Politics

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.

There is no official recognition for the prime minister's wife, and Boris Johnson 'wants to fix that'.

João Vale de Almeida's lengthy recognition process, however, may signal that a diplomatic winter is imminent.

The pro-Brexit Daily Express has been quick to complain about 'expats' having to go back to where they once came from...

The Black Eyed Peas star is going on a 'quest to find out more about the lives of Black Britons'.

Ahead of the COP26 conference, one reader has a suggestion for Boris Johnson's government to help Britain tackle climate change.

The former Conservative MP, who left the party for Change UK, is swapping the Commons for the courtroom. Now, she tells TIM WALKER why she doesn't miss parliament, how Sir David Amess will be remembered and why she won't despair in democracy.

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

Comedian MITCH BENN has recommendations for Boris Johnson's next holiday abroad.

Boris Johnson and his cronies say the current multi-layered crises facing Britain are both nothing to do with Brexit and everything to do with it, thus exposing the incoherence at the heart of the project since the start.

You could now almost fill a team with the number of players and pundits ready to take a stand against this abysmal government.

The government believes baby boomers do not care for future generations - and polling appears to support it. JAMES BALL explains why this is a problematic strategy.

Donald Trump might seem like yesterday's news - but he is not going away. He has trapped into a feeling shared by many in America.

One of the PM's next appointments to the House of Lords is likely to be former Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre.

The Russian region, disconnected from the motherland and deep in EU territory, is both an asset and a vulnerability for the Kremlin. PAUL KNOTT tells the story of one of the continent’s most intriguing places, where geography and history collide

Contrary to global perception, Africa has not escaped the worst of the pandemic. In one country, the cost may be felt for generations. 

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.