The dark lessons of AI
It might be useful for making Whitehall more efficient, but the potential downsides of the new technology are enormous
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What does Britain really think about immigration?
The views of most Conservatives are not what you might think
Brexit’s failure and Trump’s fury have turned the tide for the UK and EU
Two new polls show Britons are now firmly aligned with Europe, not the USA
Under the radar, the Lib Dems could decide the next election
Labour and the Tories are obsessed with Reform – and that gives Ed Davey space to make a different case
Rupert Murdoch is breathing a sigh of relief over Prince Harry
News Group has paid a huge price, but may have seen off the greatest scandal it has faced
Why are we so scared to accept the EU’s generous post-Brexit deals?
Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer are making a huge mistake in not openly embracing offers to cut red tape
After Southport, we must change the contempt law
The right wing are lying about a cover-up. But the information vacuum which allowed fascists to foment mass violence can’t be allowed to continue
Trump’s rush to build a crueller America
The president’s opening gambits show those who tried to sanewash him were deluded
Who’s really to blame for populism?
There’s a thin line between “progressives got a lot wrong” and “the far right are winning because they’re right”
The rise of Alice Weidel, a German extremist
Could the sleeping giant of Germany’s silent majority mobilise against the AfD?
A walk through Brussels’s vanishing neighbourhood
The Marolles, the city’s popular cultural heart, has been changed by tourism
What does Musk want with Italy?
Elon Musk and Giorgia Meloni seem to have a harmonious friendship – at least in front of the cameras
Zoran Milanović’s landslide in the Balkans
Over the past five years, the president has been acting as the Flavor Flav of the Croatian political establishment
What would EU membership mean for Iceland?
The EU has been a long-running topic of debate and now Icelanders want their say
The drive for renewal must go far beyond AI
The nation’s problems are so deeply ingrained that no single technology could ever sweep them all away
What our language says about us
This year’s non-word of the year, ‘Bio-deutsch’ (biological German) has caused much controversy
We need to talk about immigration
Progressives’ cowed silence has let the toxic talk of Farage and Jenrick take hold. Now we must respond – and taking action on integration should be the start
Starmer’s small goals
The prime minister’s limited Brexit reset means the best UK FC can hope for is avoiding relegation, not shooting for glory
Letters: Alienation is driving populism in the north
We need government to lead, to inspire and to give people hope. Talk in language that ordinary folk use, and actually go and listen and learn
What would George Orwell think of Facebook?
On the 75th anniversary of the author’s death, some of his most famous words read as a warning
Do we trust algorithms too much?
As they can only take into account what they are given, they are fallible
Lie of the week: Kemi Badenoch on rebuilding trust
The EU vs Elon Musk
It’s time for Brussels to clamp down on Musk and the disinformation pumped out by Twitter. But are they up to the job?
The silliness of evil
Donald Trump is a ridiculous, laughable figure – but behind the showmanship and the foreground noise is something profoundly dangerous
Trump and the end of phoney caring capitalism
American corporations are rushing to dump diversity and climate programmes as a far right regime takes power. Would the same happen here?
Cartoon: Are Reform MPs working hard for their constituencies?
The agony of self-hating liberals
Just because Trump won and populism is surging doesn’t mean the Labour party should give up its election promises
The power of resistance
The Democrats are in shock and disarray. But someone will need to stand up to Donald Trump
Trump’s golden age of chaos has begun
Abnormal is the new normal as the MAGA president pledges a programme of outrage and reprisal.
Divided union of the snake
Donald Trump is back in the White House, but two sets of his supporters are ready to go to war on each other – and be betrayed by the new president
Why you don’t understand Donald Trump
A new book reveals why we are so polarised by the battle between left an right– and what we can do to lessen the gap between “us” and “them”
What the EU fears from Trump’s return
On defence, trade and tech, Europe is bracing itself for four years of threats and chaos
Trump, Truss and the age of vaulting ambition
Fighting a ferocious election campaign, Kamala Harris declared “we’re not going back”. Yet, we’re we are
How Russia fell – and dragged us all down with it
For the west, when dealing with Russia, it turned out that the Cold War was our comfort zone. But after the Berlin Wall came down, how did the Russian dream die?
Kemi Badenoch’s honesty problem
The Tory leader’s habit of saying what she thinks is refreshing. Her staff’s habit of pretending that she hasn’t said it is dreadful politics
At last, there are some green shoots for Rachel Reeves
A little more money in employees’ pockets and the potential for falling interest rates may help ease fears for the economy
Badenoch blows her chance to say something interesting about Brexit
The Tory leader’s big speech was long on waffle and light on content – and it gives Keir Starmer a free run at fixing their mess
The plot against Britannia
Our elected government is facing an assault on its very legitimacy from right wing politicians and their media toadies. So what are we on the left going to do about it?
Now Britain must play its part in stabilising Gaza
This brutal, bloody conflict shows the dangers of our new, multipolar world
Time to kick MPs out of the commentariat
Far too many of them have newspaper columns, radio slots and TV shows. As the US experience shows, nothing good happens when you give politicians too much attention
Badenoch asks about Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Conservative leader’s great gift to the prime minister is the inability to choose a topic and focus on it
Donald Trump, the king of manifest destiny
Trump is back. And so are long-buried American fantasies of national exceptionalism and conquest
Can Europe find its way through the woods in 2025?
The outlook for Europe appears dangerous. Expanding the single market would change things. But can it be done?
Meta follows X to the dark side
Meta firing its fact-checkers is about more than sucking up to Trump. It kickstarts a global fight over the rules of the internet and free speech
Nigel Farage is a noisy man with no ideas
The Reform leader will not give up power over his party if that is the price for Musk’s money
Who will win Germany’s immigrant vote?
The number of immigrant voters could reach a peak at this election but this doesn’t mean that the Social Democrats, Greens and the liberal FDP will benefit
Elon Musk is a dictator in the making
Musk and Putin share a belief that facts don’t matter and there are no people or power structures that should be allowed to stand in their way
How you can beat populism
Stop shouting about how appalled we are by Trump and Farage and learn from our mistakes, to build our own disruptive new agenda of change, respect for ordinary people and pride in our country
Letters: Labour’s stance on Europe is a bad dream
There is only one way to get a message through – make it clear we are not going to vote for them until they have an honest policy on the EU
Chewing it over in Sweden
Sweden’s youth show no sign of cutting down on their tobacco habits