Opinion

Christmas is coming and people are wondering if the PM’s goose, instead of getting fat, may be getting cooked. What else could possibly go wrong?

Finally – a Visa-free aspect to Brexit. At least that’s what the deluded Dominic Raab is likely to tell you...

This tale of two cities is less about a booming Brexit Britain and more about a government that continues to favour oil and gas firms even as Boris Johnson says the planet is at “one minute to midnight”.

Why Boris Johnson's true hero is more like the cynic philosopher Diogenes of Sinope.

In an extract from his new book, Freedom: How we lose it and how we fight back, Hong Kong dissident NATHAN LAW, once jailed by the regime, warns of Beijing’s tightening grip on culture.

BONNIE GREER on why the Bronzes has provided her with a human connection - giving her solace and refuge.

Our columnist steers a steady course to bring us up to speed on a debate raging on Germany's roads

The New European's mailbag was filled with letters about the latest accusations of Tory sleaze.

News that you might have missed from around the continent, selected by Steve Anglesey.

WILL SELF on attending a speed awareness course for the second time.

The posturing of Putin and Lukashenko on the Poland-Belarus border risks lives while leaving Europe on the brink of erecting walls.

From Orkney to Oléron, people are heading offshore in search of a simpler existence. But the trend is having a profound impact on some of the continent’s most fragile communities.

Composer and academic Mary Ann Tedstone Glover has brought the music of the Roman empire back to life.

Football is no longer a game for the game's sake. ROB HUGHES writes how fans can but dream of it returning to this.

Diego Maradona’s move to Sevilla in 1992 was supposed to be a rebirth. Instead, it resulted in more controversy and the start of a decline that ended with his death a year ago this month.

Boris Johnson’s record as a man unscrupulous in both public and private life is second to none. Recent polls suggest a swing away from the Tories, so is the public finally demonstrating a degree of buyer’s remorse?

Comedian MITCH BENN provides a list of other jobs MPs could take.

A new poll shows that all the “Brexit good news” is not getting through to voters. Strange that...

The summit failed to offer any immediate hope to those on the front lines of climate change.

It may have been bumped from the front pages, but the prime minister is far from escaping the sleaze quagmire.

ALASTAIR CAMPBELL shares some of the secrets from behind-the-scenes of the latest airing of BBC Question Time.

As the UK threatens to trigger Article 16, raising the prospect of a trade war with the EU, people on the island of Ireland wonder if any of this political theatre is really about what’s best for them.

Philosopher NIGEL WARBUTON on the link between those who are cruel to animals and violence against humans.

Amid great uncertainty, shortages and rising prices, just what is the economic outlook for post-Brexit, post-Covid Britain?

Insulate Britain infuriated the nation with their direct action. But were their tactics effective? PETER TATCHELL, the pioneer of modern protests, explains what works and what doesn't.

WILL SELF on the politics behind the nation's beloved baking show.

PETER TRUDGILL on the seemingly unstoppable use of US words and phrases in our daily lives.

The Bayern Munich star is seldom a disappointment. Has he now broken this track record?

The causes of a grim week for Boris Johnson lie in an impatience with the rules that constrain his power, says Theresa May’s former deputy.

A woman trapped in Iran after being convicted of new, trumped-up charges. A husband starving himself in despair. A child facing another Christmas without her mother. And a government that won’t pay up to make it stop.

After working on Armin Laschet’s bid to become chancellor, our columnist returns to explore the relationship between her country and Poland

They may not matter to Boris Johnson and the same old faces from the Brexit campaign, but these principles cannot be discarded.