Burying the hatchet. Credit: Getty

January 13, 2026

Nadhim Zahawi’s defection is damaging for Reform Nigel Farage’s party risks becoming another establishment vehicle

Monday

12.01

Trump’s Fed threats mark end of central bank independence A breakdown in consensus is a sea change in the Western status quo

Wolfgang Munchau

Salman Rushdie: I voted for Zohran Mamdani The novelist argued that the new mayor ‘deserves a shot’

A Steve Bannon 2028 run would remind MAGA of its purpose He is more opposed to monopolies and cutting welfare programmes

Amelia is a bad influence on Charlie in the game. Credit: Hull City Council

UK counter-extremism game reveals a naive establishment

Mary Harrington

Losing Britain’s last helicopter factory is strategic folly Westland Factory’s closure would make the UK dependent on other powers

Sunday

11.01

Texas is setting dangerous free speech precedent in Charlie Kirk case The Federation of Teachers is suing the state education agency over censorship

Brennen VanderVeen

Surge in Bible sales reflects a counter-cultural shift Younger readers are drawn towards the Good Book's mysticism

Khamenei's enemies are coalescing around Reza Pahlavi. Credit: Getty

Iran’s protests open door for monarchist resurgence

Saturday

10.01

Why Gulf states no longer trust British universities The UAE is right to cut funds for students wishing to study in the UK

Banning X will not make anyone safer Labour’s mooted proposal could make it harder to prosecute real abusers

Friday

09.01

Gavin Newsom is selling a California success story that never happened His White House bid will be undermined by his gubernatorial record

The US President wants to stand alone. Credit: Getty

Trump’s exit from international bodies spells end of multilateralism

Wolfgang Munchau

Why Silicon Valley won’t save us from doomscrolling A new antisocial media app wants to atone for its founders’ sins

The secular press can’t understand Pope Leo He is a curious blend of conservative and reformer

SNP has no right to defy Supreme Court gender ruling The Scottish Government’s public and private opinions are incompatible

Thursday

08.01

The President's reforms could make things worse. Credit: Getty

Trump should leave the housing market alone

Influencers and AI will fill the void left by local journalism The closure of one of the nation’s oldest newspapers signals a far worse future

Blue Labour won’t save Keir Starmer No party faction has an answer to the country's biggest problems

Seizing empty Russian oil tanker doesn’t serve America’s interests It could jeopardise a Ukraine peace deal

Jennifer Kavanagh

The line between compassion and coercion could quietly disappear. Credit: Getty

Could selling deadly chemicals become legal under assisted dying?

Adam James Pollock

Labour’s drink-drive limit will tread on lives and liberty Pubs and rural communities will suffer

Wednesday

07.01

The paper still can't make its mind up. Credit: Getty

The New York Times is defending itself against the wrong gender attacks

Lisa Selin Davis

Reform UK can exploit Sadiq Khan’s law-and-order weakness The party’s mayoral candidate Laila Cunningham poses a threat

Trump’s goal isn’t war — it’s Greenland’s independence Self-rule will allow American influence to grow

‘The present British and European strategy is running enormous risks.’ Credit: Getty

European security guarantees for Ukraine ring hollow

Police failure over Maccabi fans hands victory to Islamists Yesterday’s hearing proved one thing: intimidation works

Limor Simhony Philpott

Tuesday

06.01

‘How many hundreds of thousands?’ Credit: Getty

Migrants won’t fix Britain’s falling birth rate

Stonewall deserves to go broke The LGBT charity’s income has collapsed by over half

Josephine Bartosch

Germany is giving eco-terrorists an easy ride Elites and the media have played down the dangers of violent environmentalism

Monday

05.01

Marco Rubio could take the fall if Venezuela ends in disaster His latest achievement may prove his undoing

Protesters in Greenland last year. Credit: Getty

Denmark is adopting colonial logic on Greenland

Johan Wennström