Politics

The Tory leader’s habit of saying what she thinks is refreshing. Her staff’s habit of pretending that she hasn’t said it is dreadful politics

A little more money in employees’ pockets and the potential for falling interest rates may help ease fears for the economy

The Tory leader’s big speech was long on waffle and light on content – and it gives Keir Starmer a free run at fixing their mess

Our elected government is facing an assault on its very legitimacy from right wing politicians and their media toadies. So what are we on the left going to do about it?

This brutal, bloody conflict shows the dangers of our new, multipolar world

Far too many of them have newspaper columns, radio slots and TV shows. As the US experience shows, nothing good happens when you give politicians too much attention

The Conservative leader's great gift to the prime minister is the inability to choose a topic and focus on it

Trump is back. And so are long-buried American fantasies of national exceptionalism and conquest

The outlook for Europe appears dangerous. Expanding the single market would change things. But can it be done?

Meta firing its fact-checkers is about more than sucking up to Trump. It kickstarts a global fight over the rules of the internet and free speech

The Reform leader will not give up power over his party if that is the price for Musk’s money

The number of immigrant voters could reach a peak at this election but this doesn't mean that the Social Democrats, Greens and the liberal FDP will benefit

Musk and Putin share a belief that facts don’t matter and there are no people or power structures that should be allowed to stand in their way

Stop shouting about how appalled we are by Trump and Farage and learn from our mistakes, to build our own disruptive new agenda of change, respect for ordinary people and pride in our country

There is only one way to get a message through – make it clear we are not going to vote for them until they have an honest policy on the EU

Sweden’s youth show no sign of cutting down on their tobacco habits

I always considered myself outdoorsy until I met the Austrians

Could Athens's new approach to helping users slowly reverse the country's drug crisis?

These experiences, however, are far from conclusive evidence of life after death

Keir Starmer is wasting time on bizarre claims about AI and productivity instead of convincing voters that he has a real plan.

Spain’s PM is ready to slap a 100% tax on property bought by buyers from non-EU countries

The Ukraine invasion and Musk’s Twitter buyout of Twitter show how weak accountability is in authoritarian regimes and among ultra-rich tech titans

Keir Starmer needs to change his language if he's serious about securing a better Brexit deal, a senior backbencher has warned

The Republican presidents appear to have much in common. But their policies are poles apart and Donald must turn his back on Ronald to make his MAGA agenda work

Flocks of green parrots, or monk parakeets, have invaded Barcelona

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has reignited fears in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia

The new senior civil servant at the Foreign Office is a force for good

Whatever the chancellor has to do to maintain fiscal credibility has to be done, but there is no reason it has to be spending cuts

Just look at what it did to Elon Musk – he bought Twitter, and it was all downhill from there

Though many women are stuck at home, they are now the best educated section of the electorate. If the Kosovan government stays in power, it will be down to them