Opinion

Claims of ‘proof’ that foreign workers cost Britain more than they put in are nebulous in the extreme

EU institutions have got into the nasty habit of making concessions to populists who have spent their lives railing against Brussels

President Erdoğan wants English speakers to pronounce his country’s name differently. Will he succeed?

Thirty years ago, the sinking of the Tallinn-Stockholm ferry killed 852 people. But the truth about the tragedy has yet to emerge

With readers increasingly moving away from newsprint, the format’s future could be in jeopardy

The double whammy of losing the fuel allowance and the hike in first-class post will lead to far fewer cards being sent and received this year

The surprising origins of The Prisoner of Zenda, the ultimate swashbuckling tale of derring-do

Seventy years ago at White City, a thrilling 5,000 metres established the concept of live televised events beamed across the continent

If the Democratic candidate wants to seal the deal with American voters, she should go on Joe Rogan’s podcast

Some thinkers treat critical thinking as a martial art, wanting to win the argument at any cost

The military’s investment in the technologies of invisibility should be a cause for concern

Despite neo-Nazi and antisemitism scandals, the Freedom Party FPÖ won the European elections in June

The Tory papers are relishing the chance to bash Labour. But with sliding circulations and their pals out of power, are they still relevant?

Our editor-at-large's rundown of the pick of the week’s streaming, cinema, theatre and books

The trailblazing French actress defied Hollywood’s ageism to win an Academy Award for Room at the Top

The prime minister rejected a reset and instead fell back on old themes in his Labour conference speech

Sponsors’ stalls at the party’s Liverpool get-together shows how much the political axis has shifted

Farage’s party are a bunch of deluded dogwhistlers, but here’s the rub: they could actually win the next election

What the right wing papers and the far left think doesn’t matter, but a hurting public’s judgement counts

The one thing you can rely on at party get-togethers is lots of booze

People in the UK are living longer lives – our economic system is not set up to deal with the consequences

For Generation X, it lives on in Scottish politics, culture and memory

Israel’s string of detonations across Lebanon is a stunning victory for its covert operative – but it may well backfire

No, we’re not living in a socialist dystopia as the Telegraph’s Simon Heffer claims - and nonsense like this is making the Tories unelectable

In his Daily Mail column, Robert Jenrick has delivered a masterclass in “early-onset authoritarianism”

Covid conspiracies, rambling speeches and dog whistles expose Nigel Farage’s party as a deeply weird rabble

A Border Force blunder by the former PM is claimed to have cost Britain another £250m

Labour and Tories are both divided on assisted dying – so long as that political uncertainty continues, Britain isn’t a safe place for vulnerable people

The Mail and Express claimed EU flags had been banned and seized on the Last Night - but thousands were seen being waved by the crowd