Opinion

Humza Yousaf played a tough hand badly, but his party’s problems are deeper than just one man

Humza Yousaf tried to steamroll the SNP’s coalition partner. It cost him his career

During WWII, top-secret Operation Danegeld brought huge amounts of precision equipment from surrounded Switzerland to help Britain’s war effort

Even with planned changes to the sponsorship rules, the risk of exploitation among care workers will remain

In Italy, one famous Neapolitan pizzaiolo is daring to change the city’s view of putting pineapple on pizza

Spaniards view the prime minister’s announcement as the latest of his electoral strategies

In post-Brexit Britain, money is tight and the future is scarily uncertain for the agriculture sector

New Order’s Bernard Sumner has nailed the problem with British politics

An evening spent waiting for the president and Air Force One was not the experience I anticipated

Westminster gossip says the prime minister is planning to go to the country on Monday

The appeal of brutal Moscow governments is nothing new

Is crying such a bad thing? I’ve been doing a lot of it recently, for reasons regular readers will be aware of, and it never ceases to help

Quo Vadis is fun but Rossellini's neorealism showed us Rome as it was

In 1974, Portugal had the lowest wages and highest illiteracy in western Europe. Then came the Carnation Revolution

The Mail claims that NHS funding rises prove Brexit’s most notorious slogan was right. They’re wrong again

Worrying stories about UPFs are everywhere. But the truth is more complex than the headlines suggest

As a queer woman, I feel my identity is as important as anyone else’s. Yet where is my place of safety?

The prime minister saw a cigarette ban as his final chance to write a positive legacy. Then more Tory chaos left his relaunch in tatters

It’s not just through his writing that this important thinker will exert an influence long after his death

People in Tbilisi are protesting Georgia’s Russification. Instead, they want to be part of the EU

After six gender-based murders so far this year, Greek women now feel such tragedies are inevitable

In 2023, Catalonia’s drought halved wine production and this year is only expected to be worse

In Spargelzeit season, it’s hard to find a restaurant that doesn’t offer a special Spargel menu

Targeting ill and disabled people is a desperate move from the prime minister. Sick, you might say

In the age of the drone and the ballistic missile, national security does not come cheap

David Cameron’s return to frontline politics resembles a grown-up arriving at a children’s party

The conflict is being fought on four fronts: military, psychological, judicial and diplomatic. Could it be about to enter a new phase?

We must defeat the software of despair and stop its rewiring of our politics

The brain drain of talent from the poorer south to the richer north has created a crisis in the country’s health sector

During Boris Johnson’s time as editor, it became known as the ‘Sextator’ because of the lifestyles of his staff

The PM implied that 1.35 million were off work because of depression or anxiety. That’s not true