John Prescott was a great fighter and a great friend
The public saw his combative side, but those closest to him saw his heart
Will this fiasco be the last Cop?
Baku has been a spectacle of greed and entitlement. A binding agreement on phasing out fossil fuels would be better
Does anyone care about Rachel Reeves’ CV?
The right wing press love it, but this ‘scandal’ will join Angela Rayner’s flat and Keir Starmer’s lockdown beer in being quickly forgotten
Alex Burghart’s 15 minutes of lame
Kemi Badenoch’s stand-in embarrasses himself at PMQs
Britain’s baby doomers
Falling fertility rates mean more immigration is needed to grow the economy. Yet lots of boomers hate the idea
Why Britain can’t afford to ignore X
A social media rumour about Keir Starmer has attracted millions of views – aided by far right figures who amplify conspiracy theories online
Letters: We must counter MAGA with MEGA
We need a military alliance of European nations, which will require the UK to not just cooperate but to be inside the structure
The devastating failure of Justin Welby
The church, both Anglican and Catholic, has conspicuously failed to provide the leadership the UK craves
Cartoon: Who should the UK choose – Europe or Trump?
Is Germany’s economy doomed?
With a declining industrial base, a lack of support for emerging sectors, and a shaky financial landscape, the country’s downturn might be here to stay
The killing field: Where Berlin confronts its Nazi past
An empty square in the centre of the German capital gives a warning from the recent past
How Berlin got under my skin
My first Berlin adventure began at Checkpoint Charlie. My second began in Islington
Lie of the week: Rupert Lowe on healthcare spending
Misunderstanding Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s legacy
Bonhoeffer fought against exclusion and for those who couldn’t fight for themselves
The word I want to get into the dictionary
The ‘trollification’ that happens on X, Elon Musk’s online hellhole, deserves a definition
Putin’s war on the womb
If you love children and happen to live in Russia, the kindest thing you could do would be not to have any
Who’s to blame for Spain’s floods?
The Spanish press are asking pointed questions about the lacklustre warning system and slow crisis response
Can the SNP stay relevant?
IndyRef 2 feels a long way off. The SNP need to show that they have something to offer for Scotland’s short-term future
Is Berlin losing its voice?
In September, the senate suddenly announced 10% cuts to the city’s arts budget
Welcome to Ronaldo’s hotel
As the Portuguese superstar’s football career winds down, his Monopoly career is just taking off
How to believe in politics
It is time to dispel disbelief and face the grim reality that is unfolding
Max Planck’s lessons for scientists
In times of state corruption and political interference, scientists remain ‘apolitical’ at their peril
Why won’t Starmer listen?
Britain’s choice in a Trump trade war is a no-brainer: we must rejoin the single market and customs union, or we’re in deep trouble
The trust and knowledge gap
Just as he talks of closer relations, Keir Starmer’s perplexing refusal to engage properly with the EU or European experts is adding to a widening divide
All the president’s nodding dogs
Senate Republicans know that Matt Gaetz is unfit to run US law enforcement. But defying Donald Trump is bigger than defending democracy
Biden’s wake-up call to Europe
The Ukraine missile strikes he has permitted won’t change the war – but they must change minds in the EU and UK
Water load of idiots
Thames Water is on the verge of going bust, is borrowing money from hedge funds and has taken out an emergency loan to see it through to Christmas. How on earth did it come to this?
The problem with ‘our viewers are saying’
The phrase has become a favourite of BBC interviewers – and it shows a wider lack of intelligent mission in the corporation’s news and current affairs
Rip it up and start again
Too centralised, too short term, too obsessed with Twitter, our political system is a dysfunctional mess. If we don’t fix it, we’ll all suffer
Thanks to Trump, Bitcoin is booming.. but it is still useless
Key questions about the cryptocurrency remain unanswered even as the Republican’s victory causes it to soar
Trump is coming, so we need a UK-EU security agreement fast
History shows Britain becoming more Europhile when a wild card is in the White House
Trump or the EU – which way should Britain turn?
Keir Starmer finds himself caught between the populist tyrant and a politically weakened continent. Which way should he go?
You’ve left Twitter and moved to Bluesky: here’s what you need to know
As users joining the “Xodus” are discovering, the platform is very different from Elon Musk’s kingdom
The Guardian’s chief Brexiteer is stepping down. Good.
Lexiter Larry Elliott has held back his paper’s ability to attack the decision to leave the EU
Meet the Trump Brexiteer who thinks washing your hands is woke
Dominic Cummings has praised Pete Hegseth – but America’s extremist future defence secretary could help push Britain back towards the EU
The enemies of America in Trump’s White House
Trump has nominated a “Russian agent of influence” to one of the most sensitive roles in US government
Money alone will not fix the NHS
It’s not only what you spend but how you spend it that matters
Can anyone make the Church of England relevant?
The next Archbishop of Canterbury has an almost impossible job
The Big Apple grapples with another Trump win
New York expected victory for Kamala Harris. Now it’s in a daze, coming to terms with four more years
PMQS: Shock and disbelief in the House of Commons
Westminster reacts in astonishment as Keir Starmer tells a joke and it is actually quite good
MAGA’s useful idiots
Reform and the Tories say a US/UK trade deal would ‘vindicate Brexit’. It would also put Britain last
The Democrats: the losers who knew best
Arrogant and stuck on broadcast mode, the Democrats have stopped listening to America
Letters: The future’s terrifying, the future’s orange
Many Americans liked what they saw in Trump’s first term and have just voted for more of the same. This could easily happen again in 2028
The next two months will define Starmer
Donald Trump’s election has called into question the Euro-Atlanticism elements of Labour foreign policy
Olaf Scholz cracks under pressure
As the coalition falls, the chancellor was pushed to call an election earlier than he planned
Ayn Rand’s part in Donald Trump’s victory
If Trump sees himself as a Randian hero, expect nothing but indifferent self-interest for the next four years
Our shameful media, trolling for Trump
The British press featured some bizarre coverage of the US election this week, even by its own standards
Do we need a modern Darwin?
Biology is notoriously conservative about bold new ideas, so even the suggestion of modernising the evolutionary theory has caused a stir
Serbia’s tragic price of corruption
It’s likely that the public officials responsible for the collapse of the Novi Sad train station will evade accountability
Remembering my father in Venray
The present inhabitants of Overloon and Venray definitely do not forget the battle to liberate their villages
Lie of the week: Jacob Rees-Mogg on Donald Trump
The race to make Europe great again
A rudderless EU ignored Trump’s threat and is now terrified and alone. It has two choices – go into overdrive or become irrelevant
Cartoon: Will COP29 be a success?
Kemi Badenoch has already wrecked the Tories
In making them a carbon copy of Reform, the new leader of the opposition shows she is neither thoughtful nor serious
The wolves in the White House
As president for the second time, Donald Trump has scores to settle and a dark plan that posterity will be unable to ignore
What happened in the Amsterdam attacks?
A city’s reputation lies in tatters
Why the Rust Belt voted for Trump
A journey through Pennsylvania showed that, in the Rust Belt, this was not an election about character or abortion – it was about the price of eggs
Will Trump surrender to Putin?
And if he does give in to the Russian president, what will the consequences be for Ukraine and for Europe?
The international justice body that became an expensive mess
The ICC has cost huge amounts of money, is mired in scandal and in 22 years has sent only five people to jail. Why is it so useless?
Trump gives Starmer an open goal on Brexit
If the prime minister doesn’t act now, chances are he never will
Dominic Cummings: a one hit blunder
The former political adviser has mistaken himself for a visionary intellectual rebel. If that’s so, why is his legacy so small – and crap?
The end of Spain’s golden visa
Spain is ready to halt its ‘golden visa’ scheme, closing off another route for Britons to settle in the EU
Why the German coalition government has just collapsed
German politics is now a dysfunctional mess and it’s all Olaf Scholz’s fault. With Trump looming, the timing couldn’t be worse
Tbilisi’s war of the walls
Georgia’s disputed election has been hailed as a victory for Vladimir Putin, but murals in the capital paint a different picture
Letters: The UK’s litter problem needs its own Feargal Sharkey
Feargal has shown what can be achieved when someone with a national voice shouts loud. We need someone to do the same in the fight against litter
Kemi Badenoch is mediocrity on steroids
Badenoch, for all her anti-woke diatribes, is the wrong kind of Tory rightist. She will lead them defeat, and quite possibly eclipse by Reform
Are ‘trusted flaggers’ reporting hate or erasing debate?
Germany is issuing licences to groups who will report (what they think is) illegal and detrimental content on social media platforms
The gangster and the politician
The leader of Sweden’s far right is mired in scandal after a member of a notorious motorcycle gang attended his wedding
The end of more for less
Farmers are a short-term risk, but Labour’s biggest task is getting impatient Britain to buy into the power of long-term investment
How badly will Trump’s tariffs hurt Britain?
The president-elect wants to drag the world back to the 1930s with his trade wars
Cartoon: How do people feel about the US election?
A US election party in the ‘hellhole’
As locals, we know that Trump doesn’t think too highly of Brussels
Where the darkness prevails
There is a central explanation for Trump’s victory – and it is not a comfortable one
Lie of the Week: Kemi Badenoch’s debut at PMQs
America, the country that went off the deep end
Europeans watch Friends and eat burgers and think we understand America. Then elections like this make us realise we really don’t
How Europe should deal with Trump
As Ukraine despairs and Europe’s populists cheer Trump’s win, Keir Starmer faces up to the need to rejoin the single market
PMQs: Badenoch’s Trumpy debut
The new leader of the opposition had her first Commons joust with the PM today and scored a resounding diplomatic victory. Only trouble – it was against Britain
What does Trump’s victory mean?
The result of the US election contains one clear message for Britain – and for Starmer
Small mercies: How to feel less depressed about Trump’s win
The news from across the Atlantic is brutal. But all is not quite lost
America is in the grip of the fascist process
Trump’s return to power has been helped by the complete failure of the American left
Getting drunk as the election unfolds
The night started with nauseous optimism. Then came vodka and gloom
The night when hope ebbed away
Trump is now ominously close to victory as the Harris surge proved a fantasy
Blame Brexit for the small boats crisis
The EU’s migrant return policy worked for years, and access to a fingerprint database is a very distant second-best
A special issue of the New European is coming this Friday
We’re on newsstands and through subscribers’ doors a day later than usual because of the US election
The Tory party’s greatest threat
The hard right has achieved political power across Europe. British politics now faces exactly the same risk
President Trump. It doesn’t bear thinking about.
Historians will analyse this election, and the phenomenon of Trump, for the rest of time
Is this Trump’s woman in Europe?
Italy’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni has held her extreme political instincts in check – so far. If Trump wins, will that change?
Why did Radio 4’s Today let a Trump backer lie continually without challenge?
Justin Webb allowed Matt Schlapp to toss out a series of obvious untruths involving Elon Musk, Hillary Clinton and the January 6 riots
The EU are baffled by the Budget and Starmer
Concerns over youth mobility and Northern Ireland are growing in Brussels
The front Europe doesn’t know it’s fighting
As a “stolen” election damages their country’s European dream, Georgians fear their divide with the west is becoming irreversible
Badenoch inherits the poisoned chalice
The new Tory leader has been handed a shaky mandate by a depleted party rooted in deep denial
Is this the craziest defence of Brexit you’ve ever heard?
One Leaver says she’s still glad she voted for it… but there’s a good reason for that
Clarkson and Kirstie are wrong about farmers
There is no economic justification for all farmers passing their estates on to their children tax-free
Meeting MAGA in the deep south
A journey through North and South Carolina reveals the widening gap between the current Trumpian GOP and the party it used to be
The White House race is ending in chaos and calamity
The Harris v Trump contest remains on a knife-edge. So does the country
A walk through Valencia’s catastrophe zone
The floods north of Valencia have left a scene of almost unimaginable destruction
Two final acts of stupidity from Robert Jenrick
Stirring things up over this summer’s riots is bad, demanding that former colonies doff the cap is arguably even worse
Sunak, a lame joke to the last
Cringeworthy quips and one decent punchline marked the former prime minister’s final PMQs
Where’s the vision, Rachel?
The Budget largely avoided tough choices as the new chancellor put pressure on Wes Streeting by throwing cash at the NHS
This Budget won’t fix the growth black hole
Rachel Reeves made a start on fixing the Conservatives’ years of waste – but it is nowhere near enough