Politics

Be optimistic, don’t ignore the party and find new ways to cut through lies and disinformation

This is Labour’s last chance to see off the threat of a 2029 Farage victory. There is one piece of advice that the next PM needs to hear

The hope of May 2024 has been squandered, and Andy Burnham is unlikely to revive it

Britain's European allies want to know what a new PM would mean for defence, Ukraine, energy and AI

If you can’t tell a political story about the future, then what, really, are you asking people to vote for?

The nature of how his landslide was won demanded more inclusive government

The PM-in-waiting has 18 months, tops, to reset Britain and save it from Farage

New polling suggests that old Brexit red lines are falling away, with a majority now open to freedom of movement

Organised criminals have been abducting and disappearing people in Mexico for years. But the same is now happening in the US, and there the perpetrator is even more powerful

He could have been a great PM but subcontracting his political thinking to Mandelson and co has led to his demise

Burnham is precisely the opposite of what Labour and Britain need from a new PM

A good night for Vorderman, Miliband and Lowe, a bad one for Kenyon, Polanski and Streeting

Makerfield’s new MP meets the regulars - but there are legitimate concerns about his pint-pulling

He’s got a plan to reach No 10. Does he have one on dealing with Europe and the world?

Like Zohran Mamdani, Andy Burnham understands how politics is consumed nowadays. But if he does get into No 10, he’ll need more than just good optics

Like Carnegie, Rockefeller and Ford, his brilliance is paired with a callous disregard for human values

A country many expected to fall in weeks has turned into a laboratory for the future of defence, digital government and national resilience. Now the EU must follow

The US is not allowing anyone with ebola into the country, so the government has built a treatment centre for Americans in Kenya. It’s the one nation in the region that’s clear of the disease. Locals are not happy

With his extremist views, he’s graduated from filming the mindless street violence of Tommy Robinson’s protests to the sofas of the GB News studio. How far can this UK disciple of Charlie Kirk go?

Graham Platner looked like the perfect Democrat candidate to fight the Maine senate contest at the coming midterm elections. He won the nomination – and that’s when the problems started

A brilliant, forensic, sector-by-sector analysis of the damage done to our economy, our businesses and our daily lives by leaving the European Union

In a world of chancers and charlatans, we need facts at our fingertips as vital ammunition for the battles ahead: Beating Reform and joining the EU

From liars like Johnson, Farage and Gove to incompetents like Cameron, May and Corbyn, here are the guilty men and women responsible for a nightmare

The pundits who cheered most loudly for Brexit in 2016 now ignore the evidence – and sneer at anyone daring to suggest the experiment has failed

Build coalitions, revive internationalism and join – not rejoin – the EU. But be prepared to question your own assumptions, too

The EU that Britain left no longer exists. Now, much of Europe wants Britain to help bolster the bloc against the US and China. It’s time for the UK to abandon its failed experiment and to re-engage

A list of Hitler’s party members is now searchable – but files that might embarrass the postwar elite remain stubbornly out of reach

My kids do 150 minutes of study every night. If we want to give them their childhoods back, start there

As Andy Burnham’s crucial by-election nears, a new poll eases fears that he may be damaged by his enthusiasm for the EU

Netanyahu knows that this is his chance to defeat Iran, the goal he has pursued for his entire political career. He’s not about to let the opportunity go

Can Reform’s Kenyon beat King of the North Burnham in Makerfield? Probably not, but here’s our candidates guide

Trump’s son-in-law plans to build a tourist resort in Albania on a protected piece of coastline. But the people have other ideas and have taken to the streets to let Kushner know just what they think of him