'I’m not standing in front of you in denial,' said John Swinney. Credit: Getty

September 2, 2024

SNP’s independence dream has never been more distant The party's central cause has turned into a pipe dream

Iain Macwhirter

Sunday

01.09

An AfD supporter confronts antifascist protestors in Saxony earlier this week. Credit: Getty

AfD success breaks anti-populist firewall in Germany

Why are food allergies rising among children? A new study has shown that they more than doubled in a decade

Margaret McCartney

Bitcoin may have finally peaked The end of the cheap-money era has reduced the cryptocurrency's allure

Friendly fire accusation embarrasses Zelensky Ukraine's leader has been forced to replace the Commander of the Air Force

Bethany Elliott

Saturday

31.08

Can the New York Times regain its pluralist values? Credit: Getty

Is the New York Times turning against DEI?

The centre of Europe’s migrant crisis has shifted Giorgia Meloni's success contrasts with new flows to the Canary Islands and Greece

William Nattrass

Jess Phillips’s NHS Gaza claim should be investigated Two-tier healthcare is even more concerning than its policing equivalent

Friday

30.08

The first anniversary of 7 October could kickstart another wave of university protests. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Anti-Israel protesters plan 7 October events

UK net migration caps won’t work Tom Tugendhat's pledge fails to tackle the root causes of the problem

Pretty powerful as lame ducks go. Credit: Getty

Is Macron mounting a coup against the French constitution?

Kamala Harris’s big interview was an exercise in evasion The Vice President has tried to memory-hole her progressive history

Has the number of rapes in Britain really gone up? Statistics have been skewed by improvements in reporting crime

Thursday

29.08

Washington is forming a new consensus on China Democrats and Republicans alike are reconsidering their alliances

Stub that out! Credit: Getty

British voters support smoking and drinking bans

Germany’s solar obsession is killing its economy Robert Habeck has kept faith in renewables despite their disastrous consequences

Ralph Schoellhammer

Activists protest against the puberty-blocker ban in London earlier this year. Credit: Getty

BMA civil war over Cass Review deepens

Will new Trump charges hurt his campaign? Prosecutors are racing against the clock as the election looms

Ashley Rindsberg

Keir Starmer is right to deprive members of leadership vote Party stability can only be maintained by giving MPs more say than supporters

Richard Johnson

Wednesday

28.08

American Medical Association doubles down on gender ideology A draft form of its new guide promotes terms such as 'chestfeeding'

Wonder how he voted. Credit: Getty

Britons feel Bregret

Will Minouche Shafik be the new head of UK Civil Service? The failed Columbia University president is a surprise contender to replace Simon Case

Mourners gather a the site of Friday's attack in Solingen. Credit: Getty

Solingen attack has inflamed Germany’s immigration debate

What’s behind the rise in youth anxiety? More than 500 children a day are being referred to NHS mental health services

Kristina Murkett

Britain’s campus free speech crisis is not a Chinese plot UK universities are undermining open expression without CCP interference

Austin Williams

Tuesday

27.08

Democrats’ green agenda could gift Midwest to Trump A Beltway infatuation with electric vehicles is hurting ordinary workers

A nation divided. Credit: Getty

America’s political polarisation deepens

Keir Starmer doesn’t understand populism Liberalism bears more responsibility for Britain's enduring problems

France’s war on encryption comes for Telegram Law enforcement in the country frequently uses surveillance to target criminal gangs

'Please don't put your life in the hands of a rock and roll band, who'll throw it all away.' Credit: Getty

Oasis reunion won’t bring back Cool Britannia

Kemi Badenoch finally says the quiet part out loud Britons voted against the Tories, not for Labour

Monday

26.08

Cornell joins Harvard in adopting political neutrality Ivy League universities are now vowing not to take positions on external issues