Tehran retaliates with attacks on Israel, the Gulf Arab states and crude oil flows

While the result signals a restless appetite for real change, it also underlines how much organising, beyond the ballot box, is still required to turn protest into lasting transformation, argues DAN ROSS

Labour’s by-election defeat tells a story Scotland has known since 2008. A party that assumes loyalty while offering little more than managed decline will eventually discover that voters always have somewhere else to turn, says MATT KERR

With our ruling class struggling to secure a new vehicle for power and the disintegration of the traditional party system, a volatile new chapter is opening, sharpened by war, austerity and electoral distortion, argues NICK WRIGHT

KEITH FLETT highlights the inimical role of the strategist who helped shape Tony Blair’s ascent and whose political blueprint continues to echo in the era of Keir Starmer

Court strikes down Palestine Action ban as government slammed for its promise to fight the decision in appeals

A political culture of spin and wilful blindness where journalists play along with power has meant the so-called ‘Prince of Darkness’ has been given an easy ride by the media – until now… MATT KERR reports

Tax exile Sir Jim Ratcliffe slammed after claiming that ‘UK is being colonised’ immigrants