King of Spain’s flood visit shows the power of monarchy

Can Kemi Badenoch avoid the Tories’ identity politics trap? An increasingly pluralistic party will have competing group interests

Mary Harrington

Iran-Israel escalation looms ahead of US election Ayatollah Khamenei may capitalise on political chaos in Washington

Labour’s Net Zero dream is coming to an end

Sunday

03.11

Peanut the Squirrel was no match for the administrative state Was an army of officials really needed to euthanise a rescue animal?

Americans moving to California at historically low rate More than half a million residents left the state in 2023

A Harris presidency promises more boardroom liberalism

Tommy Robinson sparks an identity crisis at Reform UK

Saturday

02.11

Trump campaign attacks neocons in final days of race The Republican candidate is reminding voters of the establishment's failures

Was Robert Jenrick the one that got away? Kemi Badenoch is the continuity candidate

Reform UK’s by-election upset threatens Labour and Tories Britain's two-party system is creaking

Friday

01.11

America’s political marriage divide is growing New research shows that marital status is becoming a proxy for ideological beliefs

Blaming Liz Truss won’t solve Labour’s problems

John Mearsheimer: Americans would ‘fight and die’ for Taiwan The international relations professor made a realist case for defending the island

Is Putin pushing for negotiations ahead of a Trump presidency? Russia and Ukraine are considering a truce over strikes on energy infrastructure

Ralph Schoellhammer

Jeremy Clarkson is right: Labour has ‘shafted’ farmers Will Britons stand up for the agricultural community?

Robert Jenrick could be the Tories’ Right-wing rebel leader Expected defeat to Kemi Badenoch will not dampen his zealotry

Patrick O'Flynn

Thursday

31.10

Garbage stunt confirms Trump is America’s meme king

Mary Harrington

Why the Catholic Church is embracing anime The Vatican is adapting to the changing make-up of its followers

Has Rachel Reeves triggered a gilt yield panic? Bond markets have reacted badly to her Budget

80% of Americans believe speech can be a form of violence A FIRE poll has found widespread scepticism of the First Amendment

Is a new spy agency coming to the EU?

Democrats promote porn access in pitch to young men The party is trying to win back male voters from Donald Trump

Was Rishi Sunak right all along? Only in Opposition has he shown his real talent

Wednesday

30.10

Steve Bannon is no longer MAGA’s mastermind

Has Labour just produced a pro-growth Budget? Rachel Reeves's tax-and-spend message could jumpstart the economy

James Sean Dickson

Starmer warns Tories not to undermine police over Southport

Keir Starmer can learn from Harold Wilson’s disastrous start Six decades ago, another Labour PM recovered from a rocky introduction to power

Richard Johnson

Beltway’s gilded class turns out for Kamala Harris in D.C. Fear over threats to democracy featured heavily in the VP's speech

Emily Jashinsky

Tuesday

29.10

Jeff Bezos deserves credit for Washington Post intervention

Kamala Harris’s empty platitudes have come back to bite her Voters are put off by the Democrats' lack of a positive vision

Michael Baharaeen

Will Tony Hinchcliffe’s Puerto Rico joke flip Latino voters? The comedian's New York set may ending up hurting Trump

Labour’s Budget will avoid uncomfortable economic truths

Could China rescue Europe from Trump’s tariffs? A stimulus boost in Beijing may raise demand for foreign products

Monday

28.10

Iran’s Khamenei should not have been banned from X Suspending troublesome figures validates their victim complex

Emily Jashinsky

Navalny widow: bombs are hitting Russians too

What UK politicians can learn from Japan’s seismic election result The LDP's historic drubbing has several lessons for Britain

Arab Americans are drifting back to the Republicans

The Women’s Equality Party deserved to fail Rather than solve real issues, the organisation opted for politics by hashtag

Josephine Bartosch

Unlike Lebanon and Gaza, Israel takes a cautious line with Iran Each individual strike is carefully calibrated to sidestep all-out conflict

Sunday

27.10

Trump and Harris have no plan for America’s $35-trillion debt

Russia emerges victorious in Georgia’s elections Putin's grip in the Caucasus region is tightening

Vazha Tavberidze

Justin Trudeau’s immigration U-turn is too little, too late

Two years in, Elon Musk’s X is a fascinating failure The platform is too culturally significant to die, yet too toxic to thrive financially

Saturday

26.10

Trump preaches to the converted in Joe Rogan interview

Emily Jashinsky

Germany’s Mittelstand is collapsing Tax revenues threaten to plummet as small businesses go under

Ralph Schoellhammer

Keir Starmer’s ‘working people’ gambit is falling apart The PM has to provide a clear definition sooner or later

James Sean Dickson

Friday

25.10

Free speech is second most important issue for US voters A new poll found that only inflation was a greater concern

Will Democrats abandon the trans issue?

Are Trump and Harris really so different on foreign policy? Both candidates share a commitment to American hegemony

Daniel DePetris and Jennifer Kavanagh

Draft evasion scandal could derail Ukraine’s war effort Soldiers have become disillusioned with high-ranking military corruption

Britain’s debt problem is spiralling out of control

Thursday

24.10

Character.AI suicide shows teenagers are choosing fantasy over reality Sewell Setzer III's death may not be the last

Trans charity Mermaids let off lightly by investigation

Josephine Bartosch

Third of young French voters think democracy isn’t working New research reveals an authoritarian streak in the Fifth Republic

‘Trump is Hitler’ attack line won’t win Democrats votes Calling her opponent a threat to democracy is Kamala Harris's least effective message

Emily Jashinsky

Wes Streeting could start a Labour revolt over assisted dying

Wednesday

23.10

Why are gender clinicians withholding research? One doctor recently chose not to publish the results of a study on puberty suppression

Eliza Mondegreen

Inside the Center for Countering Digital Hate’s plan to ‘kill’ X CEO Imran Ahmed claims we are now in a 'nuclear age of disinformation'

Tony Blair questions need for slavery reparations

Why Britain should leave the Commonwealth Like the EU, the group undermines national interests

Philip Cunliffe

Xi’s revamped army shows China is preparing for war The CCP leader is sending a clear signal to the West

France’s deficit crisis could topple Emmanuel Macron Government spending is still rising in the face of austerity plans

Louis-Vincent Gave

Tuesday

22.10

Kamala Harris is torn between Michigan’s Jewish and Arab voters

Corporations’ Leftward drift isn’t boosting profits A new study shows the continuing prevalence of DEI and ESG

Right-wing anti-Zionism is on the rise in America

EU inertia provides an opening for populists Central bankers are running out of ideas

Does the SNP really believe there are 24 genders? Scotland's government remains captured by trans ideology

Monday

21.10

Trump McDonald’s visit risks undermining RFK Jr’s health message

Emily Jashinsky

Why are young Germans so worried about war? A new study has found that the group's greatest fear is conflict in Europe

Moldova’s EU referendum has strengthened Russia Vladimir Putin will capitalise on a less than resounding victory

Bethany Elliott

Brics summit is not a threat to Nato

Ralph Schoellhammer

IQ-screening is the latest frontier of baby engineering Heliospect allows parents to pick out desirable traits

Mary Harrington

Millionaire exodus will hurt Labour in the long run

Is Boeing on the verge of collapse? The company's CEO is now looking to sell assets

Sunday

20.10

Democrats and Republicans prepare narratives to challenge election loss

Autistic teens are not a national security threat A new report in the FT makes an extremely tenuous claim

Italy’s surrogacy ban undermines family values Giorgia Meloni has decided only the straight and fertile can have babies

Cremieux Recueil

Saturday

19.10

Robert Roberson does not deserve the death penalty The inmate is awaiting execution for an act that may not have been a crime at all

Is Trump actually hawkish on China?

Labour’s Chagos deportation deal is an expensive farce Starmer's government is paying £6 million to house arrivals on St Helena

Friday

18.10

In defence of Bryan Johnson’s search for eternal youth The biohacker's anti-ageing quest could lay the foundation for future research