Nigel Farage is accumulating a large war chest for then next general election. Credit: Getty

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Reform UK donors dominate rich list

Giggle v. Tickle ruling will galvanise Australia’s sex-realists Politicians’ wilful blindness has created a legal muddle around gender

Josephine Bartosch

Ed Miliband’s North Sea shutdown is economic vandalism Labour’s flagship energy policy fails on all its objectives

Best position? Left back in the changing room. Credit: Getty

British politics is turning into the Premier League

Jonathan Wilson

Thursday, 14 May

Trump is falling into Xi’s trap on China visit Stability at the expense of Taiwan’s security is meaningless

Luke de Pulford

Birmingham City University to close Black Studies course Only eight students enrolled this year

Banning Unite the Kingdom speakers harms free speech Labour is barring allies of Tommy Robinson on dubious grounds

Jacob Mchangama

Greggs: the true ambassador of British enterprise A working-class bakery now stands as an unlikely emblem of UK commerce overseas

Can he save Labour from itself? Credit: Getty

Why the Labour Left fears Wes Streeting

Wednesday, 13 May

Do California Democrats have a CCP problem? Arcadia’s mayor has been exposed as an agent of Beijing

SARMs are often used to increase athletic performance and muscle-building in the gym. Credit: Getty

SARMs are the dark edge of youth fitness culture

Starmer’s downfall mirrors Johnson’s Two-party politics is falling apart at the seams

Jess Phillips fell short as a champion for women Her resignation from Government leaves key Labour pledges unfulfilled

Tuesday, 12 May

'I'm whatever LA needs me to be.' Credit: Getty

Is Spencer Pratt the hero LA needs?

The ‘beta mum’ trend is a new kind of virtue signalling A laissez-faire approach to parenting has turned into a humblebrag

Valerie Stivers

Labour MPs don’t have a plan after Starmer His successor is at the mercy of the party — and the bond market

Wolfgang Munchau

Steel nationalisation won’t save Starmer The PM is wheeling out all the old Labour classics

Monday, 11 May

Page is rumoured, but not confirmed, to be playing Achilles in Nolan’s film. Credit: Getty

Elliot Page as Achilles is not as far-fetched as it seems

Spencer A. Klavan

Is Australia heading for a Reform-style insurgency? One Nation’s by-election success has drawn comparisons to Nigel Farage’s party

Starmer’s limp speech has sealed his fate The gap between lofty promise and actual delivery will never be reconciled

Putin has no intention of ending the Ukraine war The Russian President hopes that America will be distracted by the Middle East

Bethany Elliott

Will the stalking horse bring down Starmer? She who wields the knife never wears the crown

Lee David Evans

Sunday, 10 May

Another bad day at the office. Credit: Getty

UniCredit Russia withdrawal weakens Germany’s hand

Don’t blame Covid for violent young women Teenage girls are buying into dangerous online subcultures

Kristina Murkett

Brown and Starmer are trapped in a New Labour cargo cult Handing out government roles is no substitute for leadership

Labour collapse risks accelerating Birmingham’s decline Local election results have left the city council deeply fragmented

Saturday, 9 May

Site photo of UFO sighting with FBI graphic overlayed. Credit: US Department of War.

Trump’s UFO files are victory for transparency

How Labour lost its grip on Newcastle The city was once emblematic of the Left’s voting coalition

Chris Middleton

Scottish election results are a blow to the Union While the SNP missed its target, voters have decisively rejected Labour and the Tories

Iain Macwhirter

Friday, 8 May

'While it’s clear that Trump has abused his relationship with the DOJ, Obama was no saint during his presidency, either.' Credit: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert/CBS

Obama is a hypocrite to call out Trump’s justice record

Living funerals: a troubling consequence of secularisation Cheery approaches to death strip it of its meaning

Spain’s migration experiment is far from a success story Claims about economic growth miss the deeper impacts of this influx

Krzysztof Tyszka-Drozdowski