Politics

Just a tiny fraction of England’s farms have received payment under the government’s sustainable farming incentive

The Brexiteers dismissed fears over lorry queues at Dover. Now the government has called in a charity to deal with a disaster of its own making

The former Mail boss's appointment as the Independent's editor-in-chief is good news for journalism

Welcome to 2023, the year of war, peace and Mark Zuckerberg’s collapsing Metaverse

Isabel Díaz Ayuso could cause a political earthquake if she takes on the leader of her centre-right party

The country is in trouble. Can Joe Biden guide America through its turmoil?

We’re in a recession, energy bills are due to rise again and the timebomb of an ageing population ticks on. But Britain continues to live in a fantasy

It's political forecasting season for pundits. But, this doesn't mean they will be accurate

One generation of world leaders has failed to halt climate change. The next generation intend to change all that

On the second anniversary of the storming of the US Capitol, a first-hand account recalls the carnage of the day Donald Trump’s supporters tried to seize power

Looking for a new year's resolution? Promise yourself a German passport

What are countries across the continent hoping to achieve in the new year?

The PM doesn’t seem very keen to have a bonfire of EU rules. And that spells trouble – for him

The prime minister’s push for numeracy rings hollow as his government persists in ignoring the numbers

If last year taught us anything, it's that anything can happen in politics

But above all, we need politicians to be prepared to explain to the public that defence is important and is not just for diplomats and think-tanks

The Taoiseach’s admission about Brexit errors is not the climbdown they think it is

A new poll should concern Keir Starmer as much as Rishi Sunak

The mythology of the Glencoe massacre endures to this day. It would take historians and spin doctors far greater than I to erase this

People may want someone or something to blame for Covid. But we have to get used to the idea of just living with it

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After Covid, Europe has just about dealt with another global crisis over Ukraine. Yet competing visions mean its own future is uncertain

Stop smirking, Jeremy Hunt! And do anything you can to avoid needing the NHS, Steve Barclay…

As the battle for rights continues in Iran, Afghanistan and the USA, new fronts are opening up in Europe

The Republican front-runner would be a fool to write off his former friend

This will be the year Scottish artists put IndyRef2 on their setlists

Sunak, Macron, Scholz, Putin, Zelensky - what’s going on, and does it mean Napoleon complex is real?

Jailed for being too political, Mikhail Khodorkovsky says it will take a generation for Russia to recover from his former friend’s vicious and disastrous rule

Migrants on the southern border are causing France to re-examine its own history

“In Britain we have hot-water bottles; on the continent, they have sex.” And nowhere is that more true than in Germany…

For Beijing’s leaders, globalisation is no longer an opportunity but a weapon