Opinion

The Tories are playing to an audience of voters who despise refugees

Conservative MPs seem to have finally twigged that their gravy train is about to hit the buffers. So what else could they turn their hands to?

The new IMF forecasts contain little for Brexiteers to be cheerful about

The Conservatives exist only in order to win elections – they will soon twig that one path to doing that involves dumping Brexit

Burnley’s triumphant return to the Premier League has been masterminded by the son of a refugee who became Belgium’s first elected black mayor

Raising the spectre of ‘war’ against Covid promoted irrational panic

Grandbrothers’ new release Late Reflections matches the landmark’s emotional heft

Forty-three years after the Bologna station bombing killed 85 people, including a young couple from Bristol, a far-right militant was finally jailed for his part in it

Two-thirds of Argentinians are descended from the old country.. and the two nations share some of the same problems

A campaign group in Spain is seeking better legal protection for women who experience harassment while breastfeeding in public. Will the rest of Europe follow?

Ada Colau is the city’s mayor and she would prefer you to stay away

Despite voting Remain, the Rock is now outside the EU – and it has “no deal”. Might Spain be about to “take back control”?

Over 200 years on, Britain may be about to reverse Lord Elgin’s act of chicanery and vandalism

Moscow likes to pretend that HIV is not a problem. Now it has an epidemic on its hands

Lack of rain and extreme summer heat are causing a dramatic decline in olive oil production in Italy. Consumers and producers alike are worried

Is the drug that fuelled sixties counterculture due for a comeback?

Kosovo managed to take politics out of its state broadcaster. Could we do the same?

His successors as chancellor believe they can deliver tax cuts like his when they are no longer sustainable

If you vote for a hard border – surprise surprise – you get a hard border

The Greco-Turkish war took place 100 years ago – but historical accounts of those events obscure a disturbing truth, one that must be confronted

The protests about pension reform in Paris recently started calmly and cheerfully, but by nightfall the mood had shifted

Likely new PM Petteri Orpo could help forge a stronger relationship built on defence

Port officials say the disruption is largely caused by Britain leaving the EU, but Conservative MPs know better

Humza Yousaf disagrees, but there is growing SNP acceptance that winning a referendum is not just around the corner

Morris dancing, folk music and other English traditions are making a comeback. And the new followers are a diverse bunch

Pressing ahead with the Retained Laws Bill while staying out of science’s Horizon scheme is lunacy

Joining the CPTPP trading bloc will contribute less than 0.1 per cent to GDP. But there is a point to membership

The Democrats are talking about gun control and the Republicans are talking about paying off porn stars

The world loves Sanna Marin, but as an election looms, her country may not feel the same

Only 24% now say they are happy about Brexit, with 49% unhappy

Will Lithuania be the next Ukraine?