The Irish Times view on the Trump backlash: how not to make friends or influence people
Who would have guessed contempt for allies and crude attempts to interfere in their domestic politics would elicit such a negative response?
Nigel Farage
Reform UK undergoes schism amid row linked to Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson
Party leader Nigel Farage has fallen out with MP Rupert Lowe, seen as one of ‘Tommy’s people'
Keir Starmer faces a defining moment as he heads for Washington
Trade and defence, including the future of Ukraine, will top the agenda for the UK PM’s first meeting with Donald Trump as president
All bar one: Westminster parties almost fully united behind Ukraine as UK hits Russia with more sanctions
Only Nigel Farage’s Reform UK stayed away from Commons debate in support of Ukraine
There’s a reason why Ireland hasn’t produced a Donald Trump or a Nigel Farage yet
The far right in Ireland is run by the charismatically challenged. If someone capable of stringing a sentence together emerges, that political calculus will change quickly
The Irish Sea is to be renamed the British Sea – and from now on underwear will be worn on the outside
A few years ago this would have seemed no more absurd than a US president renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America
Playwright Simon Stephens: ‘Our sense of self is defined by the stories we tell ourselves. My family told themselves we were Irish’
The Tony and Olivier winner feels a huge affinity with Rex Ryan’s ‘fearless’ Dublin company Glass Mask, which is premiering his play Men’s Business
England is mired in self-doubt and disillusionment - but Ireland can’t afford to gloat
Keir Starmer is walking a very tricky tightrope. Figures close to Trump, including Elon Musk, openly speak of reversing the 2024 UK election outcome by removing him from office
Keir Starmer could face rising pressure to climb down on farm inheritance tax
London Letter: Economic disquiet among farmers and in rural communities has been brewing since long before the tax changes
How Brexit killed Frexit
The UK’s messy, ill-thought out exit from the EU has effectively killed off leave campaigns in other member states
Trump may just have put an end to peace process absurdities
Trump has transformed expectations of what can be done, even if his administration ultimately fails to deliver it
Tommy Robinson and Conor McGregor find common cause
English nationalism has rarely been more interested in Ireland
Right-wing figures jockey to be UK’s Trump whisperer as Keir Starmer is left to watch from afar
Nigel Farage has the best claim to personify Britain’s “special relationship” with Trump’s US
Conor McGregor joins Donald Trump supporters at victory rally in US
Former UFC champion was among attendees at rally on eve of Trump’s inauguration in Washington DC
Musk examines how to oust Starmer as prime minister before next UK election
Technology billionaire interested in building support for another political party, notably Reform UK
Sanewashing by the media helps absurdity and extremism flourish
News outlets may have a structural bias towards the rational over the mind-bendingly nonsensical. In 2025, that’s not ideal
Elon Musk fights Battle of Britain on two fronts as he clashes with Nigel Farage and Keir Starmer
Billionaire’s latest interventions in UK politics are ostensibly about Britain’s handling of child abuse grooming gangs
Predictions? It’s difficult to do anything but peer fearfully around the corner into this new year
Of immediate concern is the ease with which Elon Musk’s limitless money has allowed him to buy his way to the pinnacle of political power
The Bionic Baron who staged a comeback after quadruple amputation in one of Westminster’s moments of the year
Craig Mackinlay was an MP who almost died from sepsis and now he sits in the House of Lords
‘I met Nigel Farage in the bar’: the vicar’s daughter who ‘liked to party’ and is now first minister of Wales
Eluned Morgan travels to Cork on Thursday for a bilateral with the Irish Government, but first she must learn a cúpla focail for her trip to the Áras
‘Prime minister Farage’: Reform UK leader says party has ‘come of age’ and could win the next election
Up to 4,000 jubilant members gather for party conference in Birmingham
Nigel Farage revealed to be UK’s highest-earning MP with over £1m a year from GB News
First register of interests of new UK parliament shows PM Keir Starmer received four tickets to Taylor Swift concert from Football Association, worth £4,000
People don’t set small businesses on fire because they love their country
For all the rhetoric about opposing globalist elites, the far right clearly follows a form of globalism
Multicultural Britain. A People’s History by Kieran Connell: Stunning insights but plenty overlooked
A worthwhile but incomplete chronological journey through the making of Britain’s modern multiracial society
The far right is just a Farage away from breaking through in Irish politics
Protofascist ideas are at least as prevalent in Ireland as in other Western democracies and the reactionary, nativist mindset is well established here. All the movement is lacking is a leader
Economic populism of the right has gone mainstream
UK and French electoral systems have thwarted its advance but the far right is still on the rise globally
Tensions in Reform UK after Nigel Farage shakes up party leadership
Party leader sacks Reform’s deputy leaders as one of them expresses ‘concerns’ over decision making
Welcome to adventure holiday politics ... white-water rafting with Brexit, bungee jumping with Trump
To put it crudely, a big part of the appeal of Brexit was scale. It felt like a very big thing to do, just as, later in 2016, electing a celebrity non-politician to the White House felt big
Reform UK loses out in first-past-the-post anomaly despite winning one in seven votes
Farage’s party got a bigger vote than the Liberal Democrats but ended up with 67 fewer seats
Keir Starmer enters Downing Street as UK prime minister after historic victory
New leader names Rachel Reeves as Britain’s first female chancellor of the exchequer
Keir Starmer set to be British prime minister amid landslide victory for Labour in UK election
Labour set to secure 410 seats, with Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives on 131
UK general election: Polls open with Labour on course for historic victory
UK election: Tory prime minister Rishi Sunak says he will take responsibility for the result, which could cost half his cabinet their seats in parliament
Tories warn of Labour landslide in final day of UK election campaigning
Comments by ally of Rishi Sunak come as Sun newspaper tells readers to back Keir Starmer on Thursday
‘It’s the Mayo supporter in me’: the Ballycastle Labour woman battling for Tory Kwasi Kwarteng’s old seat
Spelthorne was once considered unwinnable for Labour but Mayo woman Claire Tighe has made it as toss up
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE...
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Six Nations 2025
Get the latest news, analysis and match reports from the M6N and W6N championships
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Family NoticesOpens in new window
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices