The exploding clown car of Association contrived to make a bad situation worse

Fears grow over fair midterms as Trump claims documents reveal ‘vulnerabilities’ in US election system and alleges compromise of election data by China

Feckless inertia has become actively malign

Ireland v Israel shows the notion that sport and politics do not mix is risible

Nobody else representing Ireland in any official capacity seems prepared to speak out against the collective punishment of the Cuban people

ALT: a man in a suit and tie says " serious people "

Starmer called the byelection a battle for the nation’s soul. This result shows Labour has lost that – and I think it will lose much more, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones