Kennedy has announced initiatives aimed at reducing the prescription of antidepressants. Credit: Getty

6 May 2026 - 1:30pm

RJK Jr’s anti-SSRI campaign is long overdue Prescribing antidepressants has become a knee-jerk response to depression

Stella O'Malley

Starmer’s campus antisemitism crackdown threatens free speech Palestine advocacy does not always equate to discrimination

Is Malcom Offord a first minister in waiting? Reform UK’s leader in Scotland is set to make gains in Thursday’s Holyrood elections

Tuesday, 5 May

US stock rally is built on shaky foundations If the Iran war does not reach a swift conclusion, the market rebound will be short-lived

The Met Gala captures the moral emptiness of celebrity Elite gatherings lose their mystery when they’re splashed over social media

London’s £10 pints are just the beginning Soaring business costs are crippling Britain’s pubs

Three in five Muslims would back pro-Gaza independents to stop Labour A new poll highlights the potential for tactical voting ahead of this week’s local elections

Monday, 4 May

RIP. Credit: Ask.com

End of Ask Jeeves reflects UK’s diminished soft power

Does the Green Party have a law and order problem? Zack Polanski’s pseudo-apology is out of step with the public

James Sean Dickson

Longer sentences won’t deter lone-wolf killers Preventive detention is the key to reducing attacks

BBC ran four times more stories on trans victims than perpetrators New research has found a stark imbalance in the broadcaster’s coverage

Sunday, 3 May

Knockers is the death of drag as comedy World of Wonder’s new show monetises the sexual humiliation of women

Josephine Bartosch

Labour’s mediocrity will keep Starmer in power His party rivals are ill-prepared for a coup

Trump’s troop withdrawal from Germany is no threat to Nato The bloc’s security remains uncompromised by a largely symbolic decision

Saturday, 2 May

Self-radicalisation has never been easier. Credit: Getty

America’s political violence is now self-sustaining

JP Morgan sex scandal inverts the #MeToo stereotype Meme culture is sustained by lurid fantasies

Mary Harrington

New statue proves Banksy has lost his anti-establishment streak He is little more than a regime artist

J.J. Charlesworth

Friday, 1 May

‘Any “moratorium” won’t protect Jews in the way its proponents hope.’ Credit: Getty

Golders Green attack does not justify banning Palestine marches

The quiet conservatism of Andy Serkis’s Animal Farm Orwell would have admired its communitarianism, if not its fart jokes

Why are the Lib Dems so afraid of Christianity? Religious faith appears increasingly incompatible with progressive beliefs

Adam James Pollock

Golders Green attack exposes UK’s blind spot on violence Authorities don’t know how to deal with offenders who are not obviously ideological

Thursday, 30 April

Democrats are losing blue-collar workers. Credit: Getty

Supreme Court ruling will erode Democrats’ working-class base

Michael Baharaeen

Met Police has finally woken up to the need for force Kicking an armed criminal in the head is sometimes necessary

Soaring BP profits are not an outrage Attempts to tax gains will backfire on the Government

The number of those arriving in the UK by small boats is significantly lower than the same time last year. Credit: Getty.

The ONS is overestimating projected net migration

Claire Coutinho: Green Party is biggest threat to the UK The Tory frontbencher warned against infighting on the Right

Wednesday, 29 April

China is threatening Europe’s reindustrialisation drive Beijing is planning countermeasures to maintain industrial supremacy

Golders Green residents at the site of today’s attack. Credit: Getty

Golders Green stabbing proves antisemitism is now a feature of British life

Ashley Rindsberg

It’s time to end the tyranny of service charge News of Gordon Ramsay’s increased tipping rate has caused a backlash

Richard Crampton-Platt

King Charles is the last statesman of a vanishing world His brilliant speech did not fully reflect the reality of the world in 2026

Tuesday, 28 April

UAE break from Opec signals new era of energy independence Producers are building infrastructure to bypass threats rather than to connect markets

Iran is racing against a shrinking de-escalation window The ongoing ceasefire looks more like a tactical pause

Susanne Mundschenk