Opinion

Many hard left leaders went to private school. Do they view socialism as a hobby?

The president’s trip to Scotland proves there’s a real harm in not holding his actions to account

A border dispute with Thailand broke out into sudden, intense conflict. A ceasefire has been called – but that is not the end

After decades of benefiting from investment, Dublin now finds itself stranded - with plenty of problems and few friends - in a dangerous new world

Jess Glynne has publicly expressed her distaste at the video while Jet2.com and Jet2holidays have clarified that they do not endorse the use of their brand for government policy

We have come of age in an era of pandemic, economic turmoil, war and climate change. No wonder so many of us have gone looking for reassurance

Simple screen-age guidance offers what Britain’s crackdown doesn’t: clarity and trust

The country needs a new way of looking at politics and economics. This might just be the answer

On the 80th anniversary of Hiroshima, the world is no closer to containing the spread of nuclear weapons

The technology firms of Silicon Valley want people to make way for AI by giving up control. That couldn’t be further from the European view

Our parliamentary system is not fit for purpose. But what can we do about it?

New polling suggests that UK voters might have finally had enough of the two main parties

Neil's latest Daily Mail column claims that Donald Trump obliterated Ursula von der Leyen's career. Suddenly, we're back in 2016 all over again...

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When Danny Kruger speaks in parliament, the chamber empties. But his theocratic musings have a wider audience than you might think

Social housing in the UK has a reputation for drabness. Other countries have done it far better – it’s time to learn from the ones who got it right

The country’s ‘Freedom Pilots’ flew alongside American colleagues before being given refuge in the US when the Taliban returned. Now the MAGA regime wants to send them home – to what fate?

Digging into the detail and data to separate the noise from the news

Artificial intelligence makes more and more of our decisions. But two examples show it remains untrustworthy – and sometimes downright bizarre

In Sinaloa, the threat of death and chaos hangs in the air as the brutal cartel war shows little sign of abating

There is a difference between riding your luck and being lucky, just ask Leah Williamson and the Lionesses

A female nurse in Scotland became the focus of a witch hunt that shows how Britain’s institutions have become overcome by an elite ideology

If you had said to me then she might end up attached to a powerful man, able to build and exploit connections wherever he found them, I could well have seen how it may happen

Beneath the peak of Monte Soratte near Rome is a vast, eerie tunnel complex – an underground graveyard of the German troops who died there

Thirty years on, the genocide is remembered annually, but locals feel forgotten and struggle with ongoing division

A year after riots swept Britain, Reform’s leader and his supporters are warning of future unrest unless their policies are followed. The message is a threat wrapped in respectability

A festival in Leipzig marks half a century since sex workers and priests stood together in solidarity against police violence

Russia has intensified its aerial assault on Kyiv. One night may pass in relative calm, giving a fragile sense of normality. The next, destruction starts again

To avoid chaos, and in true German style, the country’s schools break-up for summer at different times

The president thinks tariffs make America stronger. The EU knows better - and walked away from a fight not worth having