Politics

By weaponising migrant boats and letting his MPs stoke culture wars, the PM is damaging his party and the country

A short-sighted target of removing EU legislation from the statute book by the end of the year will be a huge blow for protecting the UK's waterways

Let’s make the positive case for the benefits it would bring to crisis-hit Britain

The world’s largest seller of electric and hybrid cars will not consider building its first European car factory in the UK because of the impact of Brexit

If, in the future, Gary has to restrict himself to talking about football, here are some analogies it's OK for him to use

An annual event sees those used to asking the questions in the hot seat

The latest gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street

Another bank has collapsed, which shows once more that we have a global economy but local regulation

Sticking-plaster fixes and benefit-cut threats won’t fill the worker gap

If we do not learn the lessons of the Iraq war, we are doomed to further conflict and chaos

The ‘activist blob’ email should set our alarm bells ringing – it’s an attempt to politicise the state

Caution prevents Labour from telling the truth about Brexit. But bold policies that will bring change are also absent

Ratko Mladić, the Bosnian Serb war criminal, is dying. For one of the families he ripped apart, his fate means nothing

The latest AI system has been hailed as a gamechanger in journalism, but will the bots have their day?

From workshy Danish comedians to Polish beer lovers, here are the continent’s most eccentric politicians

It’s not just the British who are obsessed with the Nazis – Hitler still boosts sales and viewing figures in Germany

In the 1970s, the Jamaican singer was a new definition of the slogan ‘Black Power’ and she did not need politics

The borderlands of Paris are home to great works of architectural modernism – and some terrible mistakes

It should not automatically be seen as a bad consequence of short-term failure. It could be a vital survival tool with many social benefits

The government’s immigration policy shows how extreme it has become

It’s the right and the duty of anyone with a platform to speak out against this cruelty

An ONS report finds no justification for their anti-union legislation

A total Tory collapse is bad for us all

Is Europe’s policy on migration fuelling growing violence in Tunisia against black immigrants?

It was a real privilege to sit down with Björn Ulvaeus this week to discuss the band's social impact

As they get used to subsidies that are a fraction of those paid by the European Union, Brexit continues to wreck the lives of Britain’s small farmers

Manufacturers say fears over red tape and political chaos are creating more uncertainty

The latest gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street

The glowing headlines of less than a week ago seem considerably further away for the prime minister

The country’s capital, Lisbon, is buckling under the weight of visitors, including a new generation of ‘desirable’ migrants

Why the crazy 15-minute city conspiracy theory is no laughing matter