Palestine Action protesters feel the strong arm of the law on Saturday. Credit: Getty

October 6, 2025

Will Labour’s police reforms fall into the two-tier trap? Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is cracking down on recurring protests

French PM’s resignation has brought crisis to Macron’s door Sébastien Lecornu, an ally of the President, was only appointed last month

Francois Valentin

Andrej Babiš’s Czech victory realigns European populism A Visegrad alliance could obstruct EU policy on Ukraine

Susanne Mundschenk

Kemi Badenoch hasn't proved she can take the fight to Nigel Farage. Credit: Getty

Tory deportations pledge is a weak Farage tribute act

Sunday

05.10

LA failures are killing its tourism industry International visitors are put off by the city’s crime and degradation

Banning sports betting could be a populist victory Americans are broadly in favour of curbs on gambling

Trump is the Middle East’s best chance of peace He does not suffer from the same constraints as other mediators

A Palestine Action supporter is carried away by police in central London yesterday. Credit: Getty

Palestine Action supporters defy Starmer after Manchester attack

Saturday

04.10

Gold rally spells trouble for the dollar Investment banks are advising clients to stock up on the metal

Can Japan’s Margaret Thatcher save her party? Presumptive PM Sanae Takaichi is open to working with the Right-populist Sanseito

Kemi Badenoch’s anti-green agenda won’t convince Tory deserters Her pledge to repeal the Climate Change Act isn’t compelling for voters

New Archbishop of Canterbury is a chance for unity Sarah Mullally should not be dismissed because of her liberal politics

America's sweethearts. Credit: Getty

Is Taylor Swift a secret conservative?

Friday

03.10

Federal shutdown won’t help Democrats’ midterm prospects New polling reveals that Trump remains stubbornly popular

Michael Baharaeen

Ignoring Islamic hate preaching will lead to more violence A rise in pulpit extremism in British mosques has gone unchecked

Is France waging war on children? Parliament has been forced to draft legislation limiting ‘no kids’ zones

Francois Valentin

Manchester synagogue attacker is a new breed of jihadi Gaza is another front in domestic extremism

The era of relying on financial services is over. Credit: Getty

UK’s stock exchange decline is self-inflicted

BBC Panorama ignores the real crisis in the Met Police Low wages and poor training are hurting the quality of officers

Thursday

02.10

Why are Catholics melting down over the Pope blessing ice? Conservatives are wrong to criticise his focus on climate justice

Mourning worshippers near the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, where the attack took place. Credit: Getty

Manchester synagogue attack is the price of normalising antisemitism

Limor Simhony Philpott

Labour’s Islamophobia U-turn is a rebuke to the Left Any retreat from discrimination policies is motivated by electoral concerns

Britain needs more than Ozempic to defeat obesity Wes Streeting is placing too much trust in new drugs

Margaret McCartney

The BBC is losing its endearingly eccentric features. Credit: Getty

Dropping the Boat Race: a sign the BBC has lost its romantic spirit

Wednesday

01.10

Scott Bessent: ‘I kind of like Mamdani winning’ The Treasury Secretary claimed the candidate’s socialist policies could help the GOP

Do we really want a world without mothers? A new scientific breakthrough paves the way for a transhumanist future

Stella O'Malley

David Petraeus’s Ukraine plan is a blueprint for failure

Jennifer Kavanagh

Are AI actors the future of film? The unveiling of Tilly Norwood further hollows out the industry

YouTube deal shows Big Tech answers to Trump now Platforms are settling to avoid the political fallout

Tuesday

30.09

Are same-sex relationships really a better bet for having children? An economist decided to date women after crunching the numbers

Nadia Whittome: Supreme Court trans ruling like ‘Putin’s Russia’ The Labour MP today accused her party of attacking marginalised groups

Friend ads on the New York Subway. Credit: Avi Schiffmann/X

AI companions are destroying human relationships

Kristina Murkett