The Pope and Tony Blair may not have met, but they have a few things in common By Alys Key Tony Blair has met several popes, but has not yet had the pleasure of meeting Pope Leo XIV. Nevertheless, the ...

The festival of AI optimism comes to London once again By Will Dunn In a stairwell in the old Truman Brewery, two men and a humanoid robot are waiting for the lift. The robot is tottering slightly, ...

Labour is being told to pick a side in a battle of economic arguments. We say the future will be built from both By Mark McVitie and Mathew Lawrence We are the authors of two arguments recently ...

Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve star in an unforgettable exploration of soulless cityscapes By David Sexton There’s a back story to Backrooms. Since 2011, a creepy photo has circulated on message ...

Nicola Sturgeon’s now estranged husband has brought shame on the SNP By Chris Deerin Peter Murrell was never one for the public eye. He was the archetypal backroom operator, forever lurking in the ...

After years of neglecting progressives, the party must learn there is no such thing as a “hero voter”. By Anoosh Chakelian It was 12 years ago when a Labour politician first warned me that the party ...

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In the mad world of the British far right, faith and thuggery jostle for attention By Emily Lawford On the road to Parliament Square, men kept stopping Kate to tell her she was beautiful. She was a ...

We must stand against both anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim hate By Prince Harry Over the past several years, I have spoken about the consequences of a world in which outrage outpaces humanity – where ...

If Labour’s National Executive does as its members – and, indeed, much of the voting public – demand, then the battle for Makerfield could emerge as one of the most totemic and decisive parliamentary ...

If Andy Burnham succeeds in the Makerfield by-election next month, Labour will immediately face a new challenge: a Greater Manchester mayoral by-election. There’s no guarantee the party would win ...

Does Wes Streeting have the numbers? He seems to be struggling to get the support he needs to challenge the PM By Ethan Croft With no firm denials from Wes Streeting’s team yesterday, Westminster ...