Opinion

There’s a guide for how politicians can achieve economic and social progress. It’s right there in the history books

An increasing number of young people in Britain are refusing to go to school and in some cases not even leaving their bedrooms. Why is this happening?

The newspaper has launched a fresh campaign for Brexit, just a decade after the electorate voted for it and five-and-a-half years after it was delivered

Trump’s escapade against Iran achieved nothing. Instead, it cost huge amounts in both money and lives, and he can’t get Israel to stop fighting in Lebanon

For Europe's farmers, longer and hotter summers contribute to the region’s biggest problem of all

Tears, Coldplay and chicken wine: Behind the scenes in the last days of a premiership

A new, alarming online trend has begun to shed light on the harshest relationship lesson of all – that when one partner walks away, the other can be left helpless, lost and alone

Job applications are written using AI and are scanned by another AI and then, if you get through to the interview stage, you’ll be interviewed by AI too. Surely this can’t be right

Women in their late 20s are told we have all the time in the world while, simultaneously, doctors and family members are tapping their watches

Huge amounts of narcotics are being shipped from South America to Australia, via the small Pacific island nations. That trade is leaving a trail of dirty money and social disaster in its wake

South Africa are back in the greatest contest in world sport – but why are so many fans in other African nations getting behind our opponents?

Spoiler alert: The budget is low, the cast is flawed - and a lot is being pinned on the new leading man

Boris Johnson and Michael Gove have marked the 10-year referendum anniversary with articles full of self-serving nonsense

A number of political realities collide with Andy Burnham’s entry to Downing Street – and an early General Election is the obvious conclusion

Be optimistic, don’t ignore the party and find new ways to cut through lies and disinformation

This is Labour’s last chance to see off the threat of a 2029 Farage victory. There is one piece of advice that the next PM needs to hear

The hope of May 2024 has been squandered, and Andy Burnham is unlikely to revive it

Britain's European allies want to know what a new PM would mean for defence, Ukraine, energy and AI

If you can’t tell a political story about the future, then what, really, are you asking people to vote for?

The PM-in-waiting has 18 months, tops, to reset Britain and save it from Farage

He could have been a great PM but subcontracting his political thinking to Mandelson and co has led to his demise

Burnham is precisely the opposite of what Labour and Britain need from a new PM

He’s got a plan to reach No 10. Does he have one on dealing with Europe and the world?

Like Zohran Mamdani, Andy Burnham understands how politics is consumed nowadays. But if he does get into No 10, he’ll need more than just good optics

Like Carnegie, Rockefeller and Ford, his brilliance is paired with a callous disregard for human values

A country many expected to fall in weeks has turned into a laboratory for the future of defence, digital government and national resilience. Now the EU must follow

Social media's latest lifestyle gurus are all about staying in. But what if stylish solitude is your idea of hell?

Graham Platner looked like the perfect Democrat candidate to fight the Maine senate contest at the coming midterm elections. He won the nomination – and that’s when the problems started

A brilliant, forensic, sector-by-sector analysis of the damage done to our economy, our businesses and our daily lives by leaving the European Union

The pleasure dome and sacred river were opium fantasies – but it was a place where the world met to trade

In a world of chancers and charlatans, we need facts at our fingertips as vital ammunition for the battles ahead: Beating Reform and joining the EU

The pundits who cheered most loudly for Brexit in 2016 now ignore the evidence – and sneer at anyone daring to suggest the experiment has failed