Politics

It’s not the first time the Slovak leader allowed himself to be used as a tool of Kremlin propaganda – it won’t be the last

A little humility from the Tories, a lot more help for Ukraine and a ban on BBC interview platitudes are all on my wishlist for the new year

The paper’s Sam Ashworth-Hayes thinks catastrophe is on the cards - but there are several factors he’s overlooked

Georgia’s new pro-Moscow president is determined to fight his own people – meanwhile, his pro-EU predecessor has left office and gone into the streets to join the protests

Deploying the monarchy – and even Nigel Farage – might go some way to protecting us from four years of madness

The pandemic changed the way people work and Artificial Intelligence is about to drive even more change. But the government isn’t keeping up – and that’s a big problem

Labour can only put its stumbling start behind it if it constructs a compelling narrative to match the one peddled by populists

The Tory leader has given her rival even more free publicity - but she's right to have picked this fight

In Kosovo, there’s a statue to a former British PM, where he’s regarded as a hero. But if you want to see it, you need to take the bus

A series of conflicts are spreading across the globe and becoming increasingly entwined. The next US president could make it all much worse

If you don’t someone else will tell it for you – and chances are you won’t like what you hear

With increased security at the well-known drug ports of Antwerp and Rotterdam, South American drug traffickers have moved operations to the north-west corner of the Iberian Peninsula

The strategically important city of Pokrovsk is in Putin’s sights. The government should do everything it can to stop him - starting with donating surplus MoD equipment to Volodymyr Zelensky

Britain has made up its mind on Europe. The PM must do the same, before it’s too late

The suspects in two acts of violence are united by limitless narcissism posing as just rebellion

A torrent of fake news has sprung up around the tragedy – but when the truth finally emerges, Germany’s far right voters probably won’t even hear it

Once a forgotten figure, athlete turned activist Werner Seelenbinder is finally getting the credit he is due

The culture war argument over abortion helped Trump get back into the White House. Now Farage wants to use the same trick – can it work over here?

Nigel Farage rushed to judgement again - and got it wrong again

Labour is a swirl of competing interest groups and right now “the Deliverers” are in charge. But will they be able to see off Musk, Reform and the populist right?

The trial that shocked France and the world is a pivot point for relations between the sexes. Men everywhere must learn from the verdict

News editor of the Jewish News, Justin Cohen, on a meeting that changed his thinking on how to make progress in the Middle East

The chair of the Labour Movement for Europe explains why the group is not campaigning to rejoin the EU – but trying to salvage relations instead

The former Green and Tory MPs lay out their vision for the end of Brexit and the future of European Movement UK

Reform’s leader will regret his dalliance with Elon Musk – even if it nets him $100m

First, Labour had “missions” and then it came out with “milestones” – but what it doesn’t have is a plan for government, and it seems incapable of making one

From the Sun to the Times, the papers and Boris Johnson are losing their marbles over Keir Starmer trying to get Britain a better deal

Refusing to negotiate with Europe to allow Brits greater access to the continent is a bewildering position for the government to take

The Tories’ struggling leader fluffs her lines at prime minister’s questions once again

Norway is testing an extraordinary new format for its party leadership debate

Like its most famous car maker, German industry has been left behind. And with Trump in the White House, things could get a lot worse

Much has been said about the increasing polarisation of people in the social media age. We need to remember that no man is an island