Gone fishing. Credit: CNN

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Gavin Newsom has a bigger problem than Kamala Harris The California Governor still lacks a compelling purpose

‘Sweeney might be beautiful, but she has helped to create something ugly.’ (Novig/YT)

Sydney Sweeney’s Novig advert sells sex, not sport

Israel’s defenders have made Macklemore a free speech martyr His opponents blur the line between antisemitism and criticism of the Jewish state

Labour’s school meals policy is a failure of cultural norms Improved diets won’t make it past four o’clock

Richard Crampton-Platt

Unionist shame is opening the door to separatism Nationalist leaders are capitalising on Burnham’s support for devolution

Monday, 14 September

Mark Carney is better off allying with America than Europe Canada can count on a more productive relationship with Washington after Trump

‘Baloney!’ Credit: CBS

Farewell Judge Judy, America’s last great moralist

Le Pen-proofing the EU won’t stop the populist wave Centrists have good reason to be afraid

William Nattrass

Will the AI labs let inspectors in? Tech bosses breeding digital dinosaurs are finally inviting outsiders into the cage

Sweden election shows power of competent conservatism The Moderates have found a way to contain nationalists

Johan Wennström

Sunday, 13 September

Donald's new best mate. Credit: Getty

Trump doesn’t understand the messy politics of Irish reunification

Kemi Badenoch may have found Labour’s Achilles’ heel Andy Burnham has picked the wrong fight over welfare

Reform UK’s record donations risk Americanising British politics Nigel Farage’s £72 million cash infusion would make K Street proud

Lee David Evans

Saturday, 12 September

Tucker Carlson’s 9/11 comments show why he broke with Trump His defence of Abdul El-Sayed could bring together the populist Left and Right

Emily Jashinsky

Medical journals have chosen activism over science Progressive views now dominate leading publications

Alistair Harrison pictured during the Makerfield by-election. (Credit: X)

Alistair Harrison: the power behind the Restore Britain throne

Friday, 11 September

Poll: 62% of 5Pillars readers believe Israel was responsible for 9/11 Only 3% accept that al-Qaeda was solely behind the attacks

Assisted dying bill’s defeat is a victory for human dignity Such fundamentally weak legislation didn’t deserve to pass

A strange kind of patriotism. Credit: Getty

Farage is making a mistake by cosying up to Israel

Does Generation Z care about 9/11? Young people are increasingly unmoored from recent history

David Masciotra

Labour’s tourist tax is a betrayal of British cities Andy Burnham is dissuading visitors for little gain

Richard Crampton-Platt

Thursday, 10 September

Britain’s falling food production is a national security threat Relying on foreign imports leaves the country open to shocks

‘Mullally can only intervene effectively when she does so sparingly.’ Credit: Getty

Sarah Mullally is outshining Justin Welby on assisted dying

Will artificial superintelligence really wipe out humanity? Infrastructure is already vulnerable to sabotage

Timandra Harkness

New attempts to ban the AfD will only boost its support Germany’s centre-right is panicking

Wolfgang Munchau

Wednesday, 9 September

Hostility towards tourists is on the rise in Japan. Credit: Getty

Why Tokyo is cracking down on Airbnb

Ed Miliband’s anti-Israel pivot could rebuild the Labour Left Burnham’s government is exorcising the contradictions of Starmerism

Investor exodus is hitting the UK economy Money is moving from the stock market into bonds

NYU ranked America’s worst college for free speech The institution has faced several censorship controversies in the past year

Tuesday, 8 September

‘Feminism is not a ragbag of fashionable views, roomy enough to accommodate raging contradictions.’ Credit: Getty

Stella Creasy is giving Muslim misogyny a free pass

Jordan Bardella’s Farage deal has alienated France His authority is being weakened by a resurgent Marine Le Pen

Harrison Stetler

The AfD is still missing an economic agenda Victory in Saxony-Anhalt won’t dispel questions about the party’s ability to govern