Is the Government prepared to take a tougher approach with larger countries? Credit: Getty

December 30, 2025

Shabana Mahmood’s visa ban threat comes too late

US support for Israel won’t last forever MAGA stalwarts are growing suspicious of foreign intervention

Dominic Cummings: later lockdowns were ‘unnecessary’ The former No. 10 adviser blamed poor planning for the UK’s pandemic failures

Monday

29.12

Corporate bankruptcies point to unbalanced US economy AI is soaring as traditional sectors decline

Bardot on the set of Jean-Luc Godard’s 1963 film ‘Contempt’. Credit: Getty

Brigitte Bardot symbolised France’s uneasy liberation

Anne-Elisabeth Moutet

Zelensky-Trump meeting produced no winners Peace in Ukraine appears barely closer than a year ago

Jennifer Kavanagh

Sunday

28.12

Coalition politics betrays British democracy Voters deserve better than backroom electoral pacts

The BBC no longer holds the nation’s attention Abysmal Christmas viewing figures are a sign of things to come

Saturday

27.12

America needs more investigative reporters. Credit: Getty

Will there ever be another Seymour Hersh?

Why France’s farmers are leaning into conspiracies Distrust of elites has led to a war over foreign beef

Wikipedia editors are quietly secularising religion A small group of curators are recasting faith through a narrow academic lens

Ashley Rindsberg

Friday

26.12

The US strikes are a blow to jihadist propaganda. Credit: US Dept of War.

US strikes in Nigeria will not turn tide against Isis

Could this be the final Boxing Day hunt? Scarlet coats and baying hounds may soon be a memory of the countryside

Thursday

25.12

Christmas is a time for mysticism Non-believers can still find deeper meaning in the festival

Wednesday

24.12

Some 35% of new Catholic priests since 1992 have come from the Church of England. Credit: Getty

Why are Anglican priests converting to Catholicism?

Wegovy pill is not America’s silver bullet The FDA has approved the experimental drug, but history gives no cause for optimism

Stella O'Malley

US denies visa to head of Global Disinformation Index Clare Melford was accused by Washington of coercing American tech companies

Labour’s inheritance tax U-turn is a hollow victory for farmers Britain’s rural population is needlessly suffering

Adam James Pollock

Tuesday

23.12

The devil is in the (historical) details. Credit: The Odyssey/IMDb

Don’t judge Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey on historical accuracy alone

Boiling lobsters alive is needless macho brutality Labour’s plan to ban the practice is long overdue

Killing off NCHIs won’t solve Britain’s policing dilemma Online behaviour will still be treated as criminal

Silver boom could lead to Eighties-style recession Investors are betting on precious metals as uncertainty surrounds fiat currencies

There is no natural constituency for a self-consciously Christian political message. Credit: Getty

Christianity has not returned to British politics

Monday

22.12

Will China step in to defend Venezuela? Beijing has warned against any ‘unilateral bullying’

JD Vance: Ukraine will eventually lose Donetsk The Vice President claimed that Kyiv privately accepts it will not hold the city

Why are Zoomers embracing extremist ideas? Young Americans are taking too many lessons from social media

'The soft Left has already broken the back of Starmer’s ministry.' Credit: Getty

Voters would bear cost of Ed Miliband chancellorship

Kemi Badenoch can’t evade the coalition question forever A premature alignment with either Farage or Starmer could be costly for her

Sunday

21.12

Are liberals ready to welcome back Dave Chappelle? The comedian is punching Right again

David Walliams shows ideology matters more than conduct Mouthing the right platitudes protected the comedian for too long

Josephine Bartosch

Christmas markets have become ho ho horrible. Credit: Getty.

Globalisation has killed the Christmas market

Saturday

20.12

October 7 inquiry risks entrenching Netanyahu’s power Loyalists on the panel may turn the investigation into a whitewash