Media

An evening spent waiting for the president and Air Force One was not the experience I anticipated

Our digest of the worst of Westminster looks at Jonathan Gullis, Carole Malone, Nadine Dorries and more

The appeal of brutal Moscow governments is nothing new

The Mail claims that NHS funding rises prove Brexit’s most notorious slogan was right. They’re wrong again

During Boris Johnson’s time as editor, it became known as the ‘Sextator’ because of the lifestyles of his staff

Casting decisions put the Bard at the centre of debate about Britishness

Our digest of the worst of Westminster looks at Reform UK, Andrea Jenkyns, Liz Truss and more

The populist prime minster is on a crusade to turn the country’s pubic service broadcaster into a state-controlled institution

The paper’s attacks on Angela Rayner reek of hypocrisy and double standards

The circus has arrived in New York, and it’s here to stay

It just shows how desperately out of touch they are

The former PM is having doubts about being associated with the station, one insider tells Mandrake

The humiliated ex-PM has nothing worthwhile to say - and she says it loudly

Has leaving the EU really led to a long-term trade boom?

Our digest of the worst of Westminster looks at Rishi Sunak, Nigel Farage, Ukip and more

Deceitful Brexiters always knew that a post-Brexit Britain and Singapore would be deeply incompatible

The paper’s attacks on Angela Rayner are yet another example of its rank hypocrisy

The defence secretary has splashed out £192,000 on entertainment and hospitality in his first six months in office

Brexit disinterest by national politicians and media is bringing a new approach

Our digest of the worst of Westminster looks at Chris Philp, Liz Truss, Boris Johnson and more

We need Have I Got News for You and The Last Leg just as we needed Spitting Image in the 1980s – to reassure us that we aren’t all going mad

It might even be better for the Conservatives too, but I am less concerned about them than I am about Britain

Rishi Sunak, for all his public protestations, is pessimistic about whether he will be able to hang on until June

Columnist Sherelle Jacobs says leaving the EU has “spectacularly failed” - but only because we have not tried hard enough

Rachel Reeves will need to confront failures that others have ignored

Bayern Munich may have been in turmoil this season but the England striker is in the form of his life

The Independent has signed the Daily Express’s political editor, noted for his entertaining predictions

Our digest of the worst of Westminster looks at George Galloway, David Maddox, Lee Anderson and more

Crippling rent rises are fuelling calls to abolish landlords. But this so-called ‘easy fix’ must be resisted

Tom Baldwin’s biography of the Labour leader suggests we will see a return to serious politics if Starmer makes it to No 10

As a new series of HIGNFY approaches, its comedy is now preaching to the converted, and feels toothless in an age of virtue signalling but no virtue.