Politics

Our national newspapers’ lack of interest in a multiple miscarriage of justice raises disturbing questions

Mandrake hears that he’s a little short of cash these days...

I’m sure it used to be around here somewhere…

It was there, buried in his New Year’s speech – almost everybody missed it

The honours system must be changed so it no longer rewards cronyism and lies

The main stumbling block to Middle East peace is the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu

Constantly rising prices are a sign of economic and political failure

Richard Tice’s vow to stand in every seat could just be a negotiating tactic

From pints of champagne to a war on foreign students, it’s more dismal stuff

The countdown has begun to a UK general election. One of Britain’s leading political number-crunchers tells you how to read the data

This year, parties on the left must stop competing against each other

Who has the time for New Year’s resolutions?

It will be a year of political upheaval and war. If leaders can’t navigate a changing world order, the results could be disastrous

Donald Trump’s path back to the White House is not as clear as the polls suggest.. but it is there all the same

The route to a ceasefire in Gaza lies not through rhetorical demands, but through diplomatic pressure

Rwanda and Brexit leave Britain facing a humiliation not seen since 1956 – with empty shelves and economic angst at home

It’s time for British politics to leave its Groundhog Day nightmare

The Israeli prime minister’s failed, immoral policies are a deadly own goal – and they are pure neopopulism

Truss being allowed an honours list was a joke. But handing peerages to Tory donors is no laughing matter

If the Phlegraean Fields caldera were to erupt after 500 years of dormancy, Italy would be on its knees

Initially, I thought about attempting to predict the new year’s events. Then I realised that in the case of THIS new year, it simply isn’t possible

After four failed prime ministers in four years, the Conservatives are belatedly realising that all they have to show the electorate is failure

Anything short of a hefty Commons majority will be viewed as a failure for the Labour leader

Britain needs a government that doesn’t shy away from culture and art

Experts warn that it’s not a matter of if an emergency situation will be declared, but when

Sabaton’s animated first world war film, The War To End All Wars, makes for poetic viewing

Serbia’s frontier with Hungary has been turned into a war zone

Delors’ political vision was spot on for the time, just as it is now

The German politician and statesman, who died on Boxing Day, stood out as the embodiment of democracy

Ultimately, the prime minister knows which side his bread is buttered

The majority of British voters now see the decision to leave the EU as a national disaster