'By turning these issues into moral tests, Democrats risk alienating voters who might otherwise agree with them on other important issues.' Credit: Getty.

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Democrats are still falling into Trump’s trap on trans issues Turning gender into a moral test is a losing position

Reform UK reveals hollowness of slavery reparations claims Britain is needlessly apologetic in the face of Commonwealth bullying

Wednesday

08.04

Tucker Carlson is forcing a Christian reckoning on the Right The podcaster's denouncement of the Iran war has opened up a new fissure

Emily Jashinsky

Kanye West ban highlights the perils of state morality Was liberal neutrality always an illusion?

Iranians respond to this week’s ceasefire announcement. Credit: Getty

Iran ceasefire won’t erase months of market turmoil

Polymarket and Kalshi: the new gods of the attention economy The infiltration of prediction markets into everyday life must be resisted

Labour’s knife crime plan is an empty PR stunt Shiny new tech obscures a failure to tackle root causes

When it all falls down. Credit: Getty

Kanye West visa ban sets a dangerous precedent

Sarah McLaughlin

Tuesday

07.04

Trump and Crassus share a fatal misunderstanding of Iranian civilisation The President is doomed to repeat the same mistake as the Roman general

Antonio de Loera-Brust

Fatherlessness is fuelling Britain’s masculinity crisis Research on the absence of male role models casts a worrying light on family life

Stella O'Malley

Anthropic’s new AI model could lead to White House reconciliation Another Manhattan Project may be emerging

Kemi Badenoch is in denial about broken Britain Admitting the problem — and her party’s responsibility — is a necessary first step

The EU's queen of bureaucracy. Credit: Getty

Fuel rationing is a symptom of the EU’s energy naivety

William Nattrass

Monday

06.04

Bluesky is already running out of steam The platform is struggling to retain users

Releasing 12,000 shoplifters shows limits of progressive policing Labour’s soft touch on law and order is already backfiring

Will a Los Angeles-based millionaire connect with swing voters in Michigan? Credit: Getty

Democrats have a Hasan Piker problem

Michael Baharaeen

Sarah Mullally gives British Christians reason for pride The Archbishop of Canterbury’s first Easter sermon was a pleasant surprise

Sunday

05.04

Sectarians are exploiting Britain’s fractured society Mawkish invocations of ‘unity’ are no longer enough to combat the threat

The world no longer needs a reserve currency Economic power is moving away from America

AI chatbots aren't nudging people towards the centre. Credit Getty

The FT’s AI optimism rests on shaky science

James Rosen-Birch

Saturday

04.04

I have watched Antifa grow more extreme A multinational summit aimed at combatting the group is long overdue

Richie McGinniss

Downed fighter jets over Iran mark a dangerous turning point What began as a show of strength is rapidly becoming a lesson in overreach

Christopher McCallion

Your Party has been cannibalised by the Greens Corbyn’s outfit is fielding a reduced slate of candidates in May’s local elections

Friday

03.04

Rocket man. Credit: Getty

Is SpaceX’s IPO just a hype bubble?

ITV’s transgender Elizabeth I: a strangely reactionary revisionism ‘Majesty’ arrives with the promise of provocation — but it does not deliver

Farage’s triple lock decision will condemn the Right to irrelevance Reform UK is destined to make the same mistakes as the Tories

A food inflation crisis is coming Labour needs a plan to support farmers during the Iran war

Thursday

02.04

Pam Bondi was never going to survive in Trump’s DOJ She failed to advance the President’s interests

Nancy Pelosi's term runs out in less than a year. Credit: Getty

Race to replace Nancy Pelosi tests limits of liberal Zionism

Cosmeticorexia is a symptom of social media replacing play Companies are marketing skincare products to worryingly young audiences

Kristina Murkett

Has Alex Preston AI saga killed the literary critic? The writer’s use of chatbots shows how vapid book reviews have become

Large gatherings of young people have engaged in shoplifting and anti-social behaviour in south London this week. Credit: Getty

Clapham chaos shows the reality of two-tier policing