Opinion

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

On the second anniversary of Putin’s invasion, the time for talk is over. If Ukraine is defeated, an entire continent will be next

New by-election defeats have put Sunak under pressure. But the flaws of his likely successor suggest she would be another disaster for the Tories

Philosophers are more diverse than history has led us to believe

Taking a risky trip to liberated Kherson with a president who understands his own value as figurehead of a defiant nation

Next month’s local elections are sure to bring extensive debate over how the disaster was handled by local government

Navalny knew that every syllable he uttered was a potential death sentence, but he spoke anyway

Inequality cannot be solved just by helping the poor. We must limit the corrosive power of extreme riches

Cast adrift from the rest of Europe in self-imposed isolation, the UK is behaving like a spoilt child

Why not make it clear that any party which takes a donation from an individual cannot then award that individual an honour?

Italy is far from the Wild West but the country’s gun laws need attention

Is a masterpiece diminished simply because lots of people like it? Of course not

The tradition is one of the defining events of the Sámi people’s annual calendar

Germans demonstrate a remarkable zeal for pursuing fraudsters

The PM’s performance at the NFU conference was pathetic even by his standards

We could have helped him become Russia’s Mandela – but instead we preferred performative scolding and mindless culture wars

Despite the government’s best efforts, international students still want to study in the UK

Are the trolls finally deserting Trump?

Like a Venus flytrap, he welcomes Conservatives into his sanctum and is now slowly digesting them

Sneering at another country with problems of its own making won’t solve our own

Politicians love jumping on niche ideas that make them look in tune with the real world. Don’t fall for it

The policy reads like ridiculous, clunky satire

No one in Westminster dares to say it – but the Tories are heading for an extinction-level event

Reckless tax cuts financed by slashing public spending will be the PM’'s answer to more bad economic news

Alexander Stubb won the presidential election, but now he faces an even bigger challenge – Russia

The people who carry things to your door are going on strike. Good for them

While Kemi Badenoch celebrates meaningless memorandums, the damage of leaving the EU is becoming clearer

It’s leaving London and going out on a high

In order for churches to be properly cherished they’ll have to welcome in people of other faiths and no faith at all