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Economic hardship and war have not pushed Europe’s nations apart, but closer together

Once again, the government is failing to offer any answers for why fisheries are struggling

I’d like to enjoy his Guardian writings, but there’s one small thing getting in the way

The government has no plan to save a vanishing sector

Based on a WWII deception that fooled the Nazis, Operation Mincemeat is a deft pastiche

Is The Ugly Duchess a work of misogyny, a portrait of deformity or the mocking of an aristocrat? Or all three?

In this extract from his new book, our editor-at-large reflects on why The People’s Vote failed... and what makes a successful campaign

Having waited his entire life for this coronation service, and having apparently played a central role in devising it, the King was nonetheless unable to memorise his own lines

Britain needs a bolder Keir Starmer who will challenge the home secretary over her shameful anti-immigrant rhetoric

As Russian rockets rained down on Ukraine, the contest’s political genie was finally let out of the bottle

Germany has returned 1,117 looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, but who really owns them?

Everything in the country seems broken. What would be the cost of putting it right, and how would we do it?

A new voting system does not mean progressives in perpetual power – if anything it would bolster the far right

Russia seems too tired and depleted to be able to resist tyrannical leaders

Teaching philosophy in the classroom can help better prepare younger generations for later life

Should the dastardly progressives impose PR on the nation, the days of the Tory minority exercising unlimited power could be over... the horror

By 2028, one in five of us will pay the higher rate - nearly four times more than in the early 1990s

They don't like to be called out for their Brexit lies - which is why it needs to happen more often

The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street

The Conservative MP claims Brexit helped thwart Putin's Ukraine invasion. He is wrong

The coming week will offer two possible paths ahead for the Conservative Party. Both are bad, but one is downright sinister

It’s being blamed for Sunak’s common-sense decision to retain most EU laws

The UK’s problems are deep, but its pockets are not. What can Labour promise on the cheap to excite voters?

Life need not be completely depressing in modern Britain. Praise be to pie

The financier and former Tory donor says leaving the EU was a plan by the rich to make themselves richer and the poor poorer

Have a president AND a monarch. The president would be head of state, and the monarch’s role would be entirely non-political and ceremonial

The Tories’ latest cunning plan failed miserably at the council elections, so here are some foolproof ways they could rig the next general election

The American right’s culture battles are creating empty shelves in Republican states. Could Britain join in with this madness?

The coronation of King Charles belongs to us. To our time and our age. But, will it be the last?

The sun is setting on the Tory empire. Is Starmer’s Labour Party up for the challenge?

The government is failing to do even the simple things as rivals leave it trailing