The case for a national Holocaust memorial
Detractors forget we won’t always be able to depend on the living testimony of Holocaust survivors.
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Liz Truss’s return is a gift to Labour
Some Tory voices want Rishi Sunak to bar Truss from standing as a Conservative candidate at the next election.
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Rishi Sunak is dancing to Nigel Farage’s tune
The Prime Minister’s U-turn on net zero is only the latest concession to the former Brexit Party leader.
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Saudi Arabia’s crown prince understands the modern world. His Western suitors do not
Mohammed bin Salman resembles no one so much as the prince from Machiavelli’s manual of statecraft.
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Brexit has made the EU less liberal and open
Brussels’ embrace of protectionism is a problem for those who yearn for closer ties with Europe.
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Russell Brand’s career was defined by misogyny – and audiences delighted in it
What a comedian chooses to joke about is revealing – and has a bearing on the world at large.
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Technocrats and populists symbolise our anti-political age
Political vision has been hollowed out by “expert knowledge” and “the will of the people”.
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The power of policy-posting
The American XL Bully would never have been banned without Twitter.
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What we lose when everyone speaks English
Technology has made foreign languages easy, but robs us of the depth of understanding.
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The Tories are wrong to see Keir Starmer as their secret weapon
We shouldn’t be surprised that the Labour leader doesn’t look prime ministerial. He isn’t prime minister yet.
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Just let Venice sink
The city is going to charge visitors an entrance fee, but it won’t save the place from itself.
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Giorgia Meloni’s long game
In an attempt to define her legacy, the Italian prime minister has set her sights on reshaping the EU.
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The triple lock is an economic absurdity
Ending an expensive and haphazard pension system would be an act of fiscal sanity.
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The end of the pariah state
What Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin’s deepening relationship reveals about the emerging international order.
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Germany’s centrist parties are fuelling extremism
Treating populist supporters as deplorables is a gift to the far left and far right.
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Britain is asking the wrong questions about China
A new realism is needed to deal with the threat from Beijing.
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The case for a minister for men
From educational failure to high suicide rates, the government needs to address male problems.
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The week that ruined Rishi Sunak’s autumn
The idea that changing leaders again might improve the Tories’ chances used to seem absurd. Now I’m not sure.
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The ghosts of austerity are returning to haunt Rishi Sunak
As the last of the Osbornites, the Prime Minister is more culpable than most as the country crumbles around him.
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India won’t dominate the 21st century – it will define it
The country will take centre stage at the G20 summit, but its troubles run deep.
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