Politics

Many authors have tried to make sense of the global tensions that produced 9/11 and the western response. But it is a little-known book written 50 years earlier that gets the closest.

The most vicious presidential contest in almost a century is likely to be decided by left wing voters... even though their own parties don’t have a prayer of winning.

Among the great, good and not so good spluttering over David Frost’s Brexit speech in Lisbon, the most vociferous was Gavin Barwell, Theresa May’s former chief of staff.

Two downfalls hint at a return to more respectable politics in countries at the heart of the continent.

Huge crowds may have gathered to oppose ‘Polexit’, but the gauntlet thrown down by the country’s populist government still poses an existential threat to the union.

Brexit is causing a pile-up of pigs on farms - with farmers unable to afford to feed them.

Will people now start to wake up to the Covid and Brexit crises?

It won't be opposition MPs that decide the future of Channel 4 - but politicians sat on the government benches. Here's why they should reconsider plans for privatisation.

Comedian MITCH BENN suggests alternative ideas for the next James Bond film.

Schadenfreude might seem harmless, but there's a difference between a temporary feeling and living your whole life gloating about it.

Despite the chaos of the fuel crisis and other pandemic- and Brexit-induced problems, Boris Johnson’s ‘competency ratings’ are still holding up, while Keir Starmer is not making huge inroads. Will the dial ever shift?

Labour were unable to explain why Saudia Arabia's ambassador to London was in Brighton during the party's conference.

FRANCIS BECKETT took part in a medical trial for a vaccine that has yet to get approval. He and others have been left in a strange limbo – jabbed, yet not jabbed.

For many, it inspires cooperation and hope... for others annoyance. But what does the European flag actually stand for?

Sensational reports of a plot to kill the Netherlands PM have raised fears about the seemingly sedate, safe country’s descent to narco-state status. But they are also a reminder of the country’s violent political past.

The violent histories of France’s former African colonies owe much to the continued meddling of Paris and other Western capitals.

The UK used to consider itself above the political chicanery found on the Continent. It can’t afford to now.

The PM has been wildly blaming others for the causes of the country’s crises. But this misdiagnosis only guarantees more pain.

Can Labour 'Make Brexit Work' as Keir Starmer suggested during his key speech at party conference?

We need to stop being told we aren't streetwise. Instead, there needs to be a sustainable method to keep women safe

There are different kinds of anger - some good and some bad. The right kind of anger can be valuable.

Boris Johnson gives reality cold shrift as Britain enters its Brexit Winter of Discontent.

Pictures emerged showing the winner posing with other models in the colours of the opposition.

While Britain is heading towards a Winter of Discontent, the EU is arguing over phone chargers. Comedian MITCH BENN gives his take.

The surviving Conservative Remainers have had little choice but to back some sort of Brexit, but their complete silence on the issue is shaming.

Bonnie Greer likens the governor of Florida to Michael Gove - both highly educated men, and both ushering in the Age of Stupid.

The news anchor becomes the latest voice to try to distance himself from the Brexit disaster.

Far right talk show host Eric Zemmour, a big defender of Maurice Papon, may yet play a decisive role in France's presidential elections, underlining just how much the tensions of the past still play out today.

It has had one of the highest Covid rates in the world – far in excess of other parts of the UK and the neighbouring Republic. So what is going on in Northern Ireland?

Singapore's island state has a well-earned reputation for law and order. But that doesn’t mean you won’t find vice there.