'Trump is clearly encouraging them to take advantage of the conflict to seize power from the mullahs.' Credit: Getty.

1 Mar 2026 - 10:00am

Khamenei’s death is not the end of the Islamic Republic

Poll: half of Labour voters would vote Green at next election An Opinium survey found that 47% were considering making the switch

Saturday

28.02

'This may be a sign of a last hurrah for the US-Israeli relationship.' Credit: Getty.

Iran strikes may prove last great act of US-Israeli cooperation

Clinton depositions set a dangerous precedent for both parties This week’s hearings have demonstrated the limits of partisan politics

Emily Jashinsky

Trump’s Iran strikes are first step in regime change America is aiming for another quick operation

Is Britain heading for net negative migration? New restrictions are having a larger impact than expected

Friday

27.02

Good riddance to the assisted dying bill Anger at the Lords overlooks the flaws in the legislation

Double murderer Ian Huntley pictured before his imprisonment. Credit: Alamy

Ian Huntley attack is further proof of Britain’s failing prisons

Gorton and Denton result shows the power of Muslim vote The Greens exploited community anger towards Labour

China is the real winner of the Ukraine war Beijing has capitalised on discounted oil prices

Thursday

26.02

University Challenge has lost touch with ordinary viewers I refuse to watch a programme that has such contempt for basic general knowledge

'Positive endorsement of connection is just as important as criticism of patriarchal control.' Credit: Getty.

Can Reform UK really reverse the sexual revolution?

Met’s Lindsay Hoyle blunder makes it unfit to investigate Mandelson Officers are no longer trained in basics such as informant confidentiality

Gorton and Denton will break Labour’s fragile coalition Voters who gave Starmer victory in 2024 are looking elsewhere

Richard Johnson

Wednesday

25.02

US State Department hosts Tommy Robinson The activist has previously been banned from America

After years of rip-roaring US growth, things are slowing down. Credit: Getty

Wall Street is losing faith in the AI narrative

Is there really a graduate jobs crisis? Widely reported data paints a misleading picture

Mandelson scandal is the end of centrist morality politics Without an ethical message, what’s the point of the Labour Party?

Emmanuel Macron is one of the few realists left on the continent. Credit: Getty

It’s time for Europe to resume talks with Russia

Pavel Devyatkin and Anatol Lieven

Tuesday

24.02

How Survivor foreshadowed the influencer economy A series that once felt transgressive now looks prophetic

Should AI chatbots report suspected school shooters? Our confessions to LLMs are warping both parties

Gavin Newsom’s SAT remark cheapens case for meritocracy A confident democracy would not sneer at excellence, but try to make it attainable for all

Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo onstage at the Baftas on Sunday. Credit: BBC

Baftas Tourette’s row is endpoint of therapy culture

Stella O'Malley

Reform UK misreads Christianity in Britain Belief in God goes beyond national identity and tradition

Monday

23.02

El Mencho death shows Trump’s growing influence in Mexico The anti-CJNG campaign is pragmatic recognition of Washington’s leverage

Greens’ Urdu video signals turn towards sectarianism Future electoral strategies will rely heavily on targeting ethnic groups

Kemi Badenoch is running against Tory record in government Conservatives are now fighting to overturn policies they implemented

‘The cultural relativism which defends some forms of discrimination against women is not yet dead and buried.’ Credit: Getty

No feminist should defend the niqab

Can Reform UK fix Prevent? Gutting the broken counter-extremism programme will be harder than it looks

Sunday

22.02

Death of New York accent is just the tip of cultural flattening A new survey suggests the Big Apple is losing its twang

Germany’s economy is too reliant on China Berlin is importing more than double the value of its exports to its top trading partner

‘The “roadman”, along with the broader “Yookay” genre of commentary, has emerged as a new symbol for familiar anxieties.’ Credit: sznsession/TikTok

AI decline porn is a distortion of modern Britain