Politics

At some point Jonathan Munro, editorial grandee and BBC director of journalism, will have to explain what he knew and when

Blame this disorder on the double standard that sees Muslims branded extremists – and the far right as sensible voices to be heeded

Elon Musk allows Twitter users to fan the flames of disorder - and that may come back to burn him and them

Foreign language teaching in Britain is on the decline, which risks making the country more cut-off and inward-looking than ever before

The far right are on the streets because they no longer have allies in power

The superpower of seafood dominates more than just the high seas

Market competition and debt-based expansion have left institutions with an uncertain future

The government says it’s levelling with us on the economy - so why not on the truth about a scheme demonised by Brexiteers?

If such a compromise between Kyiv and Moscow were achieved, it would most likely come about as a result of pressure from Washington and Beijing

The United States, then, has to live with the fact it helped free people serving time for crimes as severe as murder

Retaliation and miscalculation put the Middle East on the precipice of escalation once again

The tetchy media dinosaur who vilified Britain’s poorest people, published the work of racists and got it wrong about Brexit and AIDS

Falling interest rates have nothing to do with Labour’s new chancellor - but she will definitely take them

Our digest of the worst of Westminster looks at Tom Tugendhat, Robert Jenrick, Darren Grimes and more

A payment to all OAPs was unjustified and unsustainable

His ill-informed, self-aggrandising, flame-fanning Southport video is beneath contempt

Extremists who used the Southport tragedy to play on people’s prejudices should feel the consequences

Vance is an odd choice. Insights from his memoir only make the decision stranger

A term limit, rather than an age limit, is key to reforming the upper house

Women presidents in film get into all kinds of trouble, mainly because they’re not at home taking care of their kids and cooking for their husbands

Kamala Harris has made a flying start to her presidential campaign, and so far Trump has no answer

The opening ceremony felt like France reintroducing itself to the world, warts and all

The time may come where they’re viewed as fellow workers, treated with respect and consideration

The chancellor’s political standing is putting him in danger of having his own ‘Biden moment’

Almost everything you have heard about Donald Trump and Project 2025 is true. And it is every bit as terrifying as it sounds

What the golf-mad presidential frontrunner’s game says about him

Rachel Reeves’s cuts come only after the previous government squandered vast sums of money

Yet another Tory leadership battle is under way. But, outside of the six contenders, does anyone really care?

The overturning of Roe v Wade could come back to bite Trump during this campaign and play into Kamala Harris’s hands

The Covid inquiry report has exposed the systemic failures in the UK’s pandemic response

Nude modelling has been an integral part of French art schools for centuries but now the models are demanding respect and status

A recent defamation case has shocked the public, not for its contents, but its speed