Politics

Germany’s Weimar lesson showed democracy must be combative. But banning magazines may not be the best weapon

The ‘Trump can’t lose’ rhetoric now, at last, has some serious competition

American philosopher Thomas Kuhn's controversial thinking turned normal science on its head

French politicians promised the Games would benefit everyone but, once again, the Olympics are bulldozing over a city and its residents

Thanks to affluent tourists, the city’s heart and soul is being auctioned off

With Biden gone, perhaps some of the truth might get through to Trump’s supporters after all

Despite appearances, all is not well in the EU’s smallest member state

There are indications that the country will follow Italy and continue last year’s ‘temporary’ border controls until the end of 2024

It will be the money the Reform leader isn’t making – every bit as much as the money he is – that could raise eyebrows

If the British state is to meet the crises to come, urgent restructuring is required

Kamala Harris is underrated. Now she must quickly define her message – and hope to avoid a drawn-out challenge

It was the toughest of decisions - now the Democrats face many more

Hundreds of athletes and tens of thousands of fans were in Athens in 1906. But a hugely successful Olympics has now been stricken from the records

As a result, Russia and China will be pushed closer together

They help the environment, but Brexiteers hate them because the idea came from the EU

Nice is still celebrating Bastille Day in the shadow of the 2016 terrorist truck attack

After this, they absolutely deserve to lose the election - it’s just that the world can’t afford them to do so

One day - and a couple of subtle hints - showed Europe that the grown-ups are back in charge of Britain

Days after those election gains, squabbling over PM candidates makes it look as dysfunctional as ever

Westminster’s reputation is in the gutter and the onus is on Labour to repair it

Hundreds of thousands of British overseas voters did not vote in the election despite being newly eligible - why?

Our digest of the worst of Westminster looks at GB News, Chris Philp, the Sun on Sunday and more

Mirroring updated EU product rules will cheer industry and enrage Brexiteers

Keir Starmer could have been bolder when laying out his government’s agenda - and he may come to regret it

A way to scrap this unfair, unpopular policy should have been at the heart of Labour’s King’s Speech

Discredited Vaughan Gething lost control of his own narrative

The programme has become a surpassingly saccharine exercise in shining up the superficialities of celebrity

If the Treasury published an audit of the damage done by leaving, Starmer would face a serious political problem

The root causes should be investigated as thoroughly as the attack that almost claimed Donald Trump’s life

In the footsteps of the 1942 blueprint for a new Britain, a series of essays by leading policy thinkers revisits our key challenges.. and how to fix them.