Opinion

A permacrisis premiership is finished. A Labour defeat in the Gorton & Denton by-election would signal even deeper problems for his successor

There’s still a way the Amazon boss can save his legacy, even as his hitman Sir William Lewis walks away from the wreckage of the great American newspaper he owns

Editor-at-large Alastair Campbell on the reaction to the Mandelson affair, the calls for Starmer to go, and what happens to this government - and the United Kingdom - next

Keir Starmer’s path has always been a lonely one. Now, he is out of friends and nearly out of a job

MAGA opponents Bad Bunny and Green Day will provide the entertainment for the NFL’s big game - and the president is staying away

The disgraced Labour guru speaks candidly from his massage table about the real victim of the Epstein scandal: himself

Somewhere along the line people got the idea that the state was the enemy of the people. But that’s dead wrong and the government needs to prove it

The boys’ club inside No 10 has brought the government to the edge of disaster. It’s time to sweep all that away

Labour MPs have had enough. They want to see the back of Morgan McSweeney, Starmer’s closest adviser, followed by the PM himself

A strong prime minister survives this scandal. This prime minister will not

Godard’s A Bout De Souffle is needlessly repetitive and unbearably sexist

The art of slipping away from a party without saying goodbye is known across the Channel as ‘leaving in the English style’

A new group of centrist Conservative politicians launched their fightback against Badenoch in a cellar near Charing Cross station. They don’t stand a chance

The enormous span of the right wing pundit’s ambition is becoming increasingly clear

Economic facts are catching up with the political untruths of the Trump administration

Her confrontation with Pakistan’s military rulers was rooted in a lifetime of activism that began in childhood and never wavered

Trump’s public health appointees are spreading such dangerous disinformation that it’s killing Americans. The world of science has to take a stand

The Crewkerne Gazette’s right wing videos have racked up 150 million views – and their creator even claims they forced Angela Rayner out of office

Oh, Mary!, the surprise West End hit about Mrs Abraham Lincoln, is a triumph of childish, profane pointlessness

The far right populist is likely to be the next president of France. A new book explains why

A rebuilt concert hall delivers mid-century style with a dose of EU symbolism – but with big queues, and a heavy price

Sorry, but leaving the universe to right itself is just misguided wishful thinking

From Mariupol to Tehran, Cecilia Sala’s new book captures young people forced into extraordinary acts of resistance

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It’s the one lesson that power-mad authoritarians always forget – and nowhere embodies that truth more than Afghanistan

Thieves have been stealing sacred artefacts in Nepal which have turned up for sale in western galleries. Now we want them all returned

Alessandro Mendini turned corkscrews into characters and armchairs into art. An exhibition of his work is on at the Estorick in London

Robert Fico went to Washington in the hope of a photo opportunity with Trump. It now looks like a disastrous political mistake

One neighbourhood in Nairobi is now so commercially successful that it has become a regional trade hub

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The revelations go far beyond a paedophile's vile exploitation - and explain why so many hate the super-rich elites