Opinion

It is now blindingly obvious that the EU must step up and take responsibility for its own collective security, argues one reader

Rishi Sunak must accept that more borrowing and more spending are essential in his spring statement

The only brutal thing about Aldi and Lidl's expansion is the cut-price competition

The Godfather was hailed as a masterpiece from when it first aired 1972. And, it still is today

If we cut off Russian musicians indiscriminately, are we cutting off their right to the free speech over which this battle is essentially being fought?

There is joy and relief that the British citizens are finally on their way back from years of detention in Iran. But after Britain reportedly finally paid the debt it has owed Iran for decades, what was it all for?

Comedian MITCH BENN ponders why he seems to be the only commentator who hasn't been bought off by the Kremlin

The observation that military force has become less important in how nations wield power was more credible pre-invasion

Boris Johnson declared the UK is leading the way in its willingness to help refugees. Imagining then what Downing Street views as unwilling is incomprehensible

All the while, the UK is still wallowing in its misguided lesson that countries are stronger when they stand alone

It is time to question our biases and demand our governments are consistent in how they deal with everyone seeking a safe haven

Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine was met with extraordinary, and humorous, acts of resistance from ordinary Ukrainians. Then the internet got involved and now no one is laughing

The Russian oligarch should have got out years ago - now the club I love is in limbo

With war under way, it is impossible to visit a new exhibition of Francis Bacon's work and not think about humans’ terrible vulnerability in the face of shot and shell

Putin will never subjugate those who, despite their fears, stand up and defend their families, homes and democracy itself

As the West enters a period where any weakness will be weaponised, Britain needs innovation now more than ever

An intensive care consultant retraces the NHS’s painful journey through Covid – and explains why he is more worried than the Johnson government about what may lie ahead

An angry annual conference of the farmers’ union has revealed the depth to which a sector that voted for Brexit and the Tories feels sold out

To join Gavin Williamson, who else is deserving of a knighthood? Here are some more ennoblements we should expect to see coming down the red carpet soon...

During the Brexit debate, the very idea was enough to make Leavers foam at the mouth. Now, the case for a joint European military looks very different

DR ROBERT KRAMER, professor of psychoanalysis at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, explains the drive for immortality that brought war to Ukraine

Already in financial crisis, Turkey is heavily dependent on Russia for fuel, food and tourism money. Is this a tipping point for its president?

The US president's State of the Union address was a bravura performance of ordinariness and common sense

A disjointed Conservative party would create future opportunity to rejoin the EU, says one reader

The same day Putin's invasion began, Karneval was due to start, and it did. But, it soon changed into Germany's largest demonstration for Ukraine so far

Lifting restrictions early may have given Boris Johnson a break from Partygate, but the decision clouds come back to haunt him

Absolute power makes you think you can do what you like, where you like, how you like. It is a power no truly democratic leader will ever enjoy

Chelsea’s future is uncertain and manager Thomas Tuchel finds himself asked questions about war and morality instead of tactics and injuries

Johnson won't get his Churchillian moment from this crisis, nor will he get the chance to return to his mister good times act afterwards

Boris Johnson’s claims of generous support to Ukrainian refugees are easily refuted by the figures: 50 visas granted vs nearly 1 million people taken in by Poland

We are all Ukrainians... for now. But as fuel costs rise and a drawn-out war looms, how long will the West’s resolve last?