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07/20/2022 - 2:00pm

The danger of Spain’s Democratic Memory Law It risks opening up old wounds between rival camps

Jorge González-Gallarza

Spurned by China, Putin turns to Iran The Russian leader is searching for new allies on the world stage

Why Conservatives are blind to race The Tory leadership race has settled one argument beyond doubt

Tuesday, July 19

Did tactical votes defeat Kemi? A significant number of Tom Tugendhat's voters ended up backing Truss

Tory leadership latest: Liz Truss becomes the favourite Polling triggered an anti-Penny campaign in the media

Prince Harry becomes Mandela in UN speech The exiled royal even tried out a South African accent

New Zealand falls out of love with Jacinda Ardern The once popular Kiwi leader is crashing in the polls

Going ‘gender neutral’ is not inclusive A bombshell report lays out why single-sex services matter

Monday, July 18

The British case for free train travel The UK has much to learn from its Spanish counterparts

Tory leadership debates were never a good idea They do not suit Britain’s parliamentary political culture

Why did the ACLU push for gender self-ID in prisons? A change in prison policy towards trans inmates had a predictable result

Mary Harrington

The real weaknesses of the Tory candidates Three leadership debates have been revealing in all the wrong ways

EU sues Hungary over anti-LGBT law Ursula von Der Leyen labelled the legislation a 'disgrace'

William Nattrass

Friday, July 15

Will we ever move on from George Osborne and Gordon Brown? Tory leadership candidates are still feeding off ideas from 2010

Facebook, Google censor Alex Jones documentary Flo Read spoke to director Alex Lee Moyer about the suppression of her film

Sorry, Britain’s culture wars aren’t going away An FT columnist makes a strange — and flawed — argument

Mario Draghi is running away from the mess he created The technocrat prime minister's resignation is hard to stomach

Note to MPs: YouGov is not wrong about Penny Mordaunt The polling company has a near-perfect record for leadership elections

More Chinese applicants than Europeans to UK universities New UCAS figures show a threefold increase in Chinese applicants from 2013

Thursday, July 14

Democrats and Republicans need new champions Joe Biden and Donald Trump are undermining their parties' electoral prospects

Emmanuel Macron: no longer Jupiter, but Vulcan The President now sees himself as a different kind of Roman God

Where is the outrage over Telford? Once again, fear of racism is leading to a muted response

Kristina Murkett

Will a TV debate sink Penny Mordaunt? Her record as one of the wokest Tories leaves her open to challenge

Wednesday, July 13

Brace for winter lockdowns Covid may not be the only justification for more restrictions

Izabella Kaminska

New populist party storms into Danish politics The Denmark Democrats have emerged from nowhere to hit 11% of the vote

The unspoken cause of the Sri Lanka crisis: lockdowns Two years of lockdowns are being felt around the world

Will Russia freeze Europe? Putin may be planning to turn the gas off for good

Tuesday, July 12

The truth about Kemi Badenoch The candidate wants politicians to come clean with the public

Why does Penny Mordaunt hate Dad’s Army? This is no laughing matter for the leadership contender

Michael Gove: Kemi Badenoch will be ready on day one The senior Tory answers the charge that his favourite is too inexperienced

Shinzo Abe and the dark side of Japanese politics The slain leader's ties to the 'Moonies' leaves more questions than answers

Western sanctions are already crumbling Canada has announced that it will 'exempt' Russia over a gas turbine

Philip Pilkington