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An Indian mission to feed hungry British students makes for a bizarre reversal

The right wing media has finally woken up to the fact that nothing in Britain works. Now they can’t wait to pin it all on Starmer

As much as asparagus excites me – really it does – its increasingly early arrival is also a little unsettling

Instead of a pitiful tax cut and more shuffling of deckchairs on the Tory Titanic, this programme would revitalise Britain

We could be 100 days away from a far right takeover of the European Parliament. But is winning headlines the same as winning votes?

The world is a long way off achieving gender equality

A new report makes clear that the Tories’ economic planning is based on fantasy

He may make it Labour’s problem when they come into office

Lee Anderson is gone, but he shouldn’t be forgotten. His rise says it all about a discredited party

The business secretary’s conflict with Canada is serious - and it has diminished Britain

Sorry continues to be the hardest word as the former PM rounds on the deep state

Procedural manoeuvres, bellowing and walk-outs – there’s a good reason for it all

Our digest of the worst of Westminster looks at Kemi Badenoch, Daniel Hannan, the New Statesman and more

The PM is the only person in Britain who’s not noticed Badenoch wants his job

Banning phones for under-16s would make them more anxious, not less

The former Doctor Who’s second-act speech in An Enemy of the People is a tour de force

Everyone must die – and so must broadcast TV

A look at eight decades’ worth of a parent’s diaries shows how our use of language has changed in unexpected ways

Parties need to take greater care when selecting their candidates

Born with a talent for living – and living off others – the painter never quite seemed to fit in. Then he discovered Greece

I'm starting to think the Tories are heading back, not a day too soon, into opposition

How a young woman finally unlocked the life ahead of her by spending a year at Wordsworth’s cottage in the Lake District

The Tories can change the manager but not the facts: their flagship policy is a huge economic drag

New by-election defeats have put Sunak under pressure. But the flaws of his likely successor suggest she would be another disaster for the Tories

Cast adrift from the rest of Europe in self-imposed isolation, the UK is behaving like a spoilt child

The PM’s performance at the NFU conference was pathetic even by his standards

The former prime minister may be making millions now he’s left office, but he still can’t resist a freebie holiday

Despite the government’s best efforts, international students still want to study in the UK

Like a Venus flytrap, he welcomes Conservatives into his sanctum and is now slowly digesting them

Sneering at another country with problems of its own making won’t solve our own

Politicians love jumping on niche ideas that make them look in tune with the real world. Don’t fall for it