Politics

Political parties belong to activists as much as they do to leaders

The same tax rate for earnings and wealth would be a seismic change that raised billions

Keir Starmer’s trip to Germany and France feels empty without rejoining the scheme

If you fail to see beyond the Trump lies, the chaos and narcissism, you fail to understand why people might vote for him in the first place

No amount of slightly closer cooperation in areas of little everyday benefit can get anywhere near the massive gains from being back in the EU

Post-Brexit subsidies were supposed to save the countryside. Instead they’ve given landowners incentives to oust their tenant farmers

Vice-presidential picks don’t tend to swing US elections. But Kamala Harris’s choice, an authentic avatar of the Midwest, could change that

Ukraine’s daring incursion into Kursk shows a dictator in crisis, with the Russian people and China turning their backs on him

Harris has seized the momentum in the presidential campaign but still faces a tough battle with Trump

The far right AfD is poised for major wins this weekend’s eastern state elections amid rising discontent

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has some tough decisions to make in October’s budget, but has options to achieve growth and avoid austerity

The new crop of MPs are faced with a Hogwarts-style parliament as the Tories’ leadership crisis rumbles on unabated

The Italian prime minister’s abortion law amendment has sparked fear and anger among women across the country

The redevelopment of a bombed ministry complex in the Serbian capital is set to feature a Trump-Kushner hotel

The election of hundreds of new MPs presents Parliament with a short window of opportunity

The current chaos serves as a reminder that, on some fundamental levels, the constitutional settlement of the French fifth republic doesn’t really work

The party’s president, Mark Pack, is facing questions as it could lose half a million pounds in a legal row

The public is sick of political in-fighting, so Keir Starmer must clamp down on No.10 leaks

It’s time Labour did something big and transformative to save us from a news cycle of misery

At anti-immigrant gatherings across Ireland one thing stands out: the youngsters

In the meantime, the Irish literary scene is thriving

Reform’s leader is keen to discuss a referendum on the ECHR instead. Surely it can’t be a distraction tactic?

Instead of pretending to be dragged into it, why not celebrate it?

Meet the defectors, who want a new life in Vladimir Putin’s ultra-conservative utopia

What Harris’s Democrats can teach Starmer’s Labour party

Our digest of the worst of Westminster looks at GB News, Lee Anderson, Ben Habib and more

Police and demonstrators faced each other on the Chicago streets. The crowd chanted – but was anyone in the convention centre listening?

The Tory leadership candidate’s mixed-race children won’t be forced to pick an identity - despite what her latest culture war rant says

As cinema shows, the coach has a kind of sacred space in American life

The government has demonstrated a conviction that dangerous behaviour has to have consequences

During the singer’s 10-night residency in Munich, she understood exactly what Germans need to hear