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Everyone else has failed on climate – will Burnham do any better?
The new PM has said he’s an environmentalist, but his decision on North Sea drilling suggests otherwise. Is he going to be another disappointment?
Next year, Britain will experience emigration. What can Burnham do about it?
The Labour party has been politically stuck on immigration. That has to change – here’s how the new PM can break out of the trap
Should Burnham really have nixed Nick Thomas-Symonds?
The outgoing Europe minister, a Starmer loyalist, has paid the price despite putting in the hard yards on a Brexit reset
Red flag, blue cheese: my picnic with a Rupert Lowe fan
Turns out fans of Restore Britain’s leader aren’t all over 70 – some are younger, and bring prosecco and strong opinions
What Andy Burnham can learn from, er… Marine Le Pen?
Yes, her party and policies might be morally repulsive, but Le Pen is a canny operator, especially when it comes to one part of the political game
“Lisa Nandy thinks RADA is a knock-off brand in Wigan market’: It’s Sarah Vine’s guide to the Burnham Cabinet!
The Daily Mail columnist casts an extremely jaded eye over the new PM’s team
Why the Aussies are the only ones standing up to the tech giants
Australia led the way by introducing the social media ban for under-16s. Now it’s pushing to control the effect of the AI boom, and once again showing the world how it’s done
Farage’s speculation about Widdecombe’s murder could make it harder for justice to be done
Britain’s laws on contempt of court may be a relic of the pre-internet age, but they are still in force. If you break the rules, you can collapse a trial
I can’t help noticing that you seem to be wearing pervert glasses
Meta has got a bit of a PR problem with its new product. Not only are Zuckerberg’s new glasses creepy, they’re also not very good
Hey Andy Burnham – we don’t need any new laws!
Keir Starmer said his government would not intrude on voters’ lives, but ended up producing a downpour of new laws. The new PM must not make the same mistake
What happens to the refugees we turn away?
Britain has saved people from tyrannical regimes by welcoming them in – but it has also rejected vast numbers of people. And there is a cost to that
Devolution isn’t a magic fix – ask the rest of the world
Andy Burnham calls it ‘Manchesterism’. Other countries have tried it too, with varying degrees of success.
My night with the homeless showed me that Burnham must end rough sleeping
The new PM must be radical – including on Britain’s place in Europe
The UK government warns there’s a 25% chance of catastrophic water failure
A new threat assessment says the country’s water system faces a new, more troubling level of threat – the only answer is nationalisation
The death of Lindsey Graham and the birth of a new political dynasty
When the senator and close ally of Donald Trump died recently, his senate seat was inherited by his sister. This has never happened before in US history
Letter of the week: Britain needs an end to political mayhem
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Why Merz had to ditch surrogacy hypocrite Jens Spahn
He voted against paying women to give birth for you – then paid one himself
If you’re Kenyan, watch out – Vladimir Putin wants your soul
The Russian Orthodox Church is building churches in Kenya and is looking to expand its influence. But somehow Kenyans are still ending up dead in Ukraine
Labour are losing the young – here’s how Burnham can win them back
Under Starmer, younger voters went Green. The way to get them back is to tell a better story about the future – and Burnham is the one to do it
Andy Burnham’s ruthless reckoning for the Starmerites
The new PM was expected to redeploy a few of his predecessor’s loyalists – but they have been purged from his Cabinet
How Trump warped the minds of the world’s young men
With help from the US president, Andrew Tate and his band of toxic swindlers teach boys how to distrust institutions, embrace grievance and hate women
20 things Keir Starmer could do next
Secretary-general of Nato, or Strictly Come Dancing contestant? The possibilities are endless
The mystery of Andy Burnham’s missing bookshelves
We can’t really read the new prime minister if we don’t know what he reads
The Taliban’s no.1 priority – crushing half the population
The Taliban has been back in power for five years and has introduced a brutally repressive regime against women. How long can it last?
Do you care that Burnham is a Catholic? You should
The new prime minister is no theocrat. But he has been quite open about the influence of religion upon his politics
Deeply odd, deeply scary: My 48 hours with Truss, Farage and the new right
The first CPAC GB conference was chaotic, confused and sparsely attended – but also a harbinger of danger to come
The trouble with Andy Burnham’s place-first politics
The new PM should be careful about talking up the importance of where you’re from
Andy Burnham is already saying the right things about Labour and the left-behind
His first speech as leader wasn’t memorable, but it may end up being significant
Yet more Brexit baggage we’re left with
The EU is banning airlines from charging for hand luggage. Guess who will only, at best, half-benefit?
Mr Farage, what first attracted you to multi-millionaire fraudster Posh George?
The Reform leader’s right hand money man, who did time in the US for fraud, is surrounded by a series of deeply troubling unanswered questions
Kemi Badenoch’s incredible shrinking Tory party
By throwing out everyone she disagrees with, Badenoch is making the Tories both narrow and insular – and people don’t vote for parties like that
If Burnham doesn’t pick Miliband as chancellor it’ll be his first big mistake
He’s by far the most qualified candidate for the job. If Burnham doesn’t put Ed in No11, he will have weakened himself from the start – just like Starmer
14 things you need to know about Count Binface and the UK’s love of novelty election candidates
Nigel Farage is facing a man with a bin on his head and plenty of predecessors on his side
With Burnham, Britain’s age of the disposable prime minister has to end
Keir Starmer deserved to go – but the machinery of government can’t withstand another implosion in No 10
China’s new Arctic spy game
Norway has always been a hotbed of enemy spies, but most of them have always been Russian. The new threat is from the Chinese
Britain isn’t America – and that’s why Farage had to fall
Expecting to escape scrutiny over that £5m donation was a huge blunder – and a gift to Burnham
Five things the next PM must do for disabled people
Starmer didn’t do much for disabled people. It’s time for his successor to bring the changes we need – and if the next PM gets it right, everyone will feel the benefit
What happens when a rapper becomes a shit-posting prime minister?
The problem for the hip outsider is that, if you suddenly become the most powerful person in the country, your old ways don’t look the same any more
Artificial intelligence and artificial philosophy
AI firms have been hiring philosophers to deal with the moral questions thrown up by their platforms. But are they just window-dressing?
Letter of the week: Nigel Farage is losing interest in Britain, for one big reason
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Nic Aubury’s poem: Bombshell
Tim Bradford’s cartoon: The Dumbskulls
The extent of Trump’s foreign policy humiliation is now clear
Disruption has failed – and America looks diminished and declining
The EU’s Burnham question – is the new PM worth the risk?
Andy Burnham is pro-EU and politicians across the continent know it. The issue is whether he will last long enough to change British views on Europe
France, Germany, Britain: which one’s in the deepest shit?
Surprisingly perhaps, of the three Britain gives the least cause for pessimism – but the political threats from Germany and France are deeply worrying
Why the papers say Burnham is stuck in Life On Mars
Attacks on the PM-in-waiting as a 1970s throwback speak volumes about a print media trapped in nostalgia
14 ideas Andy Burnham definitely – definitely – won’t have thought of
Helping migrating birds, archiving the internet, capping the price of bottled water, getting a dog and doing something about the UK’s zombie phoneboxes – these are just some of the things that will make Britain great again. Perhaps.
Ann Widdecombe changed politics – and I should know
The horribly murdered politician wrote the playbook of the right wing populism that Andy Burnham must now confront
How student housing took over Britain and what Andy Burnham can do about it
The incoming PM has a construction boom on his hands, just not the one he needs. Can he turn the student housing surge to Britain’s advantage?
It’s October 2026 and, oh god – Trump has invaded Greenland
Facing defeat in the mid-term elections, Trump decides that the only possible answer is war.
Farage The Movie: The world’s most persecuted man
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the European Union… it’s the feel-bad movie of the summer!
The Democrats have screwed up – big time
They picked Graham Platner as a candidate in Maine because he was a bit like Joe Rogan. But it didn’t work. In fact, it was a complete catastrophe
On devolution, forget Burnham’s Manchester. The real answers are in Kenya
Kenya inherited a post-colonial state where power was held tightly in the centre. But after an outbreak of political violence in 2007, everything changed
If Andy Burnham wants to talk to Britain, he needs to go online
It’s time to forget Chris Mason, Robert Peston and all the others – people aren’t paying attention to them any more. They haven’t for some time
How Gibraltar got the best of both worlds
Next week residents of the Rock will be able to travel anywhere in the Schengen area without restriction, leaving the UK in the shade
Visiting the city that Trump and Musk both hate
The population of Bradford has changed, but to say this represents some kind of social failure is ridiculous. How do we get beyond these obvious lies?
Le Pen’s rift with Bardella could wreck her run for power
Open warfare between supporters of the far right rivals has turned the National Rally party into an episode of Succession
Le Pen may have made an even bigger blunder than Farage
France’s far right presidential candidate could end up campaigning while wearing an electronic tag
Farage is in trouble – polls show voters think he’s a danger to Britain
The Reform leader is seen as incompetent, untrustworthy and not on the voters’ side
Nigel Farage has tried to be too clever – and there’s an obvious problem with that
The man who would be PM will now spend the summer fighting for his political life against a man dressed as a bin
Andy Burnham’s devolution delusion is about to meet economic reality
The PM-in-waiting is riding a wave of hope – but his key policy has no chance of bringing equality to a divided nation
There is a moral argument for paying reparations over slavery
If your country caused suffering and if identifiable victims are still alive, then apologetic statements may not be enough
If you say the wrong thing about the royal family, you’ll get 15 years in jail
Thailand’s international reputation is for beaches, great food and amazing nightlife. But the reality is very different – and much darker
The day the tanks came for my parents
Tari Lang’s memoir discusses growing up under Indonesia’s military dictatorship while much of society carried on as normal
He threatened to ‘disembowel’ his opponents. Now he’s president of Colombia
Abelardo de la Espriella is pro-Trump, pro-cuts, pro-Israel and very anti-left. He’s made big, wild promises – will he be able to keep them?
No, the UK is not turning into Italy
Italian politics has never looked so stable. If anything, people there are much more worried about turning into us
Letter of the week: Burnham might be mad for it, but it’s not all about Manchester
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Tim Bradford’s cartoon: Climate crisis… does anyone give a shit?
Farage’s meltdown was the worst speech in modern British political history
Reform’s leader triggered a by-election at the end of a rant that veered wildly between incoherent defences and bizarre anecdotes
Gary Stevenson wants a wealth tax. Then what?
The inequality campaigner is certain that he’s right – but that may not be enough
The Reform guide to climate change
The secret manual that tells you how to debunk stupid Net Zero and annoy posh people with dreadlocks
A Critical National Infrastructure superministry could fix Britain
Burnham could end Treasury stagnation with a single department that centralised water, energy, transport and telecoms
17 ways Nigel Farage could get himself out of this mess
Reform’s leader is under pressure over undeclared donations from Christopher Harborne and George Cottrell. But he could still survive
How Modi became king of India
The prime minister is not so much a political leader as a national myth and the extent of his appeal, as shown in recent state elections, is so huge that it’s changing India into a single-party state
The unravelling of Nigel Farage
The Reform leader is on the brink thanks to his own personal flaws – most fatally an unwillingness to turn down a quick buck
Knitters against Trump
Women are getting the needle with the president – but history shows many examples of the use of knitting as a tool for protest
How should Burnham treat Trump? Try ignoring him
The temptation is to either flatter Trump or fight him. The best course is to do neither
Happy birthday, America. It’s a shame about your king
The architects of the Constitution drew it up to restrain men exactly like Donald Trump. He’s a scar on the July 4 celebrations
America is 250. It’s time it grew up – and Australia can teach it how
Revolution is the national myth of the US. But another country’s quieter history shows its importance may be overstated
The Brexit advice Andy Burnham should throw in the bin
A letter from a little-known business organisation imploring the incoming prime minister not to dilute Brexit is best ignored
Ireland’s incoherent extremists
Pride day in Dublin brought out the right-wing extremists. They are very clear about what they hate, but less clear on what they actually want to do
What happens if America shuts off your AI?
Trump banned non-Americans from using Anthropic’s most powerful model. That decision has now been reversed, but it sets a dangerous precedent
How Burnham can lead a revolt of the people against the populists
The PM-in-waiting is our last hope for a mainstream politician who can capture the anti-Westminster mood for change
An evening with the last of the great Brexit denialists
A bunch of Brexiteers got together for a Telegraph panel to mark a decade since Brexit. It was a delusional evening, with a surprise ending the following day
We are living in the age of climate unreality
The charlatans who said we had nothing to fear from Brexit now make the same claim about the world getting hotter
Letter of the week: Farage wants to dodge the blame for Brexit. We can’t let him
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JD Vance’s books are an unholy mess
The vice president has gone from hillbilly to hypocrite, and Communion exposes the gulf between belief and behaviour
Trump ‘humiliates’ Meloni – and her popularity soars
The Italian prime minister did what almost no other western leader has dared to do: when Trump, attacked her, she fought back
Sorry, but you can’t write Farage off yet
The Reform leader is under pressure for the first time. But he has one political superpower
Burnham’s biggest problem – UK leftists parroting Putin’s lies
Russia is losing the war in Ukraine, so the Kremlin is boosting its disinformation campaign. Unfortunately for the next PM, the British left are falling for it
Badenoch is beginning to remind people why they hated the Tories
Scoring points against political opponents is part of the job – but the way you do it is crucially important. And the Conservative leader is getting it very wrong
America’s 250th will be a Trumpian orgy of self-indulgence
It’s all about Trump – it was always going to be all about him. Did you really expect anything else?
The American right’s war on Britain
Two hundred and fifty years after the Declaration of Independence, MAGA is working in concert with the British far right to rebuild the UK in a Trumpian image
Starmer struggled with immigration and race – here’s how Burnham can succeed
Immigration was falling, but the racists and populists still took control of the narrative. Whoever comes next must get tough on the causes of social division
Andy Burnham v London
The PM-in-waiting will shift power from the capital to the cities to help national cohesion and end the populist right’s grievance culture. It has to work
The politics of air conditioning
As a killer heatwave grips France, an argument over air conditioning has become so fierce that it could sway the national political mood.
Pakistan’s solar miracle – how the hell did they do it?
Faced with constant electricity blackouts and a failing grid, people in Pakistan took matters into their own hands. The result is a lesson for the rest of the world, and also a warning
Confused about how to build a successful country? Here’s how you do it
There’s a guide for how politicians can achieve economic and social progress. It’s right there in the history books
The Daily Express is demanding a ‘Proper Brexit’. What’s it talking about?
The newspaper has launched a fresh campaign for Brexit, just a decade after the electorate voted for it and five-and-a-half years after it was delivered