Philip Johnston

It was the insistent questioning of my four-year-old grandson that goaded me into it. “Why is your tummy so big” he asked with a faux innocence belied by the knowing look in his eye.

Mounjaro can play its part in tackling obesity, but it is not a magic cure. My own experience was miserable

António Guterres’s decision to go to the Kremlin’s Kazan summit reveals the United Nations’ moral bankruptcy

It is upon us. The Day of Days. It has been like waiting for Christmas, only one with no Father Christmas, no food and no presents, just empty boxes and a frayed stocking hanging forlornly from the mantelpiece.

Socialism has been tried in Britain before. And it turned us into the poor man of western Europe

Opposition leaders cannot breakthrough in the House – but they can dispirit their troops and arouse mutiny

Maybe my advancing years are drawing them to my attention, but are there more television commercials urging us to prepare for dying – and not just

Our constitution is akin to an ancient, fragile tapestry – pulling at one thread can unravel its whole fabric

Palmerston’s dictum of 176 years ago remains true: we have no permanent allies, only permanent interests

Angela Rayner’s building targets can only be met if she takes a leaf out of Labour’s 1945 playbook