British Politics

Reform’s leader wants to campaign on immigration instead of his pet project’s failure

Unless we fight the political liars and the lies they tell, our political future is lost

The world university rankings paint a dangerous picture for Britain, with 58% of UK unis declining in rank

Our digest of the worst of Westminster looks at Richard Tice, Asa Bennett, the Daily Telegraph and more

The poor format with two bickering leaders did little to win over younger voters

The PM claimed Labour would put up taxes by £2,000 per family – and now he looks like a liar

Some French voters have forgotten what the EU is really for

Could Labour take the prime minister's seat?

Voters want stability, rather than novelty, from the next government

A Labour government will have to learn to allow rising demand and investment to happen

A pro-Brexit, self-promoting opportunist, he did huge damage to Britain in a career marked by betrayals and duplicity

A Tory defeat looks certain – but how big Labour’s majority is will shape their ambitions and define politics for the next five years

Cameron and Osborne were not centrists; their brutal austerity, destruction of local government and the harm they did to young people were the result of hard right policies

After 14 years of the Tories, the spending gap per student between the state and private schooling system has more than doubled

The debate over the nation’s economic health has headed off into fantasy land. It needs to come back to reality

They love him — but what happens if he destroys the Tory party?

The consequences of Farage's return will be even worse for Britain

Print off your very own TNE leadership debate bingo card and join in the fun!

Farage wouldn’t have been happy surrendering his seat on the Question Time leaders’ special to Richard Tice

When the deadline for candidate selection has finally passed, the mud-slinging will really begin

For generations, the country has been run by the graduates of a single university. How can we protect public life from its over-confident, under-principled hordes?

How could a Labour government confront the disastrous decisions of the past?

Instead of the Tory demise, they’re talking Geri Halliwell and Lord Lucan

The Diane Abbott controversy, attacking Angela Rayner and… a podcast about Lord Lucan?

A new report spells out the depths to which they have sunk the UK

Our digest of the worst of Westminster looks at Richard Holden, Emily Sheffield, Jacob Young and more

The Tories want to cut university places to give more funds to a failing scheme

The Labour leader needs MPs from all sides of his party, even the ones he’d rather do without

In 2010, the Conservative Party promised so much. How did they sink into poisonous culture war posturing?

For the philosopher Don Cupitt, God is the ideal we plan our lives around

Nothing sums up the chaotic idiocy of the Tory campaign more than their latest plan to reintroduce national service

The language is embedded in my family history; I just don’t have time for it yet