The next Baldwin. Credit: Getty
Oct 30 2026 - 7:00am

An early election could unite the Right Andy Burnham risks suffering Stanley Baldwin's fate

Peter Franklin

Thursday, October 29

29.10

Why does Britain’s middle class hate its own cuisine? There’s nothing sophisticated about self-loathing

Richard Crampton-Platt

29.10
New OBR forecasts suggest the figure will rise again in the coming years. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

UK net migration set to fall to lowest level since 1997

Shea Ferguson

29.10

Anti-Trump backlash is not a Democratic revival The party should be wary of any midterms success

Michael Baharaeen

Wednesday, October 28

28.10

Jennifer Lawrence has succumbed to Instagram face Hollywood beauty standards are driving a rise in cosmetic surgery

Kristina Murkett

28.10
‘O’Connor has the requisite presence, mystery, and effeminacy for this role.’ (IMDB)

Josh O’Connor deserves to be the next James Bond

Cosmo Adair

28.10

Britain should stop romanticizing the Commonwealth The King’s Caribbean tour raises questions about the UK’s post-imperial role

Niall Gooch

28.10

Has Netanyahu’s luck finally run out? Israel’s great political survivor failed to win a majority in last night’s elections

David Swift

Tuesday, October 27

27.10

Zohran Mamdani can’t ignore homelessness forever The NYC Mayor’s relative silence on the issue is a political strategy

Stephen Eide

27.10
Farage has previously labelled Robinson as ‘thuggish’. Credit: Getty

Why Farage is changing his tune on Tommy Robinson

Rob Lownie

27.10

Britain must address its gas supply problem National infrastructure requires improvement as European prices rise

Kathryn Porter

27.10

Could Viktor Orbán lead a populist revolt at the UN? The former Hungarian PM has been linked with the top job

Philip Cunliffe

Monday, October 26

26.10

Canada’s election shows the Right can win in spite of Trump British Columbia offers a lesson in winning without MAGA

Yuan Yi Zhu

26.10

Democrats’ court-packing push is an assault on the rule of law Expanding the Supreme Court will undermine judicial neutrality

Kyle Sammin

26.10

Reform UK is losing its grip on the Right Farage’s voters are drifting to the Tories and Restore Britain

David Jeffery

26.10
‘After ten years of paralleling the fate of the US on a two-year lag, Brazilian voters changed their mind.’ (Alexandre Schneider/Getty)

Lula’s shock victory halts Latin America’s Rightward shift

Nick Burns

26.10

Labour is deluding itself about EU free movement Andy Burnham risks repeating the mistakes of his predecessors

Peter Franklin

Sunday, October 25

25.10

Shane Gillis and Danny McBride are cashing in on America’s new addiction Celebrities are making a dangerous bet on prediction markets

Oliver Bateman

25.10
Kids are turning away from chocolate. Credit: Getty

Enjoying chocolate has become a lost art

Richard Crampton-Platt

25.10

Markle affair could trigger a reckoning at the Met The police cannot afford another royal blunder

Dominic Adler

Saturday, October 24

24.10
Numerous WWII aircrews described seeing Foo Fighters. Credit: The Debrief

New UFO files reopen Foo fighter mystery

Tom Rogan

24.10

Britain is quietly seeking powers over foreign AI firms A stealthy clause in a new bill would give the government vast discretionary powers

Elle Smith

24.10

Macron’s riot crackdown will fuel more unrest A show of force could deepen the divisions tearing France apart

Susanne Mundschenk

Friday, October 23

23.10

Romney Republicans won’t find a home in the Democratic Party Rahm Emanuel seems to have forgotten his history

Daniel Kalder

23.10

Britain’s school antisemitism crackdown risks stifling free debate The IHRA definition threatens to conflate criticism of Israel with bigotry

Ralph Leonard

23.10
One alleged former sex partner claims Graham taped an encounter between them when he was 17 and working as an escort. Credit: Getty

Lindsey Graham documentary is hardly an October Surprise

Emily Jashinsky

23.10

Ukraine cannot afford Europe’s delusions of victory Kyiv needs a settlement before it is too late

Anatol Lieven and Ted Snider

Thursday, October 22

22.10
An opponent of Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan Democratic primary pulled out due to polling conducted by Wedgewood. Credit: Getty

How Wedgewood’s sham polls fooled the media

Evan Roth Smith

22.10
The Groypers hate Ramaswamy. (Getty)

Why the online Right backs Vivek Ramaswamy’s rival

Sohrab Ahmari

22.10

Will Andy Burnham kill Shabana Mahmood’s immigration plans? The PM risks handing Reform a devastating attack line

David Jeffery

22.10
‘She may be a writer, but Rowling has proved her feminism in deeds as well as words.’ (Ray Tang/Getty)

JK Rowling is right to take on trans elitism

Josephine Bartosch

22.10

Why is the BBC hiding the backgrounds of terrorists? Honesty about migrant crime is not racism

Simon Cottee