A mother and her child gather at a memorial to the Southport victims in 2024. Credit: Getty

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Southport Inquiry fails to address UK’s flawed refugee policy Shabana Mahmood accepted its conclusions without considering tougher questions

Morgan McSweeney: The British state is out of shape Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff made the admission in a new interview

Thursday, July 2

Birthright drama shows Right-wing outrage machine is dying Matt Walsh and co. need to touch grass

5Pillars editor Roshan Salih speaks on a podcast this week. Credit: 5Pillars/X

5Pillars editor calls for Muslim ‘physical training programme’

Embracing socialism threatens Democrats’ midterm chances The party is increasingly out of step with the median voter

Michael Baharaeen

Why won’t Labour deport grooming gang leaders? Andy Burnham has called for the removal of child abuser Shabir Ahmed

Burnham should learn from France and Germany on devolution Toulouse and Hamburg have succeeded where Manchester and Birmingham failed

Wednesday, July 1

The feel-good story of the summer has come crashing down. Credit: Getty

Freddy’s deleted X account shows fragility of going viral

Gold crash reflects renewed faith in central banks An era of easy money is coming to an end

Restoring energy ties with Russia won’t save Germany’s economy Berlin has deeper structural problems beyond expensive gas

William Nattrass

China is threatening America in the AI race Its cheaper models could give Beijing an edge

Starmer’s Defense Investment Plan is a problem for the Right Neither Reform UK nor the Conservatives have an easy attack line

Tuesday, June 30

Democrats won’t learn from Supreme Court trans ruling Justices have upheld states’ rights to restrict women’s sport to biological females

Lisa Selin Davis

The Pope has received robust backing from some surprising corners of the Church. Credit: Getty

Risk of Catholic schism has rallied traditionalists behind Pope Leo

Why is Zack Polanski so obsessed with imperial guilt? His view of history relies on national self-flagellation

Samuel Rubinstein

Decriminalizing rough sleeping won’t help the homeless Britain’s streets will only become grimmer as vagrancy goes unpunished

Ben Ramanauskas

The NHS is still putting gender ideology over women’s rights Healthcare trusts are blinded by the dogma of trans activism

Monday, June 29

ICE raids have prompted a series of protests across America in the last year. Credit: Getty

Trump’s Lance Schroyer pick shows nobody wants to run ICE

London grooming gangs probe could shame the Met The force has a history of fudging sexual abuse investigations

Heavy is the head. Credit: Getty

King Charles is making a mistake by leaning into multiculturalism

Sunday, June 28

Crimea will decide the Ukraine war Kyiv’s forces have forced the Russian-occupied territory into a state of emergency

Bethany Elliott

Will Philip Larkin make Burnham a good prime minister? Britain needs leaders who can read

Joseph Williams

It’s time for a British Panthéon France commemorates its thinkers with suitable gravitas

Saturday, June 27

Nixon is now a lodestar for modern Right-wing counterculture. Credit: Getty

Richard Nixon has become a MAGA hero

Nathan Pinkoski

John Bolton’s guilty plea is the endpoint of DC’s leaking culture DOJ hypocrisy preceded Trump’s presidency

How Andy Burnham cracked vibes politics Labour has found its first media-savvy communicator in the digital age

Friday, June 26

Failed Senate revolt proves Trump’s hold over the GOP Republicans always fall behind the President eventually

International order is breaking down in the Gulf War in Iran has pushed oil producers apart

Reports suggest half of the 400,000 migrants slated for deportation have been allowed to remain. Credit: Getty

Bureaucracy has stifled Labour’s migration agenda

Would repealing the Equality Act help white working-class boys? The proposal by Reform UK can only go so far

Thursday, June 25

Falling oil prices will take a long time to benefit consumers Donald Trump is hoping for a quick drop in costs at the pump to help in the midterms

New Colombian president could be the key to Trump’s drug war But full-scale military attacks on criminal organizations would destabilize the country

Daniel DePetris