Politics

Yet another had right opportunist has exploited the opening in European politics that the left continues to ignore

As Putin’s summer offensive begins, insiders in Zelensky’s camp say they are facing the toughest time in years - with scary ramifications for Europe and the world

Progressive parties will never win votes by lecturing the electorate on how to live their lives

The governor of the Bank of England has just given an eye-watering speech about Britain’s economic idiocy

The prime minister says Reform’s leader can’t be trusted – but there’s one example he refuses to use

He’s out of jail and will go back to being both a grifter and a demagogue. But men like Robinson allow us to ignore deeper truths about our society

If the continent wants to survive, it has to adopt new fresh and bold thinking

Unfortunately for Edi Rama, Albania’s prime minister, the country's place in the EU will be secured not by optics, but by its democratic credentials and right now, those are being tested

The prime minister’s reforms are crucial to achieving a more humane prison system. But, they’re only the start

The new UK-EU deal has annoyed all the usual suspects, so Keir Starmer must be doing something right

Our continent runs on US tech. With Trump in the White House, that no longer feels safe – and plans are taking shape for a way out

Trump plays so often and is so obsessed with the game that his administration is now a golf course company with a government attached

Some Labour figures believe Britain has too many unis. But if they start failing, local economies – and Starmer’s re-election prospects – will go with them

Atheists have a simple answer: it is evidence that God doesn’t exist, while believers say the gift of human free will brings with it the possibility of doing evil

The PM has been a disappointment so far. Now he must make voters choose between Farage’s view of the past, and his own view of the future

The 81-year-old former chancellor claimed it prevented him from attending a parliamentary inquiry in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern over his role in the Nord Stream 2 saga

Don't discount the role of Gergely Kovács, head of the Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party (MKKP), if Hungarians vote to remove Orbán from power next year

The Tory leader has put her foot in it again by peddling one of Putin’s talking points

The reaction to the shocking car attack in Liverpool tells us so much about ourselves

A brutal UK economy report makes it clear: the reset is not enough in the face of deeply troubling data on a trade meltdown

What it’s like to be in the centre of one of Putin’s airstrikes

Trump and Putin have shaken the bond markets. Reeves must now take radical steps to react

Makis Voridis, Greece’s new minister for migration and asylum, and his ultra-nationalist links are catastrophic for refugees

More and more far right extremists are being jailed - and shrill language by politicians must be partly to blame

The ‘white genocide’ story overlooks the suffering faced by the majority of South Africans. It also ignores the entire history of Apartheid

Or is it simply an afternoon in modern Britain?

Victims of sexual assault are harmed twice: first by their abuser and then by the justice system. Recognising this is just the start

If Keir Starmer is serious about keeping Reform out, he should reform the electoral system - and STV would boost calls for rejoin, too

Keir Starmer today performed the first screeching u-turn of his premiership. Fortunately, the leader of the opposition wasn't paying attention

Reform’s leader went on holiday as MPs debated the UK-EU reset deal. It wasn’t a gaffe – it was a ruse to avoid scrutiny