Politics

A willingness to adapt rather than stick with the ways of the past would be beneficial for the contemporary political environment

There are few things Germans have a closer bond to than the woods and now they're under threat. However, there is hope...

Since the inception of his new nickname, Joe Biden has racked up a few victories

How the war in Ukraine is affecting different countries across the continent

Economic turmoil will test Britain's new prime minister

After Brexit killed freedom of movement, how easy is it to live in the EU for Brits in despair?

Boris Johnson's premiership exposed the weaknesses and systemic failures in our machinery of government, says the woman who defeated him in court

The former prime minister’s Oxfordshire farmhouse could help benefit the Johnsons' stretched finances

The songs perfect for the exit of Boris Johnson, as presented by comedian MITCH BENN

Liz Truss may have risen to the top by projecting herself as some kind of Margaret Thatcher tribute, but Thatcher's first cabinet contained serious political names. Truss's does not

Boris Johnson wants to be remembered as a great man of British political history. So how does his scorecard look?

Vine accused her of being a “weapons-grade narcissist”

Few journalists symbolised the BBC in its relatively recent glory days like him

Dacre sees Truss as someone who will recognise that it's the Mail not the electorate that now calls the shots in this country

Guided by a right-wing Brexiteer with an outdated view of the economy, Liz Truss is setting the UK on a disastrous course

Boris Johnson believes he will be back as Britain's prime minister before the next election. Here’s how it could happen… farcically

In choosing Truss to succeed Johnson, it is pretty clear the Tory Party has not learned much from the reasons he turned out to be such a spectacular failure

Former home secretary Alan Johnson returns with a new novel and some dissenting thoughts on Brexit, Corbyn and Starmer

There has been more nuanced conversation on reality television than during the Tory leadership race, says one reader

An exclusive poll shows that 60% of voters – including 46% of Leave voters – think Boris Johnson has failed on Brexit

The heavy favourite to be Britain’s next PM gives no indication of having the answers to the country’s problems – chiefly on fairness of our society

May was inept, Chamberlain an appeaser. Callaghan was diverted and Cameron was frivolous. Yet none were as bad as Boris Johnson

American politics is dominated by older people. Thankfully, change is coming

One thing is clear: reforming the House of Lords won't be easy

Liz Truss at least has the chance to show our allies and enemies that they can expect seriousness in security, defence and diplomacy. But don't hold you breath

As a new book about the Middle East by the BBC correspondent hits the shelves, he talks about the geopolitics of the region

Videos of dancing politicians often bring in both criticism and amusement. But, holidaying during a national crisis is unforgivable

Karl May's Winnetou and the German soul are inseparable. I'm optimistic the country's icon will evade cancellation

As she adds more fossil fuel drilling to her portfolio of environmental insults, Liz Truss, PM, is shaping up as a threat for a world facing climate disaster

It’s hard to put in words how much my country owes him. Danke, Gorbi

The most photographed leader of the USSR - and the man who saw its final demise - in 14 extraordinary images