Opinion

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

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

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

Everyone must die – and so must broadcast TV

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