Labour seems powerless to prevent small embarrassments from turning into major headaches. Credit: Getty

September 22, 2024

Tories are not capitalising on Labour failures Keir Starmer's waning popularity has been a boon to smaller parties

Why the Brandenburg election threatens Olaf Scholz Even if his party wins, voters remain angry

Saturday

21.09

The biggest danger for a minor political party is being ignored. Credit: Getty

Reform’s momentum is driving Tories out of the spotlight

Patrick O'Flynn

Nearly one third of all English schools teach toxic masculinity Some mandatory courses teach that men are 'problematic'

Is Stand Up to Racism ignoring antisemitism? The organisation is feted by Corbynite MPs despite its questionable ties

Friday

20.09

Kamala Harris’s ‘hide from the press’ strategy is worryingly effective Journalists aren't doing enough to scrutinise the Vice President

Emily Jashinsky

Nigel Farage addresses the Reform Party 2024 Conference in Birmingham today. Credit: Getty

Four in 10 voters think Reform UK is ‘extremist’

Will Donald Trump’s anti-DEI campaign succeed? The former president has vowed to counter Left-wing indoctrination in schools

Support for German Greens plummets — poll More than a third of Germans want the party to have no role in the next government

What Robert Jenrick gets wrong about English identity Immigration is not solely responsible for our fraying social fabric

Geert Wilders, leader of the Freedom Party in the Netherlands, has pushed for an exemption from EU migration laws. Credit: Getty

The EU’s migration pact is falling apart

Ralph Schoellhammer

Grooming gang victims are still being failed A reluctance to discuss the ethnic dimension has impeded full justice

Thursday

19.09

Teamsters herald end of Democrats’ blue-collar dominance The union announced it will not be making a presidential endorsement this year

Michael Baharaeen

J.K. Rowling's popularity increases among older age groups. Credit: Getty

Only one in five young adults like JK Rowling — poll

Was the Fed’s interest rate cut ‘political’? Donald Trump has suggested this week's decision had an ulterior motive

Empire of Twee. Credit: Getty

Guardian ‘Britishcore’ list captures UK’s imperial decline

Mary Harrington

Gavin Newsom’s misinformation laws risk more censorship New California legislation will target social media companies

Trafalgar Square’s trans artwork obscures violence against women The fourth plinth will host a tribute exaggerating the extent of trans murders

Lebanese soldiers in Beirut on Tuesday following explosions in several Hezbollah strongholds. Credit: Getty

Lebanon pager attack is beginning of a new era of warfare

Andrew Orlowski

Wednesday

18.09

Trump’s World Liberty Financial is a dangerous gamble Such projects can frequently crash — or simply fade into irrelevance

Why did it take four years to debunk the black baby study? A fantastical piece of research has finally been proven wrong

Left-wing scholars are supporting censorship once more. Credit: Getty

Public intellectuals support Brazil’s X ban

Labour is surrendering Britain’s national security interests Keir Starmer should not let Harland & Wolff fall into administration

Scientific American’s Kamala Harris endorsement damages trust in science Academic publications should not be backing presidential candidates

Scottish nationalism has not been well-served by its leaders. Credit: Getty

A decade on, Scottish independence feels impossible

Russian military expansion could backfire on Putin Sending more recruits to Ukraine may anger his civilian population

Bethany Elliott

Tuesday

17.09

Could Jill Stein be a spoiler for Democrats again? The Green Party candidate threatens to peel away votes in battleground states

The Overton window according to Gordon Brown. Credit: Getty

Gordon Brown accuses centrists of appeasing far-Right

Hillary Clinton: jail Americans who post misinformation She also accused the media of being soft on Donald Trump

France's next president? Credit: Getty

Macron has laid out Marine Le Pen’s path to power

Justin Trudeau is on the ropes in Quebec The Canadian PM is faltering just as Mark Carney waits in the wings

Is Labour’s assisted dying plan a way to balance the books? With a strain on resources, the UK could fall into a similar trap to Canada

Philip Pilkington