The SNP leader is misjudging voter priorities. Credit: Getty

October 14, 2025

John Swinney underestimates Scotland’s resistance to immigration Voters may oppose SNP pledges for foreign workers

Iain Macwhirter

Nigel Farage is abandoning Thatcherism Reform UK is set to ditch planned tax cuts

Monday

13.10

Hostage return hasn’t solved Israeli divisions Trump’s peacemaking nous provides an uncomfortable contrast with the Israeli PM

Attendees outside the FiLia conference yesterday morning. Credit: Freya Vanadiss/X

Antisemitism row splits feminist group

Is marijuana legalisation driving a rise in psychosis? New research shows that the drug is harming those most at risk

China’s rare-earth gambit will backfire Tighter export controls could push Washington to become self-sufficient

Can Gaza ceasefire inspire a deal in Ukraine? Trump’s Middle East success shows arm-twisting works where friendly overtures fail

Bethany Elliott

Sunday

12.10

'Something’s Gotta Give' was Keaton's favourite film. Credit: IMDb

Diane Keaton: the last transcendent actress

Charles McElwee

Marjorie Taylor Greene: Trump is not serving his voters The congresswoman criticised the President’s priorities in a new interview

Bitcoin crash proves crypto is a rigged casino A handful of whales are dominating the market

Emmanuel Macron: the last gasp of Third Way politics The French President’s pragmatic centrism has curdled into paralysis

'Hear us' won't appeal to young Christians. Credit: Canterbury Cathedral

Canterbury Cathedral art installation is a distraction from true faith

Saturday

11.10

Steve Bannon denounces Trump’s Qatari airbase plan The former White House adviser warned that the decision violated MAGA principles

Colleges must stand with MIT against Trump’s funding deal Academic freedom depends on protecting free expression

In defence of university kink clubs Let’s not get tied up in knots over healthy expressions of sexuality

Two-beer Keir. Credit: Getty

Keir Starmer can’t save Britain’s rural pubs

Friday

10.10

Conservatives are taking the wrong lesson from Jimmy Kimmel’s decline A Right-wing alternative won't save the dying late-night show format

Trump could ignite chaos if he uses the Insurrection Act Sending in troops would fan the flames of lawlessness, not douse them

Why María Corina Machado deserves the Nobel Peace Prize Venezuelans know how much she has risked to challenge Nicolás Maduro

Kinnock accused Nigel Farage of offering 'the snake oil of simplistic answers to complex problems'. Credit: PoliticsJOE/YouTube

Neil Kinnock: death of Tory Party would harm Labour

EU doubles down on gender ideology with self-ID plan Brussels is encouraging member states to let young children change their legal sex

Josephine Bartosch

Will Reform UK ever be the party of business? Nigel Farage may struggle to impress the City

Thursday

09.10

The former congresswoman has a reputation for being rude to junior staffers. Credit: Getty

Katie Porter shows why Democrats keep alienating GOP voters

How the Gaza ceasefire could fall apart Iran will not let Hamas die

David Rose and Ali Hamedani

Scrapping stamp duty will alienate Northern Tories Kemi Badenoch’s policy is likely to exacerbate the housing crisis

Gaza ceasefire could be Trump’s greatest victory yet It may redefine the US President’s legacy

The comedian's calls will divide more than unite. Credit: Getty

Lenny Henry’s reparations demand ignores black British history

Wednesday

08.10

Will Sam Altman’s chipmaking gamble implode? OpenAI has signed $1 trillion in deals this year

‘Farage is socialist’ becomes new Tory attack line Conservatives are finding novel ways to discredit Reform UK

Trump’s new farm rule betrays American workers Those who feed the nation stand to lose thousands of dollars a year

Dustin Guastella

'Kiss me, Hardy.' Credit: Getty

‘Queer history’ doesn’t need Lord Nelson

EU tariffs will crush Britain’s struggling steel industry New measures risk finishing off a sector already weakened by decades of neglect