It’s a lot easier to tease new cross-Channel rail services than it is to actually start running trains. I’m crossing my fingers anyway, says author Jonn Elledge

The former UK prime minister on tariffs, Boris Johnson’s manoeuvring — and the time the president held her hand

Ministers are insisting that Trump’s regime can still be a friend. It’s a delusion and a lie, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

ALT: a blue flag with yellow stars in a circle waving in the wind

The Lowdown on the power of conservative cancel culture

From the London summit on Sunday to the Brussels summit on Thursday, we're seeing a new, confident, no-bullshit Europe take shape

US decisions can no longer be analysed using assumptions shared across the democratic west

A moment of horrifying clarity

A whole slew of dramas and plays mark half a century since her election as Tory leader. But there is too much gloss, when so many people are still suffering, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Interventions by Ed Davey and Kemi Badenoch show how the European question has been reopened.

She might be the single worst opposition leader we've seen in our lifetime. She makes Michael Foot look like Barack Obama.

The charge was seen as draconian, but new thinking is now essential. Look to the cities trying a range of bold ideas, says author Jonn Elledge

Reimposing passport checks in the Schengen area creates new political lines in our minds – and that poses its own danger, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst

The government is only deceiving itself by trying to ‘make Brexit work’ and forlornly pursuing a trade deal with Trump

A second Trump term will be marked by isolationism in trade and security, will harm efforts to address climate change and will empower the hard right at home and across Europe. Closer ties between…

The Conservative leader praised Toby Young as 'brave', 'smart' and a 'true radical'

Is Labour Doomed?