Opinion

Decades ago, holidaymakers in Bude knew that when you went in the sea, you kept your mouth shut. Today, that rule is back

How we treat our land is revealed in its freshwaters and the anglers are there to notice it first

In Brussels, rain has become all we talk about; we plan our social life around it

Pressure to leave the European Convention on Human Rights won’t stop even if Robert Jenrick loses the Tory leadership election

Early release is a sticking plaster, not a solution. We need a wholly new approach to sentencing

A diaspora of 120,000 in Pennsylvania fear Trump and could turn a state he lost by just 80,000 votes last time

Whoever wins the White House, this knife-edge campaign holds important lessons on policy, presentation and the new politics

The diaspora voted heavily for change. But rigged results at home have the authoritarians claiming victory

The hordes outside Madison Square Garden looked normal. What they talked about was anything but

Already loathed by much of his staff for connections to Rupert Murdoch, the Washington Post’s British publisher Will Lewis is now under renewed fire for his decision to cancel an endorsement of Kamala Harris

Yes, polls are tightening and some early voting seems to favour Trump. But multiple signs suggest Harris is heading for a close victory

If Labour raises taxes and the uber-wealthy begin to leave, will anybody care?

This £200m policy would help children and be the first step to restarting Sure Start

The Republican candidate offers voters a bargain: the illusion of power, in return for the heaviest price

Alanis Morissette would be proud of this list of disasters

Our 2024 Person of the Year has changed the rules, reversed the language and given women permission to reject shame

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s streaming, cinema, theatre and books

The special issue will focus squarely on the appalling state of Britain’s waterways, the result of an absolute scandal of our times; the privatisation of the water companies

Russian victory spells disaster for Europe and without urgent support to Ukraine, this is inevitable

As November 5 approaches, here’s what you should be reading

They’ll talk about getting Britain closer to Europe, but will Keir Starmer listen?

The Reform leader’s attack on Labour over its activists volunteering for Kamala Harris has blown up in his face

The shameless survivor who brought you Brexit doesn’t deserve another platform

Moscow pumped huge amounts of money into Moldova’s EU vote – and lost

The weighting of a story about the Croydon man shot by police is all wrong

The Democrats are united and have stuck to a plan that has worked so far. But if it goes wrong, the party could go into meltdown

Whatever Rachel Reeves announces will make her deeply unpopular. But that won’t necessarily mean she’s wrong

The debate has opened up a number of complex moral dilemmas and cast doubt on the ability of the NHS to cope with the additional pressure

In the high season Alba is a frenetic, whirling fungal infection of a time

Clearly, the chancellor has no intention of courting short-term popularity as the budget looms

If Trump wins a second term, he will force Ukraine into a humiliating peace deal with Russia