‘Seeking out greater ties with China risks leaving the UK weaker and more exposed in a world defined by raw power.’ Credit: Getty
28 Jan 2026 - 7:00am

Embracing China would be disastrous for British security

Thomas Nurcombe

Tuesday
27.01

27.01

Sidelining Greg Bovino plays to Trump’s advantage The Border Patrol chief’s scalp is a visible concession to mounting public concern

Tom Rogan

27.01

Britain has built a graduate welfare state Young people have been fooled into thinking a degree guarantees financial security

Gabriel McKeown

27.01

The Right has a ‘retard’ problem Conservatives are trapped in a race to see who can be the most callous

Malcom Kyeyune

27.01
The Reform leader has until now been hesitant to criticise Trump. Credit: Getty

Nigel Farage: ICE has gone beyond its limit

Archie Earle

27.01

Suella Braverman’s defection is the most important so far Nigel Farage’s latest hire is the logical endpoint of a long political estrangement

Peter Franklin

Monday
26.01

26.01

Alex Pretti shows why we cannot forget Covington lesson Short, blurry video clips do not tell the whole story

Robby Soave

26.01

Is AI entering a permanent bubble? Microsoft and Google can make losses for years until it becomes profitable

Gavin Haynes

26.01
Alphas. Credit: Getty

Manfluencers’ testosterone therapy: a sign of cultural decay

Oliver Bateman

26.01

The problem with Shabana Mahmood’s ‘British FBI’ It’s not the first time the initiative has been proposed, and it won’t be the last

Dominic Adler

26.01

Accelerating de-dollarisation will create new reserve currencies Europe and China could benefit from America’s financial troubles

John Rapley

Sunday
25.01

25.01

Trump’s Canada tariff threats could hasten Chinese Century Washington’s punitive rhetoric has real economic consequences

Michael Cuenco

25.01

Only Nigel Farage is asking questions of the Bank of England Unelected technocrats have too much sway over policy

Loic Fremond

25.01
Alex Pretti is the second person to die in clashes with ICE agents in Minneapolis this month. Credit: Getty

Minneapolis ICE shooting is an omen of more violence

Emily Jashinsky

25.01

Why is the UK Government investing in energy giant Kraken? Labour must explain its questionable use of public funds

Kathryn Porter

Saturday
24.01

24.01
The Mayor of London today said Britain’s immigration debate was ‘dictated by hysteria’. Credit: Getty

Sadiq Khan: Nigel Farage will bring ICE-style crackdown to Britain

Rob Lownie

24.01

Labour’s new housing guidance is a war on beauty Architecture should be for the public, not panjandrums

Nicholas Boys Smith

24.01

Has Zelensky finally lost faith in Europe? His Davos speech reveals a lack of trust in the continent’s leadership

Bethany Elliott

Friday
23.01

23.01
Cubans protest last week against the US intervention in Venezuela. Credit: Getty

Regime change in Cuba makes strategic sense for Trump

Tom Rogan

23.01

Wetherspoons is the last refuge of everyday Britain Labour must do more to protect a fine national institution

Niall Gooch

23.01

Trump’s Board of Peace could turn into a rat race If the project is too broad in scope, it will be derailed by competing interests

Daniel DePetris

23.01

Andy Burnham’s Manchesterism is no cure for Labour Business-friendly socialism won’t reverse the nation’s downward trajectory

Jonny Ball

Thursday
22.01

22.01
The US Health Secretary has brought together factions from the Left and Right. Credit: Getty

The surprising alliance powering RFK Jr’s food fight

Ryan Zickgraf

22.01

Nato can’t afford to cast out the US European leaders are still reliant on American military support

Jack Smith

22.01

Britain can still save itself from an inflation spiral More domestic production could alleviate the country’s economic woes

Andrew O'Brien

22.01

Pierre Poilievre is a cautionary tale for Farage The Reform UK leader should learn from the Canadian Tory’s mistakes

Peter Franklin

Wednesday
21.01

21.01

Shortening films could save cinema Directors are becoming too self-indulgent

Muriel Zagha

21.01

Shabana Mahmood’s panopticon won’t reduce crime AI isn’t an easy fix for all the Government’s problems

Chris Bayliss

21.01

Keir Starmer cannot win on China’s London embassy Effective diplomacy from a position of weakness is near-impossible

Michael Sheridan

21.01
‘There remains real worry that Takaichi is leading the country into very dangerous waters.’ Credit: Getty

Japan is headed for a bond market reckoning

Philip Patrick

21.01

Sara Khan: far-Right is greater threat than Islamism The former Government extremism adviser yesterday criticised Prevent

Rob Lownie

Tuesday
20.01

20.01

California’s wealth tax tests the limits of progressive politics The Golden State’s flirtation with redistribution has widespread popularity

Joel Kotkin