Dan Hannan’s dream

A veteran Brexiter skewers the Trumpist hostility to economics, without stooping to self-reflection.

Meloni seeks help from the system

Italy's prime minister, beset by rivals to both right and left, tries to improve her position by fiddling with the electoral system

Britain gets a new prime minister on Monday after Andy Burnham wins the Labour leadership contest unopposed.

Senator Lindsey Graham, who died suddenly at the weekend, was a near-perfect symbol of the moral bankruptcy of the Republican Party.

Western Europe's most prominent far-right leaders are both in trouble over financial irregularities – which is no coincidence.

As a wildly unpredictable state election nears in Victoria, the saga of Moira Deeming and the Liberal Party appears to be entering its final phase.

Donald Trump's self-interest pushes him to pursue peace in the Middle East, regardless of the wishes of his usual allies.

Bhaskar Sunkara, a leading "democratic socialist", works hard to make the two halves of the description work together.

Australia's Liberal Party is looking for a new federal president, and appears to be settling on the worst possible candidate.

Andrew Hastie defends a more isolationist version of Australia, but it won't be enough for his party's Trumpists.