Politics

The government should be tackling the roots of populism, not scoffing at ‘unelectable’ opponents who embrace it

He has no charisma, intellectual consistency or distinguishing features of any kind. Other than being very, very right wing, who – or what – is he?

Something about the shadow chancellor makes broadcasters reach for the Chaucer

UK consumers may face a limited supply of Christmas trees this year, with Brexit-related challenges casting uncertainty over their import

The loss of jobs has been a disaster and blown a £1bn hole in Britain’s tax revenues

The Green party risks being dismissed as a hard left protest vote – how can it broaden its appeal?

A series of questions on China gave the PM much-needed breathing space

The England football team’s new coach is German - and for some that outweighs his winning record and a real coup by the FA

The vice president went on the Call Her Daddy podcast to reach out to her core support – but why does she need the help?

Labour failed to look at the maternity allowance before publishing the Employment Rights Bill

Giving a police escort to a woman who has been a terror target was the right thing to do

The social media platform has become so vile and corrupted that no politician should be anywhere near it

Why do oligarchs – and their defamation lawyers – still have the power to silence all criticism?

The paper loathes Labour and its PM - and that won’t change. So why are they still so keen to please it?

There are far too many questions over the former first minister's behaviour towards women for warm eulogies

Is AI really science, or just hi-tech number crunching?

The Labour prime minister has said the way to kickstart the British economy is to cut red tape. What the hell is he thinking?

The private equity industry – a wealth-extracting machine – is swallowing up UK businesses and stripping them of their assets while our politicians stand by

The PM is running out of time to change the narrative around his government’s shaky start

Boris Johnson sounded more unhinged than unleashed while defending his pet project

The IFS delivers a gloomy verdict that will put pressure on the chancellor for tax rises and spending cuts

His attempts to pin the Brexit blame on David Cameron say everything about this egotistical inadequate

The leadership race increasingly looks like the last hurrah before the party's long descent

If Labour can restore a sense of community, it will reap as much political benefit as any amount of good economic data

By the time another election looms, Conservative MPs will sniff potential doom and ditch their leader for a more Machiavellian individual

All eyes are on vice-chancellor Habeck as his plans for the party fail to pay off

Brussels is frustrated by Keir Starmer’s red lines – and baffled by the same old talk from his new government

As US citizens, we can no longer physically return to the ‘land of our birth’, because it no longer exists except in our memories

Now stoking rumours about Keir Starmer’s private life, the right wing activist uses her journalistic platform to push her political agenda

The Russian leader remains an agent of chaos, and as Iran may soon find out, he only has one issue in mind – his own self-interest

Remainers are facing up to the need for a change of tack to push the PM further towards Europe

Putting a cherished but broken NHS at the centre of a complex moral argument is fraught with danger