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Could the Leveson Review spell the end of trial by jury?
A new proposal to restrict the use of trial by jury could fundamentally undermine the justice system
Trump’s private army
He promised to end America’s wars abroad. Instead, he is starting one at home
Letter of the Week: Silencing protest won’t help Palestinians
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Nic Aubury’s 4-line poem: The Absolutists
Trump/Trump is no Frost/Nixon
The president was quizzed by his own daughter-in-law for a Fox News interview which avoided hard questions
Starmer makes progress – and the europhobes can’t stand it
The PM’s meeting with Emmanuel Macron has brought the Brexit ghouls out in a chorus of whingeing. It seems they prefer Britain to be isolated
Do you find this photo boring?
Of course you do – and that’s leading us towards quite a serious economic misunderstanding
The government that tells it like it isn’t
It’s becoming increasingly difficult for politicians to tell voters things they do not want to hear. But deceiving the electorate is a very bad idea
Peter Thiel and the Antichrist
A very influential, rich American says the Antichrist has returned. The worst thing is how many people might actually believe him
Is this the answer to the immigration question?
A new cross-party commission has been created to look at the problems of social cohesion in Britain. But can it confront the most controversial issue of them all?
Palestine Action is bad for Palestinians
The activist group has fallen foul of UK anti-terror laws – good. Because the radical, violent action it carries out harms the very causes its claims to support
We can’t just ignore bad news
Those who turn their back on world news and just get on with their lives inside a protective bubble are part of the problem
How to understand Donald Trump
The chaos he inflicts on the world is perplexing, but his behaviour has clear patterns
Letter of the week: The west has failed Gaza
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How Merz talks his way up in the polls
The chancellor’s straight-talking has, unexpectedly, boosted his popularity
Come to Kerry and escape the heatwave
The cool, damp climate of the south-west of Ireland has become a surprising summer refuge for weary travellers escaping the heat of Europe
It isn’t a general election in Taiwan, but it feels like one
Rising political and military tensions have seen pro-democracy activists stage mass recall campaigns against pro-China Kuomintang lawmakers
After the ceasefire, the Iranian regime cracks down
With the government exploiting emergency wartime powers, life in Iran may worsen for ordinary people
Tim Bradford’s cartoon: All about the Nobel Peace Prize
My struggle with Mein Kampf
The world of extremism has moved on during the past 100 years – but the core ideas of Hitler’s book have not gone away
It’s the values, stupid
There is no grand vision, no -ism. But Keir Starmer can still succeed if he trusts his political instincts
The Labour MPs giving up on Starmer
The government benches in the Commons are packed with ambitious young people who think their careers are hitting a dead end
The disinformation war on Europe
China, Russia and the US hard right now all look at Europe in the same way – as an opponent to be countered
Why Donald Trump should try ayahuasca
He might stop obsessing about building walls – and it might just improve his political philosophy
How the Diddy verdict silenced #MeToo
In the game of he said, she said, the former still wins. Until principles can trump money, MeToo’s survival is fighting a losing battle
Is Meloni now leaning to the left?
Like right wingers everywhere, the Italian government hates immigrants – it also can’t carry on without them. Which means only one thing
Trump’s army makes America poor again
The Republican party used to have principles. Not any more
Labour’s first year in office: nowhere near good enough
The economy was in a mess when they came into office. But they have moved too slowly, and avoided the biggest questions of all
Disabled people are the largest minority in the world, but the government doesn’t care
If the government wanted to win over a large part of the electorate, surely we are the group to appeal to, not Reform voters?
Is Switzerland the future of Britain?
The nation has just negotiated a new settlement with the EU, and British officials have been playing close attention to the terms of the deal
Why I’m rooting for Zohran Mamdani
A politician my age is actually being taken seriously, and potentially welcomed into a position of power
The deadly old men who rule half the world
In a draining digital age of new problems and new tech, the planet’s most powerful leaders are all in their 70s – and increasingly at war with reality
The car-crash cost of Farageonomics
The Reform Party has finally come up with some policies – and they would wreck the UK’s fragile economy
The silent threat of China
Beijing will have watched the US and Israeli strikes on Iran, and will have learned a dangerous lesson
Letter of the week: Farage has forced Britain into a post-truth world
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Nerd’s Eye View: 14 things you need to know about the Chagos Islands
Digging into the detail and data to separate the noise from the news
What would Rousseau think of Bezos’s wedding?
If Rousseau is right, it’s not just Venice and Bezos that are sinking. We all are
The ex-Nazis who got away with their past
A new book reveals the former Nazis at the heart of Das Kanzleramt, the chancellor’s office, the power hub of the young German democracy
After one year in office, here’s what Starmer needs to do now
The prime minister has established strong relationships with leaders of other countries. But now he must fix the one he has with his MPs
The pride of Budapest
Using the LGBTQ+ community as a punchbag is an age-old trick for Orbán but this time, the prime minister miscalculated
Watching Pussy Riot in the city that defied Putin
The protest band got an ecstatic welcome in Dresden, the city where a young Vladimir Putin was stationed as KGB officer
A bloody echo of Colombia’s past
The country’s new-found peace feels fragile once again after the attempted assassination of Miguel Uribe Turbay
Giorgia Meloni: Lucky or political mastermind?
Her autobiography shows that the western queen of the far right is almost impossible to pin down
Coffee, cake and fascism: welcome to Trump’s America
Far right nationalistic beliefs are now run-of-the-mill daily rhetoric in US public life
Can we replace capitalism?
American journalist John Cassidy explains why those who despise this unstable system seem doomed to failure
Tim Bradford’s cartoon: Donald Trump’s diary of a tough president
One-year Keir: the man without a why
On the PM’s first anniversary, Britain is still waiting to be told a narrative in which he turns our crises into a shared endeavour, a patriotic adventure
Meet Zack Polanski, Britain’s first eco-populist
The Greens’ deputy leader wants to take over the party and fight Reform using left wing populism. But if he lets in the Corbynistas, will they ruin everything – again?
No 10 fails to give backing to BBC director-general
The prime minister’s spokesman declined an opportunity to throw the government’s support behind Tim Davie, caught up in a Glastonbury row