Donald Trump’s second victory in the United States is a warning sign to democracies everywhere of the centrality of emotions – and their manipulation – in the new politics of gross inequality and psychic rebellion fuelled by tech-driven alternative realities, writes Hardeep Matharu
Keir Starmer
Rachael Reeves' budget was disappointing. Not for its content, but the way it was communicated
The UK needs a revolution in the way politics and democracy works – starting with proportional representation, writes Neal Lawson
The Conservative Party's new leader has the potential to do a lot of damage, whether or not she wins the next general election
Reeves' budget only looks radical if you believe the Conservative spin that their own plans were anything other than a cynical scorched earth tactic by a desperate government that knew it was going to lose
The unspoken truth of Rachel Reeves' Budget is that leaving the EU has left Britain permanently worse off
Starmer’s Government has an opportunity to reverse years of Conservative attacks on impartiality and independence – our democracy requires it to act beyond narrow party interests, former BBC producer and journalist Patrick Howse writes
A fixation with economic growth has led humanity to the brink of catastrophe, argues Tom Scott
The Prime Minister reached the milestone as his popularity plummets in the aftermath of a freebies scandal and Sue Gray's resignation. But has it all been bad?
The summit, which is being hosted by Hungry's far-right President Viktor Orbán, will take place days after the US goes to the polls.