Opinion

Rows with Brussels over the Northern Ireland protocol are holding up UK associate membership of the Horizon Europe funding programme - and now scientists fear Britain could lose some of its brightest minds as well as its place as a global leader

Talk of a Tory wipeout in May 5’s elections is merely a game of low expectations – but they could still prove fatal to Boris Johnson

Marine Le Putin lost, Emmanuel Macron won - France will remain Germany's closest ally in Europe

The Russian people need a new national story of democracy - one which they write themselves

In Erik ten Hag Manchester United have appointed a manager steeped in the finest Dutch traditions

Comedy is regarded as the lowest form of writing. It should be considered among the highest

If and when Labour takes power, they must likewise focus public money on disadvantaged regions

The Allies beat a Russian blockade in 1948. Now it is incumbent on Germany to help lead a new wave of aid

The city may have made it to the silver screen, but there are no silver linings yet for Northern Ireland as election and Protocol tensions raise temperatures again

But, we also need art that exposes us to different ways of thinking about them

Social media has created a world with constant disagreements over objective factual truths. Political leaders abuse this and our prime minister is no exception

The white majority needs to ask itself what it can do to effect the necessary change to a policy which has done more than anything else to alienate black and brown Britons from civil society

The left may have discovered a way to rid themselves of the QAnon supporter and Trump enabler

Brought to its knees by Covid, the UK’s travel and tourism industry is now beginning to feel the full force of Brexit as border restrictions and the end of the VAT reclaim scheme look set to deter thousands of Europeans and others

It makes more sense for the home secretary to send incoming asylum seekers to be “processed in” Mars than Rwanda

Emmanuel Macron may have beaten Marine Le Pen in the presidential election, but France has not yet banished fascism

Why can't politicians be more like Jürgen?

The shadow foreign secretary hasn't entirely abandoned his dream of becoming mayor of London

The disgraced former minister is topping up his income with a lucrative retainer in the world of public relations

A Conservative MP has hailed the "local opportunities" crushing Brexit bureaucracy has brought to her constituency

The spectre of Marine Le Pen has been banished - at least for now - but there is plenty for the re-elected president to focus on

Jacob Rees-Mogg says we should ignore an EU push for speed limiters in cars - but it has the potential to save more lives than seat belts

This is not only another cold war, it's a profound fragmentation of the global economy with little chance of a return to normal

A year on from the failed attempt to make European football a closed shop, the sport's administrators still want to tinker with the Champions League

Low investment, poor skills and bad managers leave Britain trailing its business rivals – but what are the chances of fixing these flaws?

Vladimir Putin, the man trained to oppose the West, has resurrected it and brought it back to a bygone era

Two young musicians are demonstrating that classical music is perfectly able to have contemporary appeal among the young

These three men should be on top of the world. Instead, each of them seems as if it's falling apart around them and they can't even enjoy it

Germany has had quite a yield of resignations recently. Our columnist explains why it looks like one more is soon to go in Olaf Scholz's new cabinet

Until our monarchy is replaced with a elected and transparent head of state then the UK cannot count itself a modern state

The so-called Nuremberg defence of “I was just following orders” won't protect them, nor should it