The next French president? Credit: Getty

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France’s establishment is struggling to stop Marine Le Pen Her party is building momentum as the political centre crumples

A glimpse into a dark future. Credit: Getty

Are labradors really far-Right?

Tuesday, 29 September

Number of young teenagers identifying as LGB falls by over a third Newly published CDC data shows the decline is sharpest among girls

Burnham’s triple lock pledge is an economic gamble Adequately funding social care may require more radical action

Title IX revision is a welcome return to biological reality The definition of sex shouldn’t be changed by every administration

Hybrid attacks are a more likely threat than World War III. Credit: Getty

Nato needs to be accurate about the Russian threat

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

Josephine Bartosch

Monday, 28 September

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, 27 September

Maurice Glasman: there is a void at the heart of Burnhamism The Blue Labour founder called for a politics which puts solidarity above diversity

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, 26 September

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

Kemi Badenoch’s welfare crackdown could realign the Right Conservatives should risk a return to the ‘nasty party’ label to tackle Farage

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, 25 September

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 fuelling 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, 24 September

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, 23 September

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

Is it time for the Lib Dems to ditch Davey? The party’s conference gave no indication of its direction for government

Josephine Bartosch

Friends — for now. Credit: Getty

Andy Burnham is wise to avoid a fight with Trump

Tuesday, 22 September

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