Opinion

The New World will hopefully outlast the new world trends, traits and personalities currently doing so much damage in so many ways

Rachel Reeves’s fear of tackling the big issues means she is repeating the mistakes of the past, and summoning up memories of Tory austerity

Hard right populists can get thrown out of power – just look at the Netherlands

It’s high noon for American democracy. Can the Supreme Court hold the line against MAGA’s madness?

Both Europe and America are being forced to face the populist right and they aren’t going to vanish all by themselves

The government has decided that the country will rearm – this strategic review is just the beginning

Yet another had right opportunist has exploited the opening in European politics that the left continues to ignore

As Putin’s summer offensive begins, insiders in Zelensky’s camp say they are facing the toughest time in years - with scary ramifications for Europe and the world

Progressive parties will never win votes by lecturing the electorate on how to live their lives

His attempt to grab control of the internet is perhaps the biggest threat of all

The governor of the Bank of England has just given an eye-watering speech about Britain’s economic idiocy

The prime minister says Reform’s leader can’t be trusted – but there’s one example he refuses to use

He’s out of jail and will go back to being both a grifter and a demagogue. But men like Robinson allow us to ignore deeper truths about our society

When it comes to building the person you’re meant to become, there are no shortcuts

If the continent wants to survive, it has to adopt new fresh and bold thinking

Unfortunately for Edi Rama, Albania’s prime minister, the country's place in the EU will be secured not by optics, but by its democratic credentials and right now, those are being tested

The prime minister’s reforms are crucial to achieving a more humane prison system. But, they’re only the start

The new UK-EU deal has annoyed all the usual suspects, so Keir Starmer must be doing something right

Our continent runs on US tech. With Trump in the White House, that no longer feels safe – and plans are taking shape for a way out

Trump plays so often and is so obsessed with the game that his administration is now a golf course company with a government attached

Some Labour figures believe Britain has too many unis. But if they start failing, local economies – and Starmer’s re-election prospects – will go with them

Atheists have a simple answer: it is evidence that God doesn’t exist, while believers say the gift of human free will brings with it the possibility of doing evil

Truly groundbreaking scientific discoveries may be on the decline – but it’s not because we’ve run out of big ideas

Crystal Palace's first-ever European campaign offers fans the opportunity of a gastronomic adventure too

The PM has been a disappointment so far. Now he must make voters choose between Farage’s view of the past, and his own view of the future

Don't discount the role of Gergely Kovács, head of the Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party (MKKP), if Hungarians vote to remove Orbán from power next year

As in the Scottish Premiership, Spain’s Primera División is dominated by the same two clubs every season. And it’s getting boring

The Tory leader has put her foot in it again by peddling one of Putin’s talking points

The reaction to the shocking car attack in Liverpool tells us so much about ourselves

A brutal UK economy report makes it clear: the reset is not enough in the face of deeply troubling data on a trade meltdown