Vladimir Putin’s latest strategic miscalculation
Given what we have seen in Ukraine, Nato should expedite the expected requests of Finland and Sweden to join the alliance
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What now for Northern Ireland?
Northern Irish politics is likely to become more unstable in the coming months, not less
Sir Keir’s moralising comes back to haunt him
Surely, by his own logic, the Leader of the Opposition has little choice but to resign
Sweden's Covid strategy appears to have been vindicated
We in Britain should ask whether more lives might have been saved in the round had the Government not enforced a compulsory lockdown
Questions over France’s role in the Falklands conflict
Did the French government know of the "kill switches" inserted in the missiles it had sold to Argentina?
Germany can no longer ignore the costs of its dependence on Russian energy
There are serious disagreements within the EU about a proposed embargo on the Kremlin's oil
China's never-ending lockdown shows the perils of Zero Covid
The knock-on impact, both socially and economically, is growing and the ramifications for global trade and prosperity are immense
Echoes of Stalingrad
The parallels between Mariupol and Stalingrad are stark
A mid-term drubbing should focus Tory minds
The significance of the local elections should not be over-estimated
New Labour still casts a dark shadow over Britain
Overwhelmed by Mr Blair’s charisma, a new generation of Tory MPs concluded that the only way to beat the Blairites was to join them.
The public pay for a defective Civil Service
Downing Street cannot afford to add a lack of grip over the machinery of state to the charge-sheet against it
Continued care home measures are cruel
There has been a consistent failure by the authorities since Covid first emerged to acknowledge the costs of their measures
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It’s not good enough to claim ignorance over Covid deaths in care homes
Ministers cannot hide behind officials. They were expected to weigh up possibilities, including the likelihood of asymptomatic transmission
A grotesque spectacle in Moscow
Mr Guterres should have gone to Kyiv first to demonstrate that the UN knows who is in the right and who is in the wrong
The real cost-of-living solution is tax cuts
It is remarkable that under a Conservative government ostensibly committed to tax cuts, the overall burden is at an all-time high
Civil servants should be back in the office
Jacob Rees-Mogg deserves the support of Cabinet colleagues in his endeavours, not their brickbats
China’s latest Covid lunacy will soon be felt around the world
Two years after the pandemic took a grip, the economic consequences of trying to stop it are far from over
Victory, but not a triumph, for Emmanuel Macron
Despite his success, Marine Le Pen is unlikely to relinquish her ambition of one day becoming France’s first woman leader
The NHS is failing to meet the most basic expectations – now is the time for fundamental reform
The Conservatives have fallen into the trap of the funding ratchet. It is time to rethink how we pay for the health service
The return of quango-slaying is a welcome development
Jacob Rees-Mogg's campaign to merge and close public bodies is a necessary return to a once totemic Tory promise