Politics

A new startup by the Silicon Valley money man will allow people to raise objections to stories in the press. A quick look at the targets of this new venture makes Thiel’s agenda all too clear

Brexit has been a disaster and the old, post-war order is never coming back. In the decade ahead, Britain – and Ukraine – must become part of the EU to help build a new, independent Europe

It may be self-sufficient in energy, but America can’t shut itself off from the global economy. As a result, the president’s war of choice in the middle east is about to make everything a lot more expensive

If the VP ever becomes president, there is truly no hope for America

*Only two of these things are actually true – we think

Defence, welfare, policing – all of these require money that the UK doesn’t have. And when inflation starts to bite, the problems will only intensify, especially for the most disadvantaged

Péter Magyar managed it in Hungary. Can his counterpart be found here to avoid the catastrophe of Nigel Farage?

There is a battle in Britain to stop the future being built. And one Essex village encapsulates all that’s wrong about British NIMBYism

Péter Magyar has a huge challenge ahead of him to repair the catastrophic damage done to Hungary by Viktor Orbán. The first job is to clear out all of his corrupt cronies

Losing 5,000 US soldiers is bad for us - but arguably worse for America

A researcher asked a powerful AI programme to impersonate a Buddhist deity. The result holds important lessons for consciousness and our understanding of reality – whatever that might be

It will be hideously expensive, will exclude whole sections of the US public and be largely inaccessible to foreigners – a perfect Trumpian tournament

A new book predicts migrant riots, Brexit wars and a dismantled BBC - and none of it feels outlandish

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The charismatic Green leader is close to a breakthrough - yet must answer legitimate questions about his past and his social media likes

Antisemitism has become uniquely exempt from the moral clarity that progressive Britain applies to every other form of racism

The likes of Jeffrey Epstein rise while we try to rationalise and redeem

A UN report shows that women are increasingly targeted by sophisticated forms of violence online. For us, the golden days of the internet are long gone

David Cameron promised to fix the lobbyists – but then he went off and became one. Despite all the promises, the rules are still porous and the watchdog is only part-time. Most of Britain’s lobbying goes on with no oversight or transparency

The threat now is that, having lost rising immigration as a means to scare voters, the hard right voices of British politics will find an even more extreme policy to promote

Julie MacDougall was a firm opponent of Britain leaving the EU - until she ditched Labour for a safe seat with Nigel Farage's party

The Reform leader’s claims about money received from Thai-based Christopher Harborne have raised eyebrows - and even more queries

People on the left who think Israel secretly runs the world – you realise you share that view with neo-Nazis?

Charles and Camilla aren’t the only royals to have visited the Trump White House – and though Charles’s speech went down well in the UK, the MAGA faithful will no doubt see it very differently

His biggest addiction has always been to himself – and the best response is to ignore him

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Already rooted in conspiracy theory, the Trump presidency is now obsessing over aliens – another sign of US political culture gone insane

Trump’s war against Iran has led to a sharp, upward change in the path of interest rates. The question, as ever – who benefits?

Global crises can have all sorts of effects – after Covid, so many Japanese girls arrived in Sydney, the brothels needed Japanese receptionists. Now we are heading for an economic slump and the signs aren’t good

A new book suggesting Jesus and Christ were separate entities has scandalised the nation - even few will ever read it

Trillions of dollars of investments rest on one assumption: you can trust AI agents with real work. Now, a landmark, peer-reviewed study says you can’t – no wonder Wall Street is getting nervous

Paul Johnson, the former head of Britain’s most important economic think tank, spent years scrutinising the UK. In his new book, he reveals one of the biggest misconceptions people have about the country and how it works