Opinion

Olaf Scholz's change of heart came overnight. So fast that the chairman of his own SPD parliamentary group missed it

The reaction to the Depp/Heard trial demonstrates society's primal behaviour

The rich may be well-protected. But for the rest of us, this is going to be a very rough ride

There’s been a significant semiotic shift on planet Kardashian - the name of the show has changed!

The president’s achievements have been underplayed - and they contain lessons for Labour and the Lib Dems

Here's five ways the Tories could stitch up the next election

My criticisms of the culture secretary have nothing to do with her being a woman, and everything to do with her being hopeless and dangerously out of her depth

Downing Street parties have proven the final straw for lifelong Tory voter Tony Blackburn

Labour's deputy leader hasn't wound up the company set up to support her campaign for the role

Rothermere, who pays minimal tax on account of his non-dom status, appears to be fretting about Starmer's pledge to abolish the loophole

Ukraine should be the final push we need to close the legal loopholes that encourage oligarchs and kleptocrats to hide their assets in the UK

After weeks of criticism over her department’s multiple failures, Priti Patel is brandishing her trademark smirk again after the passage of a series of laws that threaten basic freedoms at home and abroad

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