Keir Starmer has finally found his bite
A so-so speech soared when the PM went for Farage. The start of a fightback, or too little, too late?
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I’m skipping party conference season
I used to love it – but now I can see the problem with these annual political get-togethers
Are we already at war?
Russia is sending its drones and bombers into Nato airspace. Whatever this is, it feels like just the beginning
A Reform merger would be extinction for the Tories
Farage is only interested in a reverse takeover. Kemi Badenoch must resist – and find a way to rouse her rabble
The ID cards disaster is another sign that Starmer has lost it
The PM has failed to spot voters’ anti-big-government streak, enraged his own party and reunited the warring Farage and Boris Johnson
Could Obama restore my hope in politics?
Hosted by David Olusoga, the former president tackled everything from AI to political violence. The only elephant in the room was Donald Trump
The rise of the early downsizers
It was once a financial move for old age, but now, faced with stagnant wages and stubborn mortgage rates, younger homeowners are selling up and shrinking
The locked-in generation
Rising bills and housing costs, coupled with a precarious jobs market, have trapped many young people in lives they do not want
Does Andy Burnham want to rejoin the EU?
The Labour leadership candidate has taken every Brexit position possible. Now it’s time for him to spell things out
EU insiders want Starmer to ramp up his Brexit reset
A thaw in UK relations and fear of Trump’s America has Brussels eager to forge closer links
Letter of the week: Is the Tommy Robinson march receiving too much coverage?
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Smash the populists, Keir
The prime minister needs to set out the path to a much better Britain than the one we have, before Nigel Farage does it for him
Terminal irony and the collapse of meaning
Coded messages on the bullets that killed Charlie Kirk reveal a nihilistic, always online world where cynicism, violence and politics blur together – and meaning itself collapses.
Just tax the rich
We shouldn’t need philosophy to tell us that wealth redistribution could alleviate extensive poverty
Evelyn Palla, Germany’s queen of chaos
In Palla, Deutsche Bahn will have their first female CEO and her appointment has raised eyebrows
How to escape from Hong Kong
Just an hour across the water is a city with a completely different history and culture. But how much longer can it last?
Back to school in Trumpland
It’s the start of a new academic year and schoolchildren in America have all become wearily accustomed to the active shooter drills
France tackles a weighty issue – obesity
Affecting one in six adults, obesity has doubled in France during the last 25 years
Venezuela, the land of permanent Christmas
President Nicolás Maduro has a festive plan to bring joy to Venezuelans – and to distract them from the ongoing row with the US
Inside Russia’s propaganda machine
Exceedingly wealthy and close to the Kremlin, the infamous Vladimir Solovyov has become a dominating voice on airwaves since Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
Prince Alexander of Saxony, a prince for our time
History is everywhere in Dresden – but are tourists really paying attention?
Palestine Action: We are not the terrorists
Labelling “Palestine Action” as a terrorist group is a threat to freedom of expression – and to democracy. The government must lift the ban
We’re paving the road to power for Tommy Robinson
Britain’s crises give the far right fertile ground – and when Reform fails too, he will take advantage
Britain, the US and the Australian dilemma
A new technological defence agreement would change the global balance of power. If Trump backs out, it could all be in jeopardy
Nigel Farage’s economics of hate
Reform’s dog-whistling plans to end migrant benefits and ‘leave to remain’ are founded on lies and would wreck growth
MAGA is now a holy war
The death of Charlie Kirk has resurrected Donald Trump’s movement as a vengeful crusade for America’s soul
At the anti-Trump rally in Westminster
Millions of people across Britain detest Trump, but hardly anyone showed up to protest against his state visit
Andy Burnham eyes No 10
It would be difficult, though not impossible – but would he leave behind his political success in Manchester for the much choppier waters of Westminster?
Trump and “old man’s erection” syndrome
The US president says he wants peace, but doesn’t seem able to do anything about it
Can we please stop taking Blue Labour’s Glasman seriously?
The peer’s praise for “magnificent” Brexit is just another example of a discredited guru leading the government astray
No, Unite the Right was not about women’s safety
Those who attended Tommy Robinson’s rally may have told journalists and social media that they “only” oppose immigration on feminist grounds, but they aren’t fooling anyone
Exclusive: Royal Society to debate throwing out Elon Musk
One of the most prestigious scientific bodies in the world is considering expelling Musk after his appearance at Tommy Robinson’s extremist London rally
Robert Redford, not always the president’s man
Donald Trump has paid tribute to the late actor and director, who had mixed feelings about the man in the White House
Letter of the week: Have we reached America’s Reichstag moment?
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Where Starmer went wrong with the Mandelson debacle
Politics is as much about relationships and an understanding of human nature as it is about policy and legislation. The PM must learn this before it’s too late
Living among the tigers
Tiger conservation projects have become more than protecting the animal, they’re about the cracks in Indian society and the people who are left behind
Ed Davey: decency versus division
The Lib Dems beat Reform at the election but lost the media war. Now their leader warns that Farage and Robinson seek to tear Britain apart for personal gain
Inside Trump’s gulag
El Salvador has become an absolutist police state. Part prison camp, part Bitcoin Beach, it’s the perfect place for Trump to send all the people he doesn’t want in America
MAGA’s coming purge
MAGA wants all-out war on the left after the shooting of the right wing commentator, Charlie Kirk. Will Trump oblige?
When clever politicians turn stupid
Mandelson and Rayner seemed to be in total command, right up until the moment when it was revealed they’d done something unbelievably misguided
The irony of erasing Banksy
The street artist’s work leaves an indelible trace in our memories and it will last long after authorities scrub away the paint
AfD are ringing alarm bells – again
Banning the AfD’s extremist candidates risks turning them into martyrs, granting the far right the attention they crave
Carlo Acutis and the creation of a young saint
Born in 1991, Acutis’s canonisation marks a first for the Roman Catholic Church – he will become its first millennial saint
Leaving California for Zhongshan
The journey to save our ancestral home in China has taken four years, but unfinished business is calling me back
Verdis, a land that nobody wants
Against all odds, 20-year-old Daniel Jackson, leader of Verdis, has Croatia on the run while his movement has found its way at the heart of a geopolitical dispute
Valencia’s urban utopia
Alicante architect Antonio Cortés Ferrando and his cooperative Espai Verd has brought brutalism to Valencia
Trump is terrible, but this state visit is worth every penny of £15m
Flattering a vain bully is never appealing, yet doing so will secure £7billion when the economy needs it most
Charlie Kirk: A death on the internet
It is now impossible to keep up with major live events online. And when the truth does start to emerge, don’t always assume you’ll find it in the mainstream press
Not “patriots” but followers of a far-right criminal low-life thug
Tommy Robinson does not love Britain. He despises everything it represents. Why won’t others say that so clearly?
It’s time for Starmer to confront Elon Musk’s extremism
Tesla’s owner wants a “fight back” to create regime change in the UK. The government must stop indulging him and using his platform