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Any political obituary of the disgraced soon-to-be ex-PM has to start with his inability to tell the truth

The institution that has been a central feature of English life for centuries is increasingly sidelined and ignored. Its very survival looks uncertain

The outgoing prime minister has penned a letter to supporters who wrote to him after his resignation - and it’s every bit as detached from reality as you’d expect

This lazy, entitled man is showing his true colours by swanning around during a national crisis, writes one reader

In 1992, Wales' most incendiary political rock band took to the stage of the Reading Festival for the first time

We don't want our freedoms curtailed too much, but sometimes paternalism can save us from ourselves

Twenty-five years after her passing, the legacy of Princess Diana endures even among generations who don’t recall her death, let alone life

Britain’s energy crisis is even harder to fix than you thought – and Truss and Sunak don’t even seem to be trying

Liz Truss is promising a bonfire of rules and regulations. But every other prime minister has tried that and failed – for good reason

The National needs to be braver in its productions, but until then this is an amusing enough divertissement

The BBC is an important part of our national and cultural identity and I remain a defender of them. But, on occasion, they make doing so quite difficult

Sadly, Truss's delusional attitude means the Tory government is likely to stand in the way of the change needed to make renewables work

The Tory government have relaxed standard after standard. Why stop there? Here are some more they can lower...

A move to appoint Michael Gove editor of the Thunderer could spark a merry-go-round of moves on Fleet Street

Theresa May's chief of staff is coining it in offering the advice which proved so useful to the former prime minister

In his final days as prime minister, he was on a mission to rack up a huge bill of £450,000 on flights at the expense of the long-suffering taxpayer

The bosses of the 22 major water companies are not only excellent at awarding themselves bonuses, but also mismanaging supplies

An exhibition of Frank Brangwyn’s work at Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft is full of colour and life – like the artist himself

The Tory leadership candidates’ support for the Rwanda refugee policy is not only morally abhorrent, but also may violate international law

The government’s chief illusionist waves his bureaucracy-busting wand at the British state and suggests some services may be surplus to requirements

Hundreds of animals have been grounded by new rules governing breeding programmes with European zoos

Solutions to the current economic crisis will require the will of a strong leader. Is this part of Keir Starmer's mentality?

A proper baccalaureate – not the ones peddled by Michael Gove and Rishi Sunak – is fairer and would be a real sign of levelling up

So, naturally, there are signs of social unrest and civil disobedience across the country

The Tories are obsessed with reneging the carbon target and fracking their way to oblivion. It's a mystery to experts

Heath Robinson’s cartoons of elaborate contraptions provided cheer during the world wars, as a new exhibition of his work illustrates

The harsh reality of how this is achieved is that it takes from the public not once, but twice

When Weller and co went all French on us

A century ago, the most famous Irishman in the world was shot in mysterious circumstances

It's highly illogical, but Truss and Sunak appear to actually agree on something: Star Trek over Star Wars

Britain doesn’t really ‘do’ street protest in the manner of some European nations. Will that now change?