Politics

The latest poll shows the prime minister would lose his won seat at the next election

Melvyn Bragg’s autobiography is an affectionate homage to his formative years. But he’s got plenty to say about the culture secretary too

The government is pushing the idea that energy security means more North Sea oil and gas. It’s a myth

Remote locking has thwarted the Russians in Ukraine but the technology has more dystopian possibilities

If we harness the productive power of new technology and increase people’s skills across the board our relationship with work could be very different

Norway’s humane approach to rehabilitating prisoners is at odds with many Europe nations. And it is a remarkable success

Heading to Europe for your first post-pandemic summer holiday? Thanks to Brexit, your sun, sea and sand now come with added queues, forms and red tape

War has broken out among Germany's self-appointed intellectual literary elite

Boris, Brexit , Trump, Putin and all the populism of the last decade are based on Vranyos - a lie that everyone knows is a lie

Kaliningrad encapsulates Russia’s psychosis – from glory days to aggrieved isolation. It is also perilously close to Nato’s weakest link

As Currygate follows Partygate, Europeans following events in the UK are doing so with a mixture of bemusement and incredulity

The government has the chance to show the world the days of London being Russian oligarchs' playground are over, but that would involve action by Boris Johnson

We need to call White Supremacy out now in all of its guises. Even when it appears as “free speech”

As Sue Gray reports, speculation is mounting as to which and how many necks Boris Johnson will offer to the block in order to save his own

The war in Ukraine is seeing the reputations of Olaf Scholz's two immediate predecessors reassessed, and not for the better

Elwood wants the prime minister to make way for a new leader whereas Burns still believes in his “good friend Boris”

The Sunday Times gave the impression recently that anyone, elected or not, can have a go at governing

As Carrie Johnson once shrieked at him: “You don’t care for anything because you’re spoilt.”

The newspaper recently asked what the point of the governor of the Bank of England was

It was his first appearance in over a year. Meanwhile, his father sat alone on the cross-benches as no peer wanted to be seen dead with him

The former Lib Dem leader has just bagged an additional £2.7 million worth of shares in Meta, formally Facebook

In County Kerry, the recent rediscovery of the long-lost ship excited relatives of local hero Tom Crean

The metal band's frontman talks chartism, race and the curse of Goldie Lookin Chain

Whataboutists try to convince you that all wrongdoing is the same because ignoring how the cases differ never works in their favour

Legalisation won't get rid of the criminals unless legal outlets undercut the undercutters

The government has tried to end scrutiny of the fall-out from its Brexit trade deal – but work to build a better relationship with the EU goes on

The government is paralysed by having to prop up its own failed pet policy

A report on the scandal said Home Office staff should be trained in diversity.. but two years on, the number of staff trained is zero

Across the world, democracy is in rapid retreat as populism, polarisation and post-truth have given the whip hand to a new breed of autocrat. The consequences are dramatic

Emmanuel Macron’s plan for a multi-tier European Union offers some hope for president Zelensky.. and for Rejoiners too

Forty years after the invasion, a threat from within has ripped apart the islands’ squid and fish industry