Nigel Farage’s Reform Party contradicts itself A core tension exists between reactionary populism and Right-libertarianism

Mary Harrington

The dark side of lockdown A rise in suicides highlights the wider impact of the pandemic on society

Friday

30.10

The glaring hypocrisy of France’s enemies Leaders of Turkey, Pakistan and elsewhere are just stirring up hatred

When will the police take domestic abuse seriously? Such cases should not be dealt with by external agencies

Could the end be nigh for the royal family? Plummeting popularity has caused an existential crisis

The real reason flu cases are falling There is a very simple explanation

Thursday

29.10

The crisis in France is about sovereignty, not free speech It's not a question of what can or cannot be said, but who gets to decide

Francis Fukuyama: What Trump got right The thinker talks to Freddie Sayers about how populism is a matter of the soul

What will replace the old ‘Left-Right’ divide? One American writer has a new proposal

Wednesday

28.10

The Kremlin is hedging its bets on a Biden presidency So far, Putin has refrained from attacking the former Vice-President

Behind the Gulf’s western facade An abandoned baby in Doha Airport reveals the region's dark side

So which ‘stans’ are you allowed to joke about? For the confused, here’s a rundown

Tuesday

27.10

Privileged students are weaponising trans rights Ann Henderson, Rector of the University of Edinburgh, is the latest target

Inside the chaotic mind of Kanye West The rapper's moments of poignancy faded into a blizzard of frenzied rambling

The return of Perfidious Albion Why is Britain not standing with France?

Who are the real tribes of Britain? New research gets into the heart of what people really believe

Monday

26.10

Will there ever be another Frank Bough? The BBC presenter's success would be near impossible today

Christopher Hitchens is still right about Borat Fourteen years on, the writer's comments ring more true than ever

For sexual violence, ‘restorative justice’ isn’t enough The movement should not be seen as an alternative to prison

Friday

23.10

Was Donald Trump saying goodbye? The much-discussed mute button wasn't needed at the final Presidential debate

Maybe the US travel ban wasn’t stupid On closing the borders, the President's instincts may have been right

Thursday

22.10

Why Sweden is no longer shielding the elderly The change stems from an egalitarian ethic

Pope Francis borrows from the Trump playbook Like the President, the Pontifex prefers soundbites to considered statements

Will Joe Biden come after Hungary? He might want to put America's house in order first

Wednesday

21.10

Why won’t the BBC stand up for feminism? It does not treat the battle around transgender ideology impartially

Jordan Peterson returns from the desert There is rejoicing at the thinker's return — and also some sour disappointment

Send helicopter money to the North A targeted cash stimulus can help local economies weather lockdown

Tuesday

20.10

What does Macron do now? The President must focus on liberating French Muslims from foreign dominion

Scott Atlas: I’m disgusted and dismayed Donald Trump's senior advisor talks to Freddie Sayers from the White House

Trump is gaining ground with black and Latino voters Polling reveals a more complicated picture about the 2020 race

Monday

19.10

China’s war against the family An ominous trend emerges in the Chinese province of Xinjiang

The West won’t defend Taiwan from China The idea of an 'ethical foreign policy' is dead and buried

Mary Harrington

Friday

16.10

The Dutch auction for WFH elites has begun Tax incentives are luring the rich away from their home countries

Why is a smoothie brand peddling fake news? If even Innocent has given up on defending reality, then we are in trouble

Polly Mackenzie

Thursday

15.10

Will this new ‘lockdown’ make any difference? I worry that further restrictions will be required

Piers Morgan: I don’t want to be hated anymore Freddie Sayers challenges the GMB host on lockdown and liberalism

When did ‘sexual preference’ become politically incorrect? A classic example of performative offence-taking

Wednesday

14.10

The New York Times is at war with itself The self-inflicted decline of the paper reflects a malaise in America's ruling class

Where is the evidence that the ‘tier three strategy’ works? Restrictions come into force today — but the basis for the policy is dubious

The empty symbolism of the Nobel Prize for Economics Why are we honouring mind-numbingly abstract contributions?

Tuesday

13.10

America’s history is swallowing our own Bizarrely, Brits don't seem to care

Will $30 billion fix racial inequality? Bankers will have to spend a lot more to make up for 2008

Monday

12.10

Rebels against the marriage ‘market’ There's a surprising interest among the Very Online in old-fashioned matchmaking

Mary Harrington

The liberal paradox Concern about children points to the heart of the America's cultural divide

Friday

09.10

Is The Guardian planning an attack on the Great Barrington scientists? Professor Martin Kulldorff of Harvard is the latest scientist in the firing line

Populist or progressive? Post-Covid politics will be neither Evidence suggests that a conservative mood may be growing across Europe

Thursday

08.10

Prof Francois Balloux: the climate of fear on Covid is dangerous Freddie Sayers discusses the Covid pandemic with the renowned professor

McCluskey is playing right into Starmer’s hands The electorate won't care about Unite’s gesture of defiance

The Covid ban on visitors during childbirth is inhumane Women have always needed familiar faces around them during this time

Wednesday

07.10

Sorry, kids, we were ‘demisexual’ years ago Not wanting to have one-night stands isn't an identity

Boris Johnson’s U-turn No politician is better at turning on a sixpence than the Prime Minister

Tuesday

06.10

The Thatcherites no longer run the asylum Boris Johnson's speech underscored the new ideological positioning of the Tories

Our Covid strategy is based on faulty assumptions When will they start to look at whether these 'interventions' actually work?

How Covid could leave a 100-year scar Levelling up has acquired a whole new urgency

Monday

05.10

Pope Francis upsets both sides of the culture war His latest encyclical, ‘Fratelli Tutti’, challenges Left- and Right-wing assumptions

Mary Harrington

BLM divides white Americans more than anyone else Our polling shows that Americans aren't split along racial lines

Saturday

03.10

Why does Trump get to choose if Regeneron works? Little is known about the experimental drug being taken by the President

Friday

02.10

End the silence on gender identity services Doctors must be free to express their concerns about premature transitioning

Vitamin D is no silver bullet A new study claims that it cuts Covid deaths by half, which seems far-fetched

Prince Harry should try looking the East End in the face All aristocracies must encourage an ideology to justify their position

Thursday

01.10

Tanks for the memory The Azerbaijani-Armenian conflict raises question marks about their future

How Trump mainstreamed Critical Race Theory Freddie Sayers speaks to James Lindsay about the dangers posed by the ideology

Five reasons why populism is here to stay Rumours of its death are greatly exaggerated

Wednesday

30.09

Make Welsh the official language of Great Britain It is the descendant of a language once spoken throughout our Union

Yesterday’s men fighting yesterday’s battle Neither Trump nor Biden could present a bold vision for the next generation

Ann Coulter for President? Even she’s had enough of Republican and Democrat tax policies

Tuesday

29.09

Old punks never die — they just become conservatives Even singers like John Lydon are turning into fogeys

Let’s recruit our politicians from overseas British businesses draw on a global pool of talent. Why can't the government?

Monday

28.09

Water shortages? You can bet on it Hedge funds are now looking to turn scarcity into profit

Mary Harrington

Lib Dems squash internal revolt on trans rights The party appears to be in thrall to Gender Identity Ideology

Friday

25.09

Gender self-ID: An open letter to Government 54 lawyers and academics object to its wide implementation

Various Contributors

Ireland’s churches are meekly accepting their fate Few Catholic leaders are fighting back against the ban on public worship

Americans are worried about the West — maybe that’s a good thing The fear of losing a civilisation may end up unifying the country

Thursday

24.09

French expert takes the Covid debate in a new direction Jean-Francois Toussaint explains what the pandemic means for the human species

How risky are the human challenge trials? It may make sense from a utilitarian point of view, but it is ethically dubious

Did the British invent anything? A question that liberals need not answer

Wednesday

23.09

It’s time for Britain to return to a heptarchy Regional governments would have handled the pandemic better than No10

Why women suffer most from cancel culture Feminists are being silenced for daring to speak up for their hard-won rights

No Covid culture wars please, we’re British Whatever our Brexit differences, we stood together in 2020

Tuesday

22.09

Is Italy facing another populist backlash? Regional elections reveal a big loss in support for the national government

Starmer talks to the Wall Sir Keir gives his speech in — and to — Labour’s lost heartland

Don’t de-colonise the Pitt Rivers — Westernise it Instead of removing indigenous art, why not add Western objects to go with it?