What's happening today beneath the surface

Thursday, December 4th Thursday
Dec 4^th

Explainer 20:00

Explainer

Trump faces looming MAGA revolt over data centers

Charles McElwee

Analysis 18:00

Analysis

Tesla slump sets up an EV battle with China

Gavin Haynes

News 16:30

News

Nigel Farage: my relationship with Tucker Carlson has ‘cooled’

Archie Earle

Debate 13:00

Debate

EU corruption scandal is another vindication of Brexit

Brussles has created a revolving door of plum public jobs without democratic accountability.

Peter Franklin

Analysis 10:00

Analysis

Sam Altman is pursuing a dangerous AI arms race

Franklin Okeke

Wednesday, December 3rd Wednesday
Dec 3^rd

Analysis 19:00

Analysis

Diddy Netflix documentary is a Foucauldian spectacle

Ralph Leonard

Reaction 17:50

Reaction

Moscow talks expose the fantasy of a fair peace deal

Jennifer Kavanagh

Debate 16:00

Debate

Racial equity is hurting college math scores

A generation of American educators weaned on the social-justice model of education won’t reform itself.

John Murawski

News 14:30

News

Keir Starmer: there will be no blasphemy law

Max Mitchell

Reaction 10:40

Reaction

Republicans’ Tennessee victory can’t hide flawed messaging

Fred Bauer

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Venezuela

Maduro has called Trump’s bluff

John Masko

7 mins

5 Dec 2025 -

Ilford

The revolt on Streeting's doorstep

Felix Pope

7 mins

5 Dec 2025 -

Memoir

Can we forgive Olivia Nuzzi?

Kat Rosenfield

6 mins

5 Dec 2025 -

Ilford

The revolt on Streeting's doorstep Leanne Mohamad is poised to overthrow him

Felix Pope

7 mins

5 Dec 2025 -

Memoir

Can we forgive Olivia Nuzzi? She is a tragic figure

Kat Rosenfield

6 mins

5 Dec 2025 -

Robert Zubrin: Will Trump destroy Nasa?

Diddy Netflix documentary is a Foucauldian spectacle

The sham of European ‘values’

Trump faces looming MAGA revolt over data centers

Tesla slump sets up an EV battle with China

Nigel Farage: my relationship with Tucker Carlson has ‘cooled’

EU corruption scandal is another vindication of Brexit

Sam Altman is pursuing a dangerous AI arms race

Diddy Netflix documentary is a Foucauldian spectacle

Moscow talks expose the fantasy of a fair peace deal

Racial equity is hurting college math scores

Keir Starmer: there will be no blasphemy law

Republicans’ Tennessee victory can’t hide flawed messaging

The revolt on Streeting's doorstep Leanne Mohamad is poised to overthrow him

Can we forgive Olivia Nuzzi? She is a tragic figure

The revolt on Streeting's doorstep Leanne Mohamad is poised to overthrow him

Can we forgive Olivia Nuzzi? She is a tragic figure

Is the West normalizing mental health overdiagnosis?

Reform-Tory pact would be disastrous for the Right

Sarah Everard report will change nothing

Glasgow’s asylum crisis is the result of SNP recklessness

Political resignations are becoming a blood sport

Your Party is no friend of the working class

Britain’s falling migration is not a vindication of Labour

Brighton Council’s censorship targets progressive art

Budget leaves Labour squeezed by Left and Right

Scrapping jury trials won’t solve Britain’s legal backlog

The parable of Sycamore Gap The tree has become a fantasy object

Why I miss the pick-up artists At least they knew how to flirt

Jacinda Ardern is painfully relatable She is wrong about rehumanizing politics

Why Quebec banned God It is now a hostile place for the faithful

Watch & listen

Why Portland’s hipsters may secretly approve the National Guard

Eric Adams exit won’t save Andrew Cuomo

Gaza flotilla civil war shows the problem with the Omnicause

Where the Labour Right went wrong

Benedict Anderson: humane nationalist

It’s time to end the White House press briefing

Nine in 10 US undergraduates think words can be violence

Why German businesses are flirting with the AfD

Trump’s lawless narco-war The military-industrial complex feeds off conflict

Don’t mention the old World Wars Outdated analogies make bad foreign policy

Why Human Design is perfect for our age It’s religion for the LinkedIn class

Europe’s identity crisis

The Econoclasts

Big Tech are the new Soviets The Magnificent Seven rule us now

The triumph of Brexitball Our football style has followed politics

Our Mission

Will Trump destroy Nasa? Its moonshot is a fantasy

Did Pete Hegseth really commit a war crime?

Vietnam’s Huawei deal exposes limits of Western pressure on China

Bitcoin slump heralds wider market crash

Pardoning Netanyahu would further divide Israel

Are record numbers of young Britons really emigrating?

Trump’s monumentalistic aesthetic He wants to memorialize America's greatness

Trump’s Ukraine peace plan

The Econoclasts

The transgressions of Tom Stoppard His 'outsider' status was a gift

Estonian opioids are heading for Britain Nitazenes are far deadlier than fentanyl

Jimmy Kimmel suspension confirms comedy belongs to the Right

National Gallery’s modern art push is a disaster for the Tate

Chris Columbus doesn’t understand why he disagrees with JK Rowling

Let’s talk about Ariana Grande’s body

‘Bugonia’ captures American paranoia

Japan and China’s cold war is intensifying

What Tucker Carlson gets wrong about Britain

Downfall of top ally leaves Zelensky vulnerable

Trump’s ‘Third World’ immigration pause is common sense

Kemi Badenoch is wrong: Christianity created the welfare state

Salman Rushdie: BBC removal of Trump criticism was ‘cowardly’

Will Sushi Diplomacy protect Taiwan? The island is loyal to Japan

Should philosophers take drugs? We must embrace the weirdness of the world

The war for China's soul Xi sees Christianity as spiritual opium

Should Labour sack Starmer & will Reeves bankrupt Britain?

The Econoclasts

Liberal women have abandoned marriage Right-wing chauvinism doesn’t help

Trump’s climate policy is class warfare MAGA wants to own the libs

How increased prostate cancer screening can harm men

Do we really want a world without mothers?

AI companions are destroying human relationships