‘This by-election has underscored the fact that UK politics is entering uncharted territory.’ Credit: Getty

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Gorton and Denton result shows the power of Muslim vote The Greens exploited community anger towards Labour

China is the real winner of the Ukraine war Beijing has capitalised on discounted oil prices

Thursday

26.02

University Challenge has lost touch with ordinary viewers I refuse to watch a programme that has such contempt for basic general knowledge

'Positive endorsement of connection is just as important as criticism of patriarchal control.' Credit: Getty.

Can Reform UK really reverse the sexual revolution?

Met’s Lindsay Hoyle blunder makes it unfit to investigate Mandelson Officers are no longer trained in basics such as informant confidentiality

Gorton and Denton will break Labour’s fragile coalition Voters who gave Starmer victory in 2024 are looking elsewhere

Richard Johnson

Wednesday

25.02

US State Department hosts Tommy Robinson The activist has previously been banned from America

After years of rip-roaring US growth, things are slowing down. Credit: Getty

Wall Street is losing faith in the AI narrative

Is there really a graduate jobs crisis? Widely reported data paints a misleading picture

Mandelson scandal is the end of centrist morality politics Without an ethical message, what’s the point of the Labour Party?

Emmanuel Macron is one of the few realists left on the continent. Credit: Getty

It’s time for Europe to resume talks with Russia

Pavel Devyatkin and Anatol Lieven

Tuesday

24.02

How Survivor foreshadowed the influencer economy A series that once felt transgressive now looks prophetic

Should AI chatbots report suspected school shooters? Our confessions to LLMs are warping both parties

Gavin Newsom’s SAT remark cheapens case for meritocracy A confident democracy would not sneer at excellence, but try to make it attainable for all

Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo onstage at the Baftas on Sunday. Credit: BBC

Baftas Tourette’s row is endpoint of therapy culture

Stella O'Malley

Reform UK misreads Christianity in Britain Belief in God goes beyond national identity and tradition

Monday

23.02

El Mencho death shows Trump’s growing influence in Mexico The anti-CJNG campaign is pragmatic recognition of Washington’s leverage

Greens’ Urdu video signals turn towards sectarianism Future electoral strategies will rely heavily on targeting ethnic groups

Kemi Badenoch is running against Tory record in government Conservatives are now fighting to overturn policies they implemented

‘The cultural relativism which defends some forms of discrimination against women is not yet dead and buried.’ Credit: Getty

No feminist should defend the niqab

Can Reform UK fix Prevent? Gutting the broken counter-extremism programme will be harder than it looks

Sunday

22.02

Death of New York accent is just the tip of cultural flattening A new survey suggests the Big Apple is losing its twang

Germany’s economy is too reliant on China Berlin is importing more than double the value of its exports to its top trading partner

‘The “roadman”, along with the broader “Yookay” genre of commentary, has emerged as a new symbol for familiar anxieties.’ Credit: sznsession/TikTok

AI decline porn is a distortion of modern Britain

Will Trump’s WHO alternative prevent future lockdowns? Totalitarianism will characterise any potential pandemic response

Saturday

21.02

‘Iran isn’t powerless to hit back against American interests.’ Credit: Getty

Regime change in Iran won’t be cost-free

Daniel DePetris

Carlson-Huckabee interview shows the irrelevance of Christian Zionism Pro-Israel voices in the GOP now sound out of step with the Republican base

UK’s record surplus doesn’t vindicate Rachel Reeves Increased revenue won’t last beyond the short term

Friday

20.02

'We need a systematic, scientific way of logging and analysing potential signs of extraterrestrial life.' Credit: Getty.

Trump’s alien files release will boost scientific transparency

Does Starmer really think politics is ‘riddled’ with misogyny? The PM's announcement comes at a politically convenient moment

Time for a reset? Credit: Getty

After Christine Lagarde, the ECB must abandon activism

Wolfgang Munchau

Freedom.gov is America’s latest insult to Europe A new site will allow Europeans to access content banned in their countries