British Politics

The threat from 21st century fascism is not of a modern day March on Rome or a beerhall putsch. It's far more insidious. By PAUL MASON, the broadcaster and author of a new book on the subject

Pubs could run out of beer over the bank holiday weekend days after Nando's were forced to close due to a lack of chicken.

Readers respond to a letter from a voter in Sheffield who now backs Brexit.

Tim Walker explains why Michael Gove's estranged wife is unlikely to be going anywhere at the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.

Eight months after the end of the transition period, how are UK companies faring outside the EU? MARK MARDELL investigates

The comedian and broadcaster is back with a conspiracy theorist's guide to the great British holiday

The Conservative MP and former soldier, whose moving speech on the tragedy in Afghanistan brought applause from the Commons, writes for The New European, and warns of an impending human calamity .. and China's role in a new global attitude to intervention.

Are you going to the Edinburgh Festival fringe this year? Neither is Mitch Benn! So he's putting on a show right here...

More food shortages and higher prices are likely to be the result of new Brexit checks that come into effect from October 1

Carrie Johnson has her work cut out as part of an ambitious project to 'rewild' 13 African elephants

Did the Brexit vote swing on a basic misunderstanding of public finances? Did people die of Covid because our politicians are innumerate? LIZ GERARD explores Britain’s hopelessness in the face of big numbers

One party on its own can't save us from the Tories - it's time for a progressive alternative.

Weakened politics... a weekly diary of the latest woes from Westminster and beyond

Mitch Benn looks at anti-maskers, the Boris Johnson U-turn on isolating and more in his review of the week in politics Hello, and let me wish you all a belated Happy Freedom Day!  Yes, the day after which we are all now free to take one look at all our fellow citizens and decide immediately […]

The fight against ‘woke’ carries with it echoes of their doomed battle to hold back gay rights. 

Tim Walker reports on the latest revamp at Chequers

The home secretary was once a maverick outsider. She hasn’t changed, but the country has.

As disquiet grows, Boris Johnson may not hold the whip hand for much longer.

CHARLIE CONNELLY on what we can expect from Boris Johnson's much-discussed and long-delayed book on William Shakespeare

The sovereignty promised in the EU referendum only benefits the Tory party

Tchéky Karyo’s fame reaches a whole new level appearing as Baptiste

Alastair Campbell’s article on sado-populism has struck a chord with this reader

A reader explains how the EU referendum stripped him of his Britishness

TIM WALKER's Mandrake column explores the prime minister's repetitive use of the word 'fantastic'.

MITCH BENN offers four good reasons to feel proud of England’s footballers and to look forward to the World Cup despite their Euro final defeat to Italy By the time you read this, several days will have passed since England’s defeat (on penalties, inevitably) at the Euros final on Sunday.  How are things going, up there […]

Critics of the government’s re-opening strategy need more than just carping. They need to offer their own analysis

Editor-at-large ALASTAIR CAMPBELL on a concept that helps explain the politics of Boris Johnson

One spectator sport this summer has been watching politicians try to tie their fortunes to the England team. Such efforts are as doomed to failure as, ultimately, Gareth Southgate’s team was.