the purpose of repairing fractured UK-EU relations.

History is home to various Black Fridays. In 1910, one such day had nothing to do with bargains, and everything to do with cost.

In the wake of the tragedy in the Channel, media commentator LIZ GERARD’s searing essay exposes how newspapers demonised refugees - and encouraged ministers to follow them.

Umberto Bombana secured the product known locally as Truffle of the White Madonna.