'The women and girls this scheme would help are not opportunists.' Credit: Getty

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Afghan women resettlement scheme is no betrayal of border control It is different from opportunists ferrying themselves from France in dinghies

Josephine Bartosch

Monday, September 28

Saturday Night Live has lost its touch Tone-deaf impersonations illustrate how far the show has fallen

Emily Jashinsky

Is Healey really that much different to Reeves? Credit: Getty

John Healey is turning into Rachel Reeves

RAF Fairford incident could accelerate IRGC threat to Britain Ed Miliband must use diplomatic tools to counter Tehran

Hamas asylum case shows depth of Whitehall’s ideological bias When I was a civil servant, I saw how officials overlooked extremist views

Arthur Reynolds

Sunday, September 27

Peter Thiel: AfD is wrong about Ukraine, Israel and China He argued that establishment failure had enabled the German party’s rise

A spectre is haunting Rejoiners. Credit: Getty

Left-wing push to rejoin EU only benefits Farage

Lee David Evans

Britain is entering the age of space warfare The RAF has sought to catch up with America

Gabriel Elefteriu

Saturday, September 26

Mamdani’s opera giveaway embarrasses conservatives Why is the Right so ignorant about classical music?

Damian Thompson

Netanyahu is playing the colonial blame game with Britain Israeli hardliners have always had an anti-imperial strain

Samuel Rubinstein

The FCDO has set aside £254 million for the CHOICES programme, which provides abortions and contraception to women in countries including Afghanistan. Credit: Getty

Why is the Foreign Office funding abortions in Afghanistan?

Adam James Pollock

Friday, September 25

Barack Obama’s podcast is a liberal comfort blanket His literary discussions are curiously apolitical

Trust is breaking down between Britain’s police and courts Prison overcapacity and lenient sentences have exacerbated tensions

Cosmetic surgery is the new self-harm Procedures such as blepharoplasty are fueling a race to the bottom

Kristina Murkett

Time for a reset? Credit: Getty

Don’t write off Reform UK just yet

Bringing booze back to football won't make it more fun Andy Burnham risks a return to the bad old days of the Eighties

Thursday, September 24

Dan Osborn and his deplorables. Credit: Getty

The rise of the Potemkin Democrat

Why men are dominating the Booker Prize again Years of exclusion from literary circles has led to greater creativity

Germany’s far-Left takes inspiration from AOC and Mamdani Die Linke’s success mirrors the rise of the AfD on the Right

Wolfgang Munchau

Drug users inside a Glasgow consumption van. Credit: Getty

Scotland’s liberal drugs policy is driving addiction

Iain Macwhirter

Burnham’s disinformation unit could repeat Covid-era censorship Government agencies have a history of overreach

Wednesday, September 23

GOP war chest is Trump’s secret midterm weapon Republican funding far outstrips the Democrats’ income

Michael Baharaeen

America and China are stuck in different AI races While the US lets it rip, Beijing is busy storing nuts for the winter

Kamala Harris alliance is a gamble for Abdul El-Sayed The former VP comes with a lot of baggage

Emily Jashinsky

Friends — for now. Credit: Getty

Andy Burnham is wise to avoid a fight with Trump

Tuesday, September 22

Taylor Lorenz: the MrBeast of internet journalism The reporter knows how to get attention online better than anyone else

Muslim interest groups are reshaping Britain’s police Forces have become vulnerable to pressure from identity-based staff associations

The Houthis have taken an advantageous position over the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait. Credit: Getty

Trump is right to avoid a war with the Houthis

Daniel DePetris

Specialist rape courts can’t become another broken promise Government VAWG strategies have often missed the mark

Monday, September 21

Hannah-Jones’s article is honest, but mistaken. Credit: Getty

Nikole Hannah-Jones doesn’t understand school inequality

California misgendering ruling is a victory for free speech A court has blocked a university from punishing wrongthink

Yesterday’s man. Credit: Getty

Is latest AfD breakthrough the end of Friedrich Merz?

William Nattrass