Politics

Every government needs to tell voters a coherent, positive story. Starmer had better come up with one – and quick

What does it say about our politics that justice is now delivered via TV dramas?

The Post Office has an important role as an arm of government; its ownership must be taken seriously

If Trump walks away from Nato, it will realistically be Starmer who decides what’s next for Britain

An issue as serious as the Israel-Gaza war got lost in arcane parliamentary semantics

The right wing media has finally woken up to the fact that nothing in Britain works. Now they can’t wait to pin it all on Starmer

The “poor choice of words” argument is trotted out so often it has become meaningless. A poor choice of MPs is the real issue

Instead of a pitiful tax cut and more shuffling of deckchairs on the Tory Titanic, this programme would revitalise Britain

The US media seemingly cannot resist even the most obvious of bait when it is delivered by the Republicans

An attempt to kayak the Northwest Passage turned into a close-up look at a new, very cold war

Belgians are meant to be recycling champions, but it’s a different story in Brussels

We could be 100 days away from a far right takeover of the European Parliament. But is winning headlines the same as winning votes?

Yulia Navalnaya is keeping her husband’s work alive, making hundreds of thousands of Russians feeling less alone

The parallels between the blaze in the Spanish city and Grenfell Tower are glaringly clear

Kyriakos Mitsotakis is trying, and failing, to prove that he’s a modern, liberal prime minister

Over the last decade, Russia has sent agents into Bulgaria on 10 separate occasions to attack weapons facilities

Germany’s tax system is at the heart of the country’s institutional sexism

The world is a long way off achieving gender equality

A new report makes clear that the Tories’ economic planning is based on fantasy

He may make it Labour’s problem when they come into office

Lee Anderson is gone, but he shouldn’t be forgotten. His rise says it all about a discredited party

The business secretary’s conflict with Canada is serious - and it has diminished Britain

Sorry continues to be the hardest word as the former PM rounds on the deep state

French actor Judith Godrèche’s allegations of rape and abuse by star directors have opened up a second wave of #MeToo in France

Procedural manoeuvres, bellowing and walk-outs – there’s a good reason for it all

Our digest of the worst of Westminster looks at Kemi Badenoch, Daniel Hannan, the New Statesman and more

The PM is the only person in Britain who’s not noticed Badenoch wants his job

Banning phones for under-16s would make them more anxious, not less

Parties need to take greater care when selecting their candidates

I'm starting to think the Tories are heading back, not a day too soon, into opposition

The Tories can change the manager but not the facts: their flagship policy is a huge economic drag