December 9, 2025

School flu lockdowns show Covid-era fear still rules Pandemic mistakes are being repeated across the country

Monday

08.12

When the mob came for Martin Parr

John Swinney is selling Scotland an energy fantasy He is turning a blind eye to the SNP’s own climate mistakes

Iain Macwhirter

Labour is sleepwalking into a farcical leadership contest Drawn-out Tory knife fights provide an example of what not to do

Trump is preparing to abandon Ukraine Kyiv has become a financial burden

Bethany Elliott

Sunday

07.12

EU market reforms won’t bring back growth Necessary root-and-branch change is still politically impossible

Paganism is the obvious religion for post-faith Britain

Thames Water is a test for the British economy Foreign investors are squeezing money from the UK public

Saturday

06.12

Netflix’s Warner Bros deal betrays its original purpose Its illusion of choice was long ago sacrificed to the algorithm

Labour women’s conference is not ‘banning trans people’ The party leadership is still running scared of activists

The Liz Truss Show is sadder than it is funny

Friday

05.12

Venezuela war would undermine Trump’s National Security Strategy A new White House memo is full of contradictions on foreign policy

Why US mass killings are nearing a two-decade low Policing and social changes may be driving the decline

Robert VerBruggen

Prince Harry doesn’t belong on late-night TV His Colbert appearance is another sad chapter in an aimless post-royal existence

Steven Pinker: Silicon Valley has become ‘neo-reactionary’

Labour has never been honest about the assisted dying bill A leaked memo points to party support for the legislation two years ago

Is the West normalising mental health overdiagnosis? Wes Streeting is right to call for an inquiry

Stella O'Malley

Thursday

04.12

Trump faces looming MAGA revolt over data centres A fight in Pennsylvania signals a broader backlash against his AI agenda

Charles McElwee

Tesla slump sets up an EV battle with China

Nigel Farage: my relationship with Tucker Carlson has ‘cooled’ The Reform leader was previously the American podcaster’s ‘favourite foreigner’

EU corruption scandal is another vindication of Brexit Failure is too often rewarded in Brussels

Sam Altman is pursuing a dangerous AI arms race Technological development is coming at the expense of safety

Reform-Tory pact would be disastrous for the Right

Wednesday

03.12

Diddy Netflix documentary is a Foucauldian spectacle A new exposé of the jailed rapper is an exercise in public punishment

Moscow talks expose the fantasy of a fair peace deal Russia holds crucial leverage on the battlefield

Jennifer Kavanagh

Racial equity is hurting college math scores New data points to a crisis exacerbated by progressivism

Keir Starmer: there will be no blasphemy law

Republicans’ Tennessee victory can’t hide flawed messaging Last night’s special election provided a preview of next year’s midterms

Sarah Everard report will change nothing Elish Angiolini’s findings on male violence won’t shift entrenched political indifference

Josephine Bartosch

Tuesday

02.12

It’s time to end the White House press briefing

Nine in 10 US undergraduates think words can be violence A new survey points to further chilling of free speech on campus

Glasgow’s asylum crisis is the result of SNP recklessness Nearly a third of the city’s children don’t speak English as their first language

Iain Macwhirter