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My inexplicable inability to call out the bigotry of the far right during an appearance on Question Time nearly a decade ago still rankles to this day

The Americans call it zee, but it is not the only letter pronounced differently in certain parts of the English- speaking world

Each year, spring toys with our emotions but the wait makes its delights all the sweeter

Dominic Raab’s pathetic conspiracy theories are yet another example of how the Conservative edifice continues to crumble

Two new novels evoke the eeriness thrumming through small coastal towns, where lives wash up like the debris on the beach

Trump is back, Carlson is gone - it’s all about the money for Murdoch. The real-life Logan Roy is bigger than fiction

The anti-Starmer slur isn’t catching on. If the prime minister is stuck, there are some better insults to reach for

From Suella Braverman’s claim over “British values” to Rishi Sunak’s more general assault on “lefties”, the government is engaged in an attack on ideological pluralism

They all did. But they campaigned for it anyway

The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street

Britain needs innovation. For that to happen, people need to believe it is a country with a future, not just a past

A new, much nastier Conservatism is rearing its head – and has its eyes on power

The shifting make-up of Britain’s electorate will put pressure on both

New chair of the European Movement gives surprise backing to Labour’s cautious approach

A night at Edinburgh University offers a glimpse of Gen Z’s political future

Extraordinarily, three years after the UK formally left the EU, it will be the first time that MPs have had an opportunity to debate the impact of Brexit

He is the poster boy for a generation of Conservative politicians who have made Britain more divided, isolated and poorer

Brexit pressures, from a devalued pound to a worker shortage, are to blame

An inquiry decision is imminent, but here is what the case tells us about the deputy PM and the nature of bullies

There are some less crass and more accurate ways for Labour to attack the government

We are entering asparagus season. I love it, earthy and nutty as it is

It wasn’t Hugh Grant or Emma Watson who brought Britain to its knees, but the populist and privileged right

Our political leaders only offer up the small stuff. But this isn’t just pre-election caution – it marks the demise of radical ideology

The Brexit architect follows in a long line of stage heroes who are morally questionable or downright loathsome

It will win votes from the well-off but lose huge amounts of tax revenue he could have used to help the poor

The role of Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern during the talks, to this day, simply cannot be overstated

If the OBR were obliged to model a range of outcomes it would be far more constructive and could, finally, hand political responsibility back to the politicians

The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street

From school trips to language schools to universities, Brexit has brought chaos to a sector that led the world

The iconic service, the setting for Agatha Christie’s famous novel, is to scrap its British leg next year - and the culprit is Brexit