Politics

Johnson superfan and “mad redhead” Lady Judith McAlpine has emerged as the instigator of the madcap scheme

Her plan will only work if she can deliver growth, clean energy and rising wages

Kate’s edited picture is a reminder that the truth matters

The UK has again approved the use of a bee-killing pesticide that is banned in the EU

His Budget looks worse - and more cynical - by the day

Why the Danish drama Borgen may hold the key to restoring the UK’s standards in public life

The president’s state of the union speech was a spirited attack on Donald Trump

A cabinet minister gives a masterclass in how not to handle a crisis of her own making

Our digest of the worst of Westminster looks at Lee Anderson, Andrew Neil, George Galloway and more

A 2p cut in national insurance won’t make up for stealth rises in income tax

Paul Scully says Tower Hamlets in east London has “no-go areas”. How would he know?

The country doesn’t deserve his pointless mud-slinging. There are massive problems in need of immediate attention

Decades of untrammelled military power have rendered Israel’s political elite incapable of strategic thinking

Brexit supporters claim Germany’s crisis proves we were right to leave the EU. That’s puerile, illogical stuff

We need a Britain that rewards hard work, where so-called tax exiles and clever tax accountants are no longer seen as heroes

The investor has served up a hateful diet of culture war and conspiracy theory at GB News. Now he’s eyeing up the mainstream Tory media

The Labour leader’s stance on the conflict has left him out of step with a large number of younger voters

Coming up with satisfactory definitions of antisemitism and Islamophobia is complicated yet important

There is a strong sense of a country in a political “bad mood”, and up to a quarter of adults are considering emigration

Spain’s third city is becoming less environmentally friendly since the new council introduced its pro-car agenda

Daniela Klette, a former militant of the Baader-Meinhof terrorist group, was finally arrested last month after decades on the run

New York courts now look like the best chance of stopping Donald Trump’s return to the White House

The political theatre of budget day will do nothing to stave off the inevitable

The UK’s main fiscal rule encourages reckless chancellors to pile on debt and let others deal with the consequences

We allow Russia and China far greater access into our media ecosystems than we can gain into theirs, which gives them a huge asymmetric advantage

The prime minister’s speech to the nation followed a meeting with the paper’s editor-in-chief

The careless use of the word has had a deleterious impact on wider public discourse

A new study has found the disorder may be advantageous. After all, society would be far duller without us

Jeremy Hunt is an admirer of the chancellor whose policies caused a massive recession

The return of George Galloway is yet another depressing reminder of the terrible misogyny that persists in British public life