Politics

Your weekly check on how well Brexit is going (SPOILER: Not very well)

In this week's reader letters, Keir Starmer is reminded of his six key Brexit tests.

The fishing row is politically charged in both Britain and France. Now, it seems, part of the dispute has been lost in translation.

The UK encouraged Afghan women to take up top judicial roles. Now they need, and deserve, our help, argues Baroness Kennedy.

Employees are quitting their jobs, of their own accord, at exceedingly high rates. Welcome to a new era of work.

The name is at risk of going extinct. On this decline, Philosopher NIGEL WARBURTON ponders why this is.

News that you might have missed from around the continent, selected by Steve Anglesey.

KEITH KAHN-HARRIS on the linguistic politics behind the safety warning message found in the humble confectionery.

As he sabre-rattles over Taiwan, tests a hypersonic weapon and snubs COP26, Xi Jinping’s real plan for his country is a rebooted Maoism.

In his weekly diary ALASTAIR CAMPBELL gives his account of his engagements around Europe, experiencing pangs of guilt that he's disappointing the climate activist.

How many Covid plans does the government need?

Future generations of women players, of all colours and creeds, owe her a great debt.

Dubbed "Mad Nad" by the Telegraph, her recent wrath at the BBC's Nick Robinson is one of many over the years.

Wishing the pandemic to be over – or claiming that Tories can’t catch the virus from one another – doesn’t make it true.

Freedom Day gave Covid-19 the freedom to spread again. Now, in the face of expert opinion, the prime minister drags his feet over the return of tougher restrictions.

A disjointed Europe sending mixed messages to Beijing’s leadership has been left at a serious disadvantage.

As part of a China special report, The New European breaks down the country's vast and turbulent history.

For LIJIA ZHANG, learning English helped her broaden her horizons beyond the missile factory where she worked. The language is a vital way for the world to better understand her country, she says. Yet the Chinese authorities seem increasingly suspicious of it.

As art has gone bling, so too has art fraud, with a series of sophisticated fakes and cons now sweeping the world.

The deal threatens to flood the UK market with cheap lamb produce. In the words of Liz Truss herself, "that is a disgrace."

Britain needs strong and decent politicians to meet today's challenges. One reader hopes Anna Soubry reconsiders leaving politics.

The culture secretary's recent fury against the BBC’s Nick Robinson won't win her any favours with the public.

The new justice secretary appears to be leading the Tories' assault on European Convention on Human Rights.

News that you might have missed from around the continent, selected by Steve Anglesey.

In a grim week, one man can always be relied upon to put a smile on our collective faces. That man is, of course, Matt Hancock.

The Tories appear to be exploiting a weakness in humans, where they will tolerate pain and suffering over comfort.

In his weekly diary ALASTAIR CAMPBELL gives his account of his experience in Ireland talking British politics.

It's the most important conference on the planet, yet already its organisation is being labelled as farce in the making.

Global tensions mean self-interest as much as collaboration will be key to cracking climate change. 

The country has a reputation for doing things better. But Berlin’s disastrous new airport shows that given a chance, it can stuff things up just as badly as everyone else.

Fifty years ago this month, the House of Commons voted for Edward Heath’s plan to take Britain into the common market. For a notoriously reticent PM it was a night of extreme emotion. The UK’s tragedy is that he never conveyed that emotion to the nation.