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The former defence and education secretary feels he's never been awarded the rank he deserves

Welcome to Europe’s future, in which Britain holds a referendum in 2041 to rejoin the European Union

Rejoining the single market would begin to offer some stability to our troubling times

New Labour’s architect says only rebuilding bridges with the EU will solve what Sunak calls Britain’s ‘profound economic challenge’

Empires rise and fall, and yet Bake Off remains on our screens. Yet, across the pond commentators recently took aim at Mexico week

UK manufacturing is reeling from a double whammy of Brexit idiocy, and the future looks scary

Rishi Sunak's role as master of PR and the art of being super-rich makes him poorly suited for public life

Why is Britain in such a mess? It’s written in the stars of course…

There is only a cynical, poorly-run immigration system. And that’s the government’s fault

Any attempt to explain this play will not do it justice. Just go and see it. It is simply wonderful

This production has gotten Soho Place off to a marvellously, pun intended, good start

I’m just a few months away from my first chance to vote. But instead of great anticipation all I feel is hopelessness

The new prime minister is showing every sign of going down the same path as Boris Johnson

The Green Party MP hits out as the PM dithers over whether to attend COP27, and points to real environmental leadership elsewhere

Only recently The Daily Mail aggressively pushed for Liz Truss as leader one day and then delighted in her downfall the next

The publicity Lulu Lytle gained by being Boris and Carrie Johnson's interior designer has been good for business

Eleanor Shawcross is married to the Next boss Lord Wolfson, whose personal fortune is estimated to run into hundreds of millions

Privately and publicly, Charles Moore told his fellow Old Etonian that he should “sit this one out”

The former prime minister still hasn't finished his biography of Shakespeare but he's found a more interesting subject

The co-option of queerness by capitalism is perhaps the most sterile union imaginable: giving birth only to merch rather than masterpieces

How much longer does the country have to suffer this catastrophe of a government?

Another Tory farce has diminished the UK’s standing in the world. But could better times be ahead?

How the news that Liz Truss was to leave Number 10 was covered across the continent

Brexit-induced labour shortages are going to be a limiting factor in the pursuit of growth, growth, growth

The Labour leader needs to work out what his offer to business is

Donald Trump and Liz Truss have more in common than first meets the eye. Above all, their loyalties used to lie elsewhere

Liz Truss has joined the ranks of Tory PMs who fell partly or wholly thanks to internal posturing over the continent. Will Sunak be next?

The Northern Ireland Protocol points the way to a better Brexit – so, Macbeth-style, Sunak is being urged to kill it

The name’s Johnson, Boris Johnson. Licenced to kill propriety, decency and sincerity...

Rishi Sunak has taken the reins of the country. However, he has just as many reasons to be afraid as the rest of us

We used to laugh at Italy. But, after five Tory prime minister's in six years, we are now the global joke