Politics

People in autocratic and chaotic countries believe in their governments more than we do in ours - it’s about feeling that your children will be better off

Macmillan was a real statesman, while Starmer is a failed party manager. Their shared flaw is that neither were curious enough

A permacrisis premiership is finished. A Labour defeat in the Gorton & Denton by-election would signal even deeper problems for his successor

There’s still a way the Amazon boss can save his legacy, even as his hitman Sir William Lewis walks away from the wreckage of the great American newspaper he owns

Editor-at-large Alastair Campbell on the reaction to the Mandelson affair, the calls for Starmer to go, and what happens to this government - and the United Kingdom - next

Keir Starmer’s path has always been a lonely one. Now, he is out of friends and nearly out of a job

The disgraced Labour guru speaks candidly from his massage table about the real victim of the Epstein scandal: himself

Somewhere along the line people got the idea that the state was the enemy of the people. But that’s dead wrong and the government needs to prove it

The boys’ club inside No 10 has brought the government to the edge of disaster. It’s time to sweep all that away

Labour MPs have had enough. They want to see the back of Morgan McSweeney, Starmer’s closest adviser, followed by the PM himself

Links to Putin, Bannon and Thiel deserve further investigation

A strong prime minister survives this scandal. This prime minister will not

In a major essay, a historian of contemporary Russia describes the deep networks of global power and political corruption that Epstein exploited to make his fortune

A new group of centrist Conservative politicians launched their fightback against Badenoch in a cellar near Charing Cross station. They don’t stand a chance

The enormous span of the right wing pundit’s ambition is becoming increasingly clear

Economic facts are catching up with the political untruths of the Trump administration

Trump’s public health appointees are spreading such dangerous disinformation that it’s killing Americans. The world of science has to take a stand

The far right populist is likely to be the next president of France. A new book explains why

Sorry, but leaving the universe to right itself is just misguided wishful thinking

From Mariupol to Tehran, Cecilia Sala’s new book captures young people forced into extraordinary acts of resistance

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It’s the one lesson that power-mad authoritarians always forget – and nowhere embodies that truth more than Afghanistan

Thieves have been stealing sacred artefacts in Nepal which have turned up for sale in western galleries. Now we want them all returned

The UK’s first safer drug consumption facility finally opened its doors in January 2025. In a year, it has saved scores of lives and helped the UK’s most stigmatised community feel connected again. So why is it still plagued by controversy?

The Welsh illustrator is staring down the barrel of 90, but still raging about an ‘unimaginably awful’ president – and laughing about the Gonzo genius of his own partnership with Hunter S Thompson

Robert Fico went to Washington in the hope of a photo opportunity with Trump. It now looks like a disastrous political mistake

One neighbourhood in Nairobi is now so commercially successful that it has become a regional trade hub

The revelations go far beyond a paedophile's vile exploitation - and explain why so many hate the super-rich elites

Another batch of Tory defectors means Nigel Farage’s Reform is becoming a blend of the worst of Trussonomics and the worst of racist nativism

As more disturbing details emerge from the Epstein files, the scandal is returning to the door of No 10

French trains have caused a stir by introducing age limits on certain services. Unfair, perhaps. But do you like peace and quiet? Or do you prefer screaming toddlers?

The British hard right claims to be aligned with the interests of the armed forces, but their extreme views are the very opposite of traditional military values