The Iranian regime may be weak abroad, but its grip on the country remains strong. Credit: Getty

5 Jan 2025 - 1:00pm

Iran’s collapse isn’t imminent Tom Tugendhat's prediction of regime change is wishful thinking

The number of migrants coming to the UK in small boats increased by a quarter last year. Credit: Getty

Keir Starmer is sleepwalking into a small-boats crisis

Saturday, 4 January

Biden’s Nippon Steel decision will hurt US-Japan relations The President is trying to steal his successor's America First thunder

End of Russian gas has exposed Europe’s energy weakness America and Qatar can now dictate LNG deliveries

Maximilian Hess

The grooming gangs condemnation is too little, too late Another national inquiry will make little difference

Friday, 3 January

Mike Johnson narrowly survived the House speaker vote. Credit: Getty

Mike Johnson’s fragile majority will embolden fiscal hawks

Did family breakdown lead to New Orleans attack? Like many other terrorists, Shamsud-Din Jabbar had a history of abusing women

Why Elon Musk dominates British politics The establishment has remained mute as the billionaire decides the agenda

Police investigators surround the pickup truck used to kill pedestrians in New Orleans on 1 January. Credit: Getty

New Orleans attack will inspire more vehicle-ramming terrorism

Soaring gold prices are a bad omen for the dollar Analysts are tipping the metal to hit $10,000 an ounce by the end of the decade

Philip Pilkington

Thursday, 2 January

Meta’s AI drive could kill off social media Plans to flood the internet with bots point to an increasingly unreal future

Why is Labour rejecting a national grooming gangs inquiry? Jess Phillips is still resistant to the truth about the scandal

The area surrounding Bourbon Street is blocked off following the New Orleans attack. Credit: Getty

New Orleans attack proves the persistence of Isis ideology

Britain needs an emergency census Swelling immigration has changed the country swiftly and irreversibly

Wednesday, 1 January

China’s economy is far from buried Despite a slowdown, Beijing is rolling out new measures in 2025

Netflix's Squid Game. Credit: IMDb

The problem with Netflix’s ‘casual viewing’

EU targeting of Orbán should worry other member states By permanently withdrawing funds, Brussels is showing its authoritarian side once again

Tuesday, 31 December

Vladimir Putin may not have to compromise over Ukraine Russia is winning — and Trump doesn't have the patience for drawn-out negotiations

Bethany Elliott

Has Elon Musk’s X algorithm change backfired? The tech mogul has been accused of censoring his online critics

Carter and Trump were fellow Washington outsiders when they ascended to the presidency. Credit: Getty

What Jimmy Carter can teach Donald Trump

Lisa Nandy’s Big Tech warning won’t protect children The Culture Secretary's attempts to challenge online content don't go far enough

Kristina Murkett

Monday, 30 December

MAGA’s expansionism will embolden China How serious are Trump's territorial ambitions in Mexico and Canada?

The Leader of the Opposition needs to decide which voters she wants to win over. Credit: Getty

Kemi Badenoch lacks a strategy to see off Nigel Farage

OnlyFans is exploitation dressed up as feminism The site hides its criminal misogyny behind a progressive facade

Josephine Bartosch

Britain’s two-party system is crumbling New polling shows the coming threat to the Labour-Conservative duopoly

Sunday, 29 December

What comes first: national security or free speech? Credit: Getty

Will Trump listen to populist base over looming TikTok ban?

Turkey’s resurgence has left the West flat-footed Erdoğan has designs on gaining influence in Syria — and in Jerusalem

Philip Pilkington

Keir Starmer’s quango drive weakens British democracy Non-elected bodies are growing exponentially

British Transport Police deserves to lose trans court challenge The public body is being sued for allowing trans-identified men to strip-search women

Saturday, 28 December

Europe is heavily reliant of liquefied natural gas from Gulf states. Credit: Getty

EU bureaucracy is provoking a fresh energy crisis

Ralph Schoellhammer

Labour’s Net Zero plans will lead to carmaker exodus A Nissan-Honda merger is bad news for Britain

Will Labour try to cut Reform UK’s mega-donations? A mooted change to funding rules could backfire