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It might be new in the US, but European courts have been convicting their leaders for years

A new report spells out the depths to which they have sunk the UK

A stage revival of the TV classic still packs a punch

Our digest of the worst of Westminster looks at Richard Holden, Emily Sheffield, Jacob Young and more

The Tories want to cut university places to give more funds to a failing scheme

The Labour leader needs MPs from all sides of his party, even the ones he’d rather do without

In 2010, the Conservative Party promised so much. How did they sink into poisonous culture war posturing?

For the philosopher Don Cupitt, God is the ideal we plan our lives around

Nothing sums up the chaotic idiocy of the Tory campaign more than their latest plan to reintroduce national service

A post office queue leads to a disarming encounter

His team, Manchester United, won the FA Cup, but still face a tricky rebuild. Also difficult? His views on Brexit

If the political food lens is switched on, the Labour leader is something of a masterchef

After 30 years of coverups, what really happened when a Chinook helicopter crashed in 1994, killing key personnel involved in Britain’s battle with the IRA?

Great political mantras started with “Liberté, égalité, fraternité”. Can we expect anything as inspiring in this election?

The beleaguered British public deserve better than this morally impoverished Tory government

Skilled European workers are deserting the UK and Starmer could find a route to bring them back

Is someone in the prime minister’s team deliberately trying to derail his campaign from within?

What the right wing papers think about Raynergate, the triple lock plus and private schools

The founder of the Reform Party may seem to be finished in British politics. But he is still capable of causing untold damage

New Tory policies are designed to stop their voters from backing Richard Tice. Instead they should be focused on potential switchers to Labour

Mandrake has been informed she has already attracted serious financial backing

The British state needs to work very differently – what are the Labour leader’s big ideas?

Jeremy Hunt says Labour wants to turn Britain into France. Would that be such a bad idea?

A battle between Ocado and local residents shows that Labour has a Nimby problem

Rishi Sunak’s admission that no failed asylum seekers will be flown to Africa before the election concludes a senseless, costly shambles

Why are so many MPs standing down at the election?

Leaving the EU won’t be a campaign issue for the big parties - but voters may think differently

The prime minister needs to realise voters don’t like being lied to

No party is talking about rebuilding European ties after Brexit, the former deputy prime minister has said

Rachel Reeves is right - the government is gaslighting the country over the economy

Our digest of the worst of Westminster looks at Kemi Badenoch, Chris Heaton-Harris, Rishi Sunak and more