Politics

Humanity could not exist without water. So why are we destroying our rivers?

The roots of Britain’s water crisis, like so many now facing the country, lay in Thatcherite deregulation

If the capital runs out of water, what then?

Is a new €1bn infrastructure fund the answer to Europe’s flooding problems? Or is a more drastic plan needed?

Is it the case that, rather than America being fatally drawn to Trump, he is simply running against a Democrat who presided over a huge inflation surge?

You’re lucky to get a few seconds between spotting roadside refuse when driving in Britain. Tackling this is an easy win for the government

According to Henri Bergson, everything is flux and that's difficult to capture in words

The global north needs to be building friendships with as many of our former colonies as possible

We need water to survive. So why is ensuring its presence so controversial?

The food capital of Italy is becoming a victim of the apocalyptic rising levels of the Ravone River

Sewage discharges are a regular practice in Britain and they are a threat to people’s health. The public are outraged

Decades ago, holidaymakers in Bude knew that when you went in the sea, you kept your mouth shut. Today, that rule is back

How we treat our land is revealed in its freshwaters and the anglers are there to notice it first

The art school embodied a renewed liberal spirit in the Weimar Republic but also had complex intersections with the Nazi Party

In Brussels, rain has become all we talk about; we plan our social life around it

Pressure to leave the European Convention on Human Rights won’t stop even if Robert Jenrick loses the Tory leadership election

Early release is a sticking plaster, not a solution. We need a wholly new approach to sentencing

A diaspora of 120,000 in Pennsylvania fear Trump and could turn a state he lost by just 80,000 votes last time

Whoever wins the White House, this knife-edge campaign holds important lessons on policy, presentation and the new politics

The diaspora voted heavily for change. But rigged results at home have the authoritarians claiming victory

The hordes outside Madison Square Garden looked normal. What they talked about was anything but

Already loathed by much of his staff for connections to Rupert Murdoch, the Washington Post’s British publisher Will Lewis is now under renewed fire for his decision to cancel an endorsement of Kamala Harris

Yes, polls are tightening and some early voting seems to favour Trump. But multiple signs suggest Harris is heading for a close victory

If Labour raises taxes and the uber-wealthy begin to leave, will anybody care?

This £200m policy would help children and be the first step to restarting Sure Start

The Republican candidate offers voters a bargain: the illusion of power, in return for the heaviest price

Alanis Morissette would be proud of this list of disasters

Our 2024 Person of the Year has changed the rules, reversed the language and given women permission to reject shame

The special issue will focus squarely on the appalling state of Britain’s waterways, the result of an absolute scandal of our times; the privatisation of the water companies

Russian victory spells disaster for Europe and without urgent support to Ukraine, this is inevitable