Opinion

Labour’s Jovan Owusu-Nepaul is impressive – but is he really going to defeat Farage?

The bad news is that it’s beginning to work

The right wing press is predicting a Tory wipe-out – anything less, and they’ll say Starmer has failed

A Times columnist thinks Britain's departure from the EU has been a success. His readers disagree

Shutting out the press is a big mistake – especially if you’re heading for a big majority

The rest of Britain is catching up with London – but don’t celebrate just yet

He’s everywhere – and the Brexit press reckons he’s heading for Downing Street

Why shouldn’t hundreds of gay people gather in the woods at night to witness nude oiled wrestling between dykes?

The internet is wilfully and demonstrably fickle. What then for restaurants reliant on influencers?

A person considered to be a kind of sexual demon vis-a-vis his actors male and female can also make beautiful, great films

The mainstream media made some spectacular errors of judgment in the run-up to the EU referendum and were played for fools by the Leave campaign

What are these pamphlets of political promises actually for – and why do parties with no hope of winning bother writing them?

The remarkable legacy of the late singer, who epitomised both French cool and French angst

The majority of British voters now recognise that Brexit was a disaster. So who is representing our views?

In order to woo Leave voters, Labour has adopted a policy of accepting Brexit, which is exactly what Nigel Farage wants

The philosopher’s observations of a Parisian waiter carrying out his job like an automaton led him to define a psychological phenomenon

I love reading books with all my heart, but my Nintendo Switch has saved my life and sanity on more than one occasion

Macron’s snap election call has triggered turmoil across the country as parties rush to form alliances in time for June 30

The city has problems with aggressive gulls and overflowing rubbish – and the two go hand in hand

Does Belgium’s political limbo and the Netherlands’ far-right surge demonstrate that governments are optional?

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Turkey has been attempting a balancing act between the two warring nations

With an overdose of incompetence, Rishi Sunak has driven right wing Tories back to Nigel Farage

A Russian victory over Ukraine would provide proof of the concept that ‘might is right’

Majorities are increasingly difficult to come by. However, the worst is yet to come this autumn

To pretend we can become the fastest growing economy in the G7 – Labour’s No 1 mission – without addressing how to recover from Brexit risks undermining it

We must stop relitigating the lost referendum and start making the patriotic case for rejoining

If they’re 20 points ahead in the polls and making mistakes, what will they be like under real pressure?

If Labour wins, the grown-ups will be back in the room

A new book explains a dry, complex subject with verve and wit

It would be the end of British conservatism as we know it

Producers have frequently relied on a small number of right wing guests to provoke entertaining debates