Politics

A new history finds divisions that predate colonialism - and suggests that the future might be federal

You can be an expert in logic and still espouse the worst values

Merz thought he had the answer for how to deal with Trump. But it turns out he didn’t

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The notion that innovation is value-free conceals the political and ideological agendas behind it

There is a new archbishop of Canterbury, who now heads a huge international church. But here, in the UK, can she achieve what successive governments have failed to do?

The continent needs to take the crucial step towards ending US global economic dominance. Here’s how to do it

A tour of top podcasts featured savagings of Brexit – and the man baby in the White House

A referendum is coming in June that would limit the number of Swiss inhabitants at 10 million. What happens if it passes?

It could cause enormous problems. And one, very large tech company should be especially worried – the AI advertising model might just destroy its business model

In Singapore, the land on which houses are built is so expensive it’s worth many times more than the houses themselves. That makes farming next to impossible. So where do you get your food?

He appears to view the country like an African Iran – not so much a country with a history, but a political malfunction, to be solved by shouting, threats and bombing. Which, of course, doesn’t work

How a terrifying night in Detroit shaped the controversial right wing author’s thinking

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For Trump to stand a chance at the mid-terms, he needs to win over independents. But they hate him – and their dislike is only growing

The region is getting hotter and drier to the point of being uninhabitable. And in the coming decades, as the world moves to renewables and the oil price starts to collapse, what then?

The channel pumps out far more coverage of our community than its news rivals, and much of it feels like all-out attack

Reform is joining a chorus of European hard right parties who frame fertility as a cultural battleground - and whose pronatalism is accompanied by efforts to limit women’s choices

You may not like it, but it’s true. The political centre turned in on itself and ignored hard realities. To get rid of him and all he represents, we need that to change

Voters are not swayed by the sight of Black or Brown faces in a political party’s leadership team. They care about the policies – and on that front, the political parties have been failing on immigration, foreign policy and racial equality

A previously unseen chapter of Matt Goodwin’s new book Suicide of a Nation has fallen into our hands. Is is real, or satire?* Read on to find out…

For the SNP, promoting EU membership can portray independence not as leaving something, but joining something

Blathering away on TruthSocial, forgetting what day it is and taunting the Japanese PM about Pearl Harbour – Trump is a mess. But the war in Iran might be one screw-up too many

The president’s direct phone number is being traded like a Pokémon card among the DC press pack. But what happens when Trump turns the US political media into his own huge mouthpiece?

The decision against the social media giant in a US court is hugely symbolic, and a victory for campaigners who say Facebook’s products are addictive. But don’t hold your breath waiting for change. There’s a very long way to go

The aim of the people who targeted the ambulances outside a north London synagogue was all too clear – and the reaction of UK extremists on both the left and right was exactly what the attackers wanted

The president is probably not directly part of insider trading - but those close to him could well be

The bar recent French elections was low. Still, France managed to lumber over it

Liam Byrne has written another note – this time on how the government can find its own story and stop Reform. Will No 10 listen?

An outbreak of the disease in Kent highlights the importance of challenging the misleading stories that are beginning to emerge about Covid

The LBC host on how Brexit logic is making papers defend Trump on Iran – because ‘they’d rather look ridiculous than admit they’re wrong’

A celebrity couple suddenly filed for divorce. The reasons for it were so shocking that it could bring about a change in the law