Young women – today and always – are less susceptible to delusions of grandeur At Britain’s premier defence conference, death is in demand Also: an epitaph for our times, and a novel way to read the ...

Living the Meme: What happened to the “Bacon is good for me“ boy? Eight years after becoming a meme, the boy dubbed “King Curtis” explains what life is like now. By Amelia Tait It is hard to pinpoint ...

Andy Burnham has promised to “change politics” with a new political and economic model for Britain. In his first Downing ...

Andy Burnham is the new leader of the Labour party after the results of the party’s uncontested leadership election were announced on Friday (17 July) afternoon. In a speech to the party faithful at ...

The murder of Ann Widdecombe has one lesson: both left and right need to detoxify our public discourse ...

Maga is calling for naturalised citizens to be denied the same rights as US-born ones By Freddie Hayward I spend more time arguing with proud nativists in bars around DC than I would like. You might ...

The introduction of new prime ministers is becoming a mass media ritual By Will Dunn It’s 8.42am on Monday 20 July. We’re on the scene in Downing Street with only two-and-a-half hours to wait before ...

With Marine Le Pen now free to run in next year’s election, France is entering uncharted political territory By Julian ...

Your guide to the etiquette and manners of the new regime By Finn McRedmond Take your tie off, throw out your textbooks, load up TikTok – we do things a little differently around here. And c’mon son, ...

In his first days in No 10, Andy Burnham showed his determination to do politics differently By Ailbhe Rea Andy Burnham, the UK’s 59th prime minister, began his premiership as he means to go on: as in ...

Why did Andy Burnham pick John Healey? His appointment as chancellor is less about politics, and more about the practice of government By Ethan Croft In an early sign of how leak-proof the Andy ...

Over the course of Andy Burnham’s 25 years in politics the man who is about to become prime minister has said little about foreign policy. Foreign leaders and diplomats tapping up contacts for ...