Opinion

A local modern-day bard, serenading commuters and beautifying the neighbourhood, is easily the best eccentric street person I’ve ever known

He denied everything – but will anyone believe him?

The rump UKIP's bid to unite the hard-right vote is falling on deaf ears at Richard Tice's party

For discredited populists, it has been the week justice hit back

When one person draws a line, the strength of resistance is tested

Jeremy Hunt’s budget shows that leaving the EU is only paying off in a parallel universe

As with everything else, there is one rule for them, and another for everyone else

Credit Suisse had been doing business for 167 years – how did it vanish so quickly? And, are we heading for a 2008-style meltdown?

From what we know of the current Conservative party, they might just do it

A pensions saving giveaway for the super-rich shows the government’s warped priorities

Would there have been the same furore over his Twitter posts if Gary was a Gerhard?

To the director, women were not full human beings - they were props and justifications for male rampage

The poisonous cocktail of ideologically driven nationalism and gradual erosion of our rights is worrying indeed

The sight of tracksuit-wearing Brits entering one of the most beautiful brasseries on the Left Bank left me gasping and prostrated

By weaponising migrant boats and letting his MPs stoke culture wars, the PM is damaging his party and the country

Let’s make the positive case for the benefits it would bring to crisis-hit Britain

If, in the future, Gary has to restrict himself to talking about football, here are some analogies it's OK for him to use

An annual event sees those used to asking the questions in the hot seat

Another bank has collapsed, which shows once more that we have a global economy but local regulation

Sticking-plaster fixes and benefit-cut threats won’t fill the worker gap

If we do not learn the lessons of the Iraq war, we are doomed to further conflict and chaos

The ‘activist blob’ email should set our alarm bells ringing – it’s an attempt to politicise the state

Caution prevents Labour from telling the truth about Brexit. But bold policies that will bring change are also absent

The latest AI system has been hailed as a gamechanger in journalism, but will the bots have their day?

It’s not just the British who are obsessed with the Nazis – Hitler still boosts sales and viewing figures in Germany

Brexiters beware, symptoms are on the rise - but never fear, here are a selection of foolproof cures for your ailments

The case of a pedestrian jailed for causing the death of a cyclist highlights the ongoing power struggle on the pavements of urban Britain

The government’s immigration policy shows how extreme it has become

It’s the right and the duty of anyone with a platform to speak out against this cruelty

An ONS report finds no justification for their anti-union legislation