Opinion

Keir Starmer opted for the backdrop of a Union flag while he delivered a keynote speech. It may look like a prop, but we can't ignore it, writes NIGEL WARBURTON.

Why have we forgotten about the moral case for tighter Covid restrictions? Asks one reader.

A legal bid by McDonald’s to build a drive-through in close proximity to some ruins in Rome has been ended by Italy's highest court.

It’s home to pro-Brexit groups and climate change sceptics. But just how much power over this government is wielded by the tenants of 55 Tufton Street?

Comedian MITCH BENN presents his take on the news of more lockdown parties in Downing Street and Nigel Farage coming to Novak Djokovic's aid.

America has always been full of 'Rampaging White People'. But if anyone can face them it's Joe Biden, writes BONNIE GREER.

Dinner for One popularised the catchphrase "same procedure as every year". Now it's synonymous with Germany's Covid policy, writes TANIT KOCH.

The government’s abandonment of rail plans has left its levelling-up policy in tatters.

Boris Johnson finally breaks his silence on THAT party only to prove once again that the truth is the first casualty when you seek to remake the world in your image.

The BBC’s three-part dramatisation of the notorious case of Argyll v Argyll is a scandalous tale of egoism and hypocrisy.

The world's eyes are on the Park Hotel in the wake of the Novak Djokovic fiasco. Can refugee advocates use the situation to their advantage?

What would Jeremy Corbyn's new political party mean for the Left? Perhaps he should just apologise for dismissing anti-semitism and leave the next move to Labour, says SUNA ERDEM.

In laughing off the struggles musicians are facing with touring in the EU due to Brexit, he only made himself appear more out of touch than ever.

A superficial prime minister is in the dock – again – for a transgression that stems from the fatal flaw that has defined his career: arrogance.

The only party to look forward to is the one celebrating the departure of this dreadful government, says ALASTAIR CAMPBELL.

There is a conflict of interest epidemic plaguing the government. And it starts at the top.

Most parties include alcohol, some even include cheese... Philosopher NIGEL WARBUTON on what makes a party.

The storming of Capitol Hill a year ago has changed how the rest of the century will pan out. Make no mistake, it was an insurrection.

WILL SELF on the British government's betrayal of Afghanistan

Boris Johnson’s motivations for avoiding an Omicron lockdown are all bad, but that doesn’t make him the equivalent of Meryl Streep’s president in Don’t Look Up.

The idea that Liz Truss could be the next prime minister is hindered by the fact that Brexiteer Tories won't trust her, argues one reader.

Our columnist argues how the timing of Germany's nuclear phase-out is irresponsible.

Being a citizen of both the United States and United Kingdom was once a privilege. Now it’s an embarrassment. How did we get here?

Buffeted by the pandemic, Eurostar faced collapse. With little thanks to the UK government, this link to the continent is revived.

Football's authorities need to pay more attention to players' physical and mental burnout, says ROB HUGHES

The term should never have escaped the halls of academe. But, a more appropriate name for it would be the truth.

2022 promises more great fiction by women and writers of diverse nationalities and backgrounds

STEVE ANGLESEY on the latest sunlit uplands of sovereign Britain.

Connections, a degree from Oxford and a sense of entitlement, editor-at-large ALASTAIR CAMPBELL draws on the parallels between Ghislaine Maxwell and the prime minister.

The West faces an ultimatum from Russia that could result in actual war. Yet we don’t seem to have noticed. Paris Sorbonne professor of international relations and Russia specialist FRANÇOISE THOM analyses the threat.

After the two years we’ve had, raising a glass on New Year’s Eve felt almost like an exercise in universe-baiting. But there are reasons to be hopeful over the next 12 months.

Insiders say Lord Geidt was unwilling to bring the PM down, but has put him on a final warning