Opinion

The time for sitting on the fence is over, Labour need to spell out a clear plan, argues one reader

Government opposition to psychedelic therapies means those with mental health problems can’t access groundbreaking treatments

Ex-bartender Giorgia Meloni has taken a party with historic links to Mussolini to the top of Italy’s opinion polls

Once colonised and abandoned, Ireland's capital is buzzy and booming. But whether it is truly European remains unresolved

Dislodging leaders who have lost the confidence of the electorate is never easy.. but it is possible. Here’s how it’s been done in major European nations in recent history

Our tone of how we discuss the war in Ukraine has evolved and not for the better

June 20 marks World Refugee Day – and another chapter in humankind’s history of people being forced to flee and live in exile

Many pundits feel Boris Johnson's demise is inevitable. But attempts to determine exactly when he'll go are highly speculative

The thinking that links Johnson to Trump is slowly becoming more obvious to his own backbenchers

A pause on the telephone causes our columnist to ruminate on a meltdown in a relatively faraway country

German local transport emulates a system from the 19th-century. It desperately needs updating and these tickets could be a step in the right direction

Solving impossible problems? It’s all in a day’s work for Liz Truss says comedian MITCH BENN

Jacob Rees-Mogg has published a list of nine ‘Brexit opportunities’. It’s both pitiful and dangerous

The government has landed itself in a legal mess over the Northern Ireland protocol

The strikes are the only way to redress the fundamental sickness facing the economy. It’s essential to get behind them

Boris Johnson says his plan to gut the Northern Ireland protocol is “relatively trivial”. It’s just another lie

A study by the Centre for European Reform reveals the “troubling” cost of Brexit and says the losses are now too big to ignore

A new government scheme was meant to replace EU structural funds lost after Britain left. But critics say it delivers less money and will do little to bolster the Tories’ levelling up agenda

Just 40% of adults in Europe are a healthy weight. Obesity will cause catastrophic health issues for future generations – not to mention the financial cost

Spine-tingling stories of our relationship with the most perfect format of them all.. the book

This government’s obsessions with Brexit and cuts in taxes and spending will make the coming slump worse

Miss Ross is still the boss, and always will be

The defeat of ideological twin Scott Morrison in Australia is yet another blow to beleaguered Boris Johnson

Pioneered by a US baking brand, focus groups are used by the likes of Rishi Sunak to make decisions at the expense of expert-led strategy

Nixon was a potentially great man brought down by Watergate. Johnson, on the other hand, hasn't got an ounce of greatness in him, argues one reader

Over the past decade Lionel Shriver has made a name for herself as a one-woman corrective to what she perceives as an excessively “woke” culture in this country

Thanks to Brexit, sterling is becoming a risky bet for some investors

The best way to protect, and honour, culturally important objects is to put them on public ownership in museums

Our columnist hopes that digitising Holocaust archives in a new government project will help people “never forget” the horrors of the Nazi genocide

Comedian MITCH BENN offers some suggestions for Boris Johnson’s next job

His shtick and clowning around is an affront to her life and service