Politics

In the Austrian physicist’s style, the mooted right wing coalition is simultaneously dead and alive

As Sunak’s ban on new smokers opens up another war within the Conservative Party, is our relationship with tobacco coming to an end?

The AfD’s flirtations with leaving the EU are helping the far right attack the union from within

The prime minister could still apologise for the offence caused by his recent remarks in PMQs – but he won’t

The mishandling of antisemitism allegations is the second gaffe by Starmer’s operation in as many weeks. Is his media team up to the job?

In an exclusive extract from his diaries of 1999 and 2000, former Labour minister Denis MacShane reveals the growing xenophobia in the Tory Party under William Hague’s leadership – and how it sowed the seeds of Brexit

Mandrake hears the former prime minister has named his price; a life peerage

The stakes in this election could scarcely be higher. Is Biden up to the challenge?

As shadow cabinet ministers submitted manifesto wish lists this week, it’s time to remember where truly radical policy is built…

If Keir Starmer wins the election, how will he rebuild Britain’s relationship with Europe?

Chronic underfunding has crushed both the courts and the police

The Tory party has been captured by the Nimbys

It could happen. And if it does, the global security order could be turned on its head

PM Attal is using Britain’s struggles as a weapon against Le Pen in his EU election campaign

This episode bodes ill for the party in an election campaign - and in government if they win

Our digest of the worst of Westminster looks at News UK friendly fire, a new Tory deputy chair, Schnapps with Shapps and more

The PM’s callous ‘joke’ in front of Brianna Ghey’s mother is a new low

The public need a leader who can deliver a target-free message

When they’re laughing at you, you know you’ve lost

Easy to criticise and burden with blame, local government is the perfect scapegoat for the Tories

He has reneged on just about every commitment he made to become Labour leader, and seems to be suggesting nothing will change

Stormont may be back, but the rot and dysfunction at the heart of Northern Ireland will not be easily fixed

Brexit has caused a crisis for British manufacturers who export into Europe – and things could be about to get even worse...

Spurred on by fear of her endorsing Biden, the US right is turning on the singer and her gridiron star boyfriend. Bad move

What if Russian soldiers return to the small town Paldiski that they left 30 years ago?

The capital’s anger shows the polarised nature of Spain’s politics and how populists could take power

Residents of one south Italian village are reversing the negative meaning of being a "cuckhold"

The mythology around the Spanish civil war lives on in Munich

For those who can afford it, Neuralink’s breakthrough gives us the opportunity to become superhuman

Can an Israeli-Arab exchange programme work during wartime?

The point of life is to live it and Derek embodied this