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‘One crew shortage, one breakdown, one delay, one bad weather event, and the whole system starts to fall apart,’ a pilot said.

‘Sadly what clicks with readers is shrill opinion rather than considered analysis, clear solutions when nuance is needed.’

Until November 5 this year, Donald Trump’s first presidential term looked like a populist blip amid decades of American liberalism. Since the US election, it looks like Biden was the liberal blip in a new era of populism.

Snap elections will be a referendum on Scholz’s failed coalition. But our leaderless drift is disastrous for Europe, says German journalist Jörg Lau

He has wiggled his way into power thanks to his wealth. But once he is making decisions that affect people’s daily lives, Musk may find the shine wears off, writes Arwa Mahdawi

Keir Starmer opens Downing Street’s door this week for guests from schoolchildren singing carols to MPs and hacks, trooping in to meet the PM over English sparkling wine. Starmer will be looking forward to a few days off. He looks and sounds tired after undertaking a punishing travel schedule to…

The Duke of York has proved to be a scandal magnet. He is a problem, a royal problem: it’s time they owned it, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The ‘blatantly fake beard’, the ‘cheap red suit’? It must be that time of year again – the season of the great fleecing, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Every cancer patient grapples with what is truly important. To bear witness to their attitude can put one’s own life in perspective