This week has seen much talk – again – of the ‘Treasury View’, and how that rarely defined set of… ...

They say that politics is all about priorities. But what happens when the public says you’ve got it wrong? Mr S has got his ...

The triumph of Mark Carney in the Canadian election has turned what seemed like a series of local flukes into a global trend.

There’s a nickname for House Speaker Mike Johnson shared among some Hill staffers and observers: “Deacon Mike,” a nod to his ...

Few career arcs in modern history can be as remarkable as that of Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa – or Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, to ...

It will be like Liz Truss on roller skates. The next election may still be four years away, and the manifestos still need to ...

The worst victims of South Africa’s African National Congress are not white Afrikaners, even if they are a vulnerable group.

If the government was deliberately trying to encourage union militancy, it could not be making a better job of it. It is ...

Assisted dying has been a hot topic both north and south of the border this week, as Scottish politicians voted on Tuesday on ...

Australia has often been called the ‘lucky country’. Today, it faces a series of economic, cultural, and geopolitical ...

When Anthony Albanese’s integrity as a regional leader and caretaker of Australia’s national security was on the line during ...

Trump’s tough love tariffs have produced a massive ‘reciprocal’ trade deal with the United Kingdom. Anxious, Prime Minister ...