The Manchester Mayor is not beholden to the Parliamentary Labour Party. Credit: Getty

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Andy Burnham is now a threat to Keir Starmer Greater Manchester's Mayor has proposed an inquiry into grooming gangs

Do Islamic countries understand the threat of militant Islamism more than the West? Credit: Getty

Is the UAE stricter on terrorism than the UK?

UK’s blackout near-miss shows risks of Net Zero Reliance on renewables could lead to prolonged power outages

Friday, 10 January

Trump’s motives remain as enigmatic as ever. Credit: Getty

Has Trump fallen out with Netanyahu?

Trump’s sentencing marks the end of the Resistance Today's verdict shows that Democratic lawfare has ended with a whimper

Emily Jashinsky

Nick Cave, Tom Holland and Freddie Sayers at the Emmanuel Centre. Credit: Stuart Mitchell

In Search of Wild Gods with Nick Cave and Tom Holland, in pictures

Anti-ageing vaccine points to a dangerous future We are entering a technological culture of Promethean ambitions

The California Governor is feeling the heat. Credit: Getty

Can Gavin Newsom survive the LA wildfires?

Britain’s leaderless Armed Forces are becoming obsolete The next Chief of the Defence Staff has an impossible job

Thursday, 9 January

Will Elon Musk’s endorsement boost the AfD? Tesla CEO claimed the party could 'save' Germany

Ralph Schoellhammer

Labour is pushing the UK into stagflation A slowdown in the economy is all but guaranteed

Kemi Badenoch is right to hold off on policies — for now She must first account for what went wrong with her party

The trans lobby's argument is shifting. Credit: Getty

New study minimises harm of youth gender transitions

17% of Scottish voters now support Reform UK. Credit: Getty

Why is Reform’s support growing in Scotland?

Wednesday, 8 January

New evidence undermines Lucy Letby verdict — MP David Davis claimed in Parliament that the jury missed crucial evidence

Meta’s AI pivot poses bigger threat than fact-checkers Although the move could increase engagement, free speech may suffer

The President-elect's controversial vision of Nato as a protection racket at least has the virtue of being true. Credit: Getty

The cold logic of Trump’s Greenland purchase

Grooming gang victims need a new statutory inquiry Previous reports underplayed cultural factors

Spiralling gilt yields spell trouble for the UK Borrowing costs are now higher than after Liz Truss's mini-budget

Philip Pilkington

Molly Rosenberg, the recently resigned director of the RSL. Credit: RSL

Is the Royal Society of Literature a lost cause?

Tuesday, 7 January

Pandemic planners haven’t learnt from their Covid mistakes Experts are once again fretting about another outbreak

Mark Zuckerberg said that Meta's systems were resulting to too much content removal. Credit: Meta

Good riddance to Meta’s fact-checkers

Why is the press giving Antony Blinken an easy ride? The outgoing Secretary of State has faced little scrutiny over his record

A Green Deal wealth tax won’t save Europe’s centrists Frans Timmermans's latest proposal is fodder for the populist Right

Ralph Schoellhammer

Canadian Left in tatters after Trudeau exit No one has an answer for the Conservatives' soaring popularity

Monday, 6 January

A one-size-fits-all approach to the risks of alcohol will erode public trust in official health bodies. Credit: Getty

Are cancer warnings on alcohol politically motivated?

Zelensky maintains Nato dream in Lex Fridman interview Forswearing alliance ambitions is Ukraine's only path to a ceasefire

Christopher McCallion

Herbert Kickl led the FPÖ to its first election victory in September last year. Credit: Getty

Austria coalition crisis opens door to Right-wing populists

Ideological bias will taint Google’s Habermas machine A new AI system that encourages agreement has the same flaws it is predecessors

Mary Harrington

Warning about Britain’s grooming gangs is not ‘extremism’ Two experts claim that high-profile figures are creating new terrorists by discussing the issue

Sunday, 5 January

Did Hillary Clinton and George Soros deserve Medals of Freedom? Both picks undermine the original intent of the award

Best friends no more. Credit: X

Elon Musk’s criticism of Nigel Farage is misguided