Boris Johnson is out of step with the public on smoking bans Brits are much more authoritarian than the former PM realises

Friday

12.04

US universities crack down on Palestine protests A string of colleges have penalised students for campus demonstrations

Curtis Yarvin debates Christopher Rufo on the future of the Right

Japan’s pacifist era is officially over Tokyo is back as a major player in international affairs

Angela Rayner’s hypocrisy will be her undoing Keir Starmer's deputy has made a career out of holding others to high standards

Investigative journalism is reaching breaking point openDemocracy's depleted workforce is another sign of an industry in despair

Migration pact will only deepen EU divisions Eastern European leaders are opposed to the bloc's plans for relocation

William Nattrass

Thursday

11.04

Sam Harris: jihadists are worse than Nazis The neuroscientist claimed it was a matter of civilisation versus its enemies

Salman Rushdie returns to the spotlight

O.J. Simpson’s strange internet afterlife Younger generations saw him as a curious, semi-comic figure

Is the US election influencing Bank of England interest rates? The possible return of Donald Trump has spooked policymakers

Philip Pilkington

Will Joker: Folie à Deux be an incel film?

The SNP won’t be easy to kill Scottish Labour's polling lead is not a defeat of nationalism

The three groups opposing the smartphone ban are all wrong Sceptics, libertarians and fatalists are failing to address the root of the problem

Wednesday

10.04

Meet Melina Abdullah, Cornel West’s BLM activist VP pick

Joe Biden’s green agenda is alienating the working class The President is once again stuck between workers and progressives

Is Nicole Shanahan’s RFK Jr honeymoon over already?

Stonewall memory-holes opposition to Cass Report Organisations are scrabbling to revise earlier positions on youth gender transition

How much influence does the US really have over Israel? It remains unclear whether Netanyahu will heed calls for a ceasefire

Food prices are falling — but interest rates won’t Structural changes in the economy are forcing the hand of central banks

David Cameron: Ukraine war is ‘good value for money’

Tuesday

09.04

The long uncancellation of Mike Tyson One of boxing's biggest stars has clawed his way back to public favour

US deficit to exceed $1.5 trillion in 2024

Poland pushes ahead with hardline hate speech law Worthy efforts to challenge anti-LGBT discrimination risk becoming authoritarian

Son of £5-million party donor elected Young Labour chair

Liberals in shock as Pope reveals he is Catholic Francis may be on the political Left, but he is theologically conservative

Is Labour finally taking on the NHS? Wes Streeting has criticised the Left's sacred cow in a new op-ed

65% of young British Muslims oppose Israel’s right to exist

Monday

08.04

Study: women and girls lead decline in youth mental health Researchers discovered a huge rise in depression and anxiety among the cohort

Does University Challenge have a diversity quota?

The latest medicalised self-harm: amputation Cutting off healthy limbs is increasingly en vogue

Solar eclipse: the return of re-enchantment? We are moving away from the material and towards the numinous

Mary Harrington

North Korean HGVs pose a threat to the West The hermit kingdom has made substantial additions to its missile arsenal

Philip Pilkington

Sunday

07.04

Curb Your Enthusiasm: the last politically incorrect sitcom

A new culture war is brewing over autism and ADHD NHS referrals have soared beyond capacity in recent years

Péter Magyar is Viktor Orbán’s most serious challenger yet The Fidesz whistleblower has inspired huge protests in Hungary

William Nattrass

Saturday

06.04

Aslef train strikes don’t go far enough Ongoing industrial action is mostly performative

Philip Cunliffe

In Scoop, Prince Andrew isn’t the story

The crypto boom could be one big bezzle A surge in prices does not explain what function cryptocurrencies serve

Louis-Vincent Gave

Friday

05.04

Are Democrats giving up on Hispanic voters? Party strategists are worried that outreach efforts might benefit Trump

The Rock abandons Joe Biden

No Labels was too Beltway to ever succeed The political group has announced it will not be running a third-party ticket

Why is William Wragg getting off lightly?

Campus censorship set for a record-breaking 2024 There have been nearly 50 deplatforming attempts in the US already this year

Europe only has itself to blame for its economic decline

Ralph Schoellhammer

Reform UK threatens Tories in over 300 seats A new YouGov MRP may reinvigorate talk of an electoral pact

Thursday

04.04

Antifa goes on trial in California

Is the American Left trying to win over evangelicals? Donald Trump has alienated swathes of Christian voters

Yousaf receives more hate complaints than JK Rowling

Nato’s ‘Trump-proof’ $100-billion fund is anti-democratic It threatens to make the bloc independent of national political authority

Johan Wennström

Tory leaders are to blame for the collapse of the Red Wall

Why won’t Britain stand up to Israel over aid worker deaths? Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer have both offered mealy-mouthed responses

Wednesday

03.04

Justin Trudeau: immigration into Canada is far too high The PM says migrants are putting pressure on the country

US government body spends $3 million to study microaggressions

Men aren’t drifting Right — but women are moving Left A new female progressivism is emerging on social issues

Rising gas prices threaten Joe Biden’s re-election hopes Discontent at filling stations is hurting the President

Poland and Belarus ramp up the war rhetoric

William Nattrass

Irish progressives are changing their tune Bruised by two referendum defeats, politicians are drifting back to the centre

Tuesday

02.04

Women’s group blames patriarchy for trans sport exclusion The National Organization for Women has embraced intersectionality

Eliza Mondegreen

Mark Cuban gets a free DEI lesson

The naivety of Richard Dawkins’s cultural Christianity He has benefitted from the same conventions he wants to scrap

Sadiq Khan marks Easter with new LGBT pride flag The old design was updated over the weekend

Antidepressant prescriptions soar among UK children Nearly half a million are being handed out each year

Kristina Murkett

Departing Left-wingers will push Labour to the Right

Richard Johnson

Monday

01.04

We need more cultural Christians like Richard Dawkins They understand what makes our inheritance unique and special

Has Dune: Part Two started a sci-fi resurgence?

Why libertarians don’t trust RFK Jr The former Democrat's record does not align well with my party

Will Ukraine survive Russia’s glide bomb assaults? Aerial strikes in Kharkiv are changing the face of this conflict

Bethany Elliott

Sunday

31.03

What happened to the New York subway?

Assisted dying advocates are losing their compassion Matthew Parris has said the quiet part out loud

Young Europeans do not want to fight Russia Leaders like Donald Tusk are pushing dangerous rhetoric

Philip Pilkington

Saturday

30.03

Joe Biden should tread carefully with Nikki Haley voters Suburbanites are a crucial voting bloc — but they come at a cost

Europe’s populists are growing more powerful

The Garrick Club campaign is a relic of girlboss feminism The current fracas amounts to nothing more than an intra-elite struggle

Friday

29.03

DUP survival on the line after Jeffrey Donaldson resignation The Party was already facing major electoral headwinds

Will France be the victim of a new jihad? The resignation of a high school teacher over Islamist threats has rocked the country

Francois Valentin

Allies distance themselves from Justin Trudeau over climate plan

A Luis Rubiales jail sentence is not a feminist victory Focusing on male sleaze only patronises women

Is Europe headed for a financial crisis?

Ralph Schoellhammer

Thursday

28.03

GOP pushes anti-free speech bills to fight antisemitism Both Florida and Texas have pursued censorious policies on campus

Is Britain’s political duopoly about to break?

Barack Obama won’t save Joe Biden’s campaign The President's authority is being undermined by his more charismatic predecessor

Ashley Rindsberg