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Only NHS drones can defeat Britain’s Nimbys Our vetocracy means innovation has to be couched in moral affirmations

Monday, 7 July

What did Tucker Carlson’s Iran interview actually achieve? President Masoud Pezeshkian listed familiar talking points

Grindr CEO confirms ‘significant’ user spike during RNC George Arison also praised Trump’s promotion of gay staffers

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Germany cannot subsidise its way out of energy crisis

Musk’s America Party is the endpoint of populism Tech could enable a new era of hyper-democracy

England doesn’t need policing ‘mega forces’ Met chief Mark Rowley is wrong to advocate for centralisation

Sunday, 6 July

Xi and Putin snubbing Brics signals return of Realpolitik Multilateral blocs are becoming obsolete

Johan Wennström

Democrats are struggling to admit that, on this issue, Trump largely has the science right. Credit: Getty

Liberals struggle to admit Trump is right on gender ideology

Lisa Selin Davis

China’s overproduction is economic self-harm Selling the world’s cheapest wares can only make you so rich

Saturday, 5 July

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been vocal on stopping aid to Kyiv. Credit: Getty

White House doves are pressuring Trump on Ukraine

Bethany Elliott

Is Hezbollah’s grip on Lebanon loosening? The Iranian proxy is set to slim down its arsenal

France’s smoking ban is Covid-era nanny-statism The country's new Byzantine regulations are a classic of the genre

Anne-Elisabeth Moutet

Friday, 4 July

Labour is heading for a solvency crisis The market response to Rachel Reeves’s tears this week is worrying

Wolfgang Munchau

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Waning American pride threatens the Republic

The problem with a new Corbyn party Disunity on the Left is holding back an alternative to Labour

Removing Earl Marshal and the Lord Great Chamberlain is rank ingratitude These ancient positions play a unique role for the state

Thursday, 3 July

A Pyrrhic victory? Credit: Getty

Will Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ come back to haunt him?

Emily Jashinsky

Trump can’t fix the Middle East, but he can get out Any pause in the region’s wars will almost certainly be temporary

Jennifer Kavanagh

Labour’s 10-year NHS plan sets government up for failure Keir Starmer's health mission risks setting the Government up for failure

Damaging property as a method of political coercion amounts to terrorism. Credit: Getty

The case for proscribing Palestine Action

France’s latest culture war flashpoint: air conditioning Marine Le Pen is using the summer heat to her advantage

Francois Valentin

The markets won’t let Starmer ditch his chancellor Labour’s alternatives are much worse

Wednesday, 2 July

‘The barriers to research on sex and gender do exist. But these originate from one side of the “debate”.’ Credit: Getty

New report exposes campaign to silence gender-critical academics

Britain’s overdiagnosis crisis is stretching the welfare state New figures aren’t just shocking — they’re unsustainable

Stella O'Malley

Why isn’t Britain taking Chinese influence seriously? Number 10 is wrong to exclude Beijing from official tracking

William Matthews

The Firm is alienating its natural supporters. Credit: Getty

Scrapping the Royal Train is a symbol of the monarchy’s demise

Labour’s welfare Bill is an empty victory Numerous concessions have dealt a heavy blow to Keir Starmer’s credibility

Tuesday, 1 July

The American currency has had ups and down before. Credit: Getty

A weak dollar doesn’t spell the end of its dominance

Ralph Schoellhammer

Why is loneliness hitting teen girls hardest? A new WHO study found that nearly a quarter were impacted

Kristina Murkett

There are an estimated 1.6 million refugees in Gaza. Credit: Getty

Britain does not need a Ukraine-style visa for Gazans

Why is the Supreme Court’s gender ruling still being ignored? The PM has urged institutions to ensure the provision of single-sex spaces

Josephine Bartosch

Upstart Right-wing projects won’t threaten Reform UK Both Rupert Lowe and Ben Habib fundamentally misunderstand the electorate