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The ‘unitary executive’ theory – backed by some conservative lawyers – is largely bogus. But it could wreak havoc on democracy

I came here a year ago because Plaid Cymru seeks to protect Welsh interests. But I think Labour should keep its vow and scrap this chamber, writes Baroness Smith of Llanfaes

It will fall to Rachel Reeves and the Treasury to fund the PM’s crisis reset. I can help with that, as can John Maynard Keynes, writes Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The US president’s new imperialism could make real the apocalyptic world depicted by cold war filmmakers

A generation who came of age online now feel deprived of real connections. The upside is they are doing something about it, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Companies claim this is ‘fair use’. I think it’s a digital heist

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Britain was notably absent from the EU’s emergency defence summit – but Sir Keir Starmer has already assembled a ‘coalition of the willing’ to support Ukraine, and established himself as the nearest thing to a replacement leader of the free world

Editorial: The public inquiry into police spies was brought about by the bravery of the women they abused, as a new documentary shows

Editorial: Donald Trump has deliberately picked a fight with its northern neighbour. This malign strategy must be stopped

It all started in 1993 when Richard Rogers wrote an article saying “how are we going to celebrate the millennium”? That led to a competition for ideas organized by the Sunday Times and the Architecture Foundation.

In the wreckage that is the criminal justice system, any signs of improvement have to be grasped hard and cherished.