Patrick Vallance speaks during a televised press conference at 10 Downing Street in February 2021. Credit: Getty

10/06/2023 - 5:45pm

Don’t let Sage scientists off the hook for lockdown Patrick Vallance deserves criticism for his role in the pandemic too

Is the EU about to turn on Ireland? The Republic's status as a tax haven for multinationals is coming under scrutiny

Keir Starmer could learn from Rishi Sunak’s gender fightback The Labour leader cannot see that he is still failing women in his party

Labour’s battle with the SNP is only just beginning Today's victory in Rutherglen will not be replicated across Scotland

Thursday, October 5

Left-wing extremism is on the rise across Germany A spate of attacks on AfD politicians may have political consequences

Ralph Schoellhammer

Yanis Varoufakis: the full interview The Greek economist discusses globalism, immigration and the fall of capitalism

Academia is driving away potential Nobel winners Katalin Karikó is the latest recipient to suffer poor treatment at her university

Are we headed for a stock market crash? A rise in interest rates on US treasury bonds will cause turbulence

Should we feel sorry for David Beckham? A Netflix series depicts the footballer as a victim of the scandal-ridden Noughties

Wednesday, October 4

Am I really such a danger to Oxford’s students? The new Vice-Chancellor has condemned 'abusive and threatening language'

Yanis Varoufakis: Suella Braverman should be expelled from the UK The Greek economist discusses Britain's immigration crisis with Freddie Sayers

Nigel Farage will never rejoin the Tories The Brexit architect wields more power outside the party than within

Is Gavin Newsom poised to challenge Joe Biden? The California Governor's new Senate appointment suggests so

US states hit the brakes on ‘gender-affirming care’ Nebraska is the latest to follow the Scandivanian model on trans treatment

Eliza Mondegreen

The classroom mobile phone ban doesn’t go far enough Technology is harming children beyond the school gates

Sophie Winkleman

Tuesday, October 3

Suella Braverman is channelling Jeremy Corbyn The Home Secretary quoted poetry in a rapturous appearance at Tory Conference

Matthew Crawford: The global war on motorists The writer spoke to Freddie Sayers in San Francisco

Kevin McCarthy deserves credit for his Ukraine position The Speaker's reasonable position on the war is an example to both parties

Marshall Auerback

Will the Government finally collect data about women? Science Secretary Michelle Donelan announced a review this week

The renewables sector is crashing Share prices have fallen by 20% in two months

Philip Pilkington

Monday, October 2

Our Victorian forebears would be ashamed of HS2 Modern Britain seems utterly incapable of building anything

Claire Coutinho: Net Zero has become a religion The Energy Secretary blamed activists and Labour for damaging the cause

Laurence Fox meets Andrew Tate: a taste of things to come The pair's large followings insulate them from total cancellation

Mary Harrington

The Conservatives should ignore Liz Truss’s latest theory The former PM claimed that people never vote on the past

RFK Jr could be an agent of chaos in a general election Running as an independent candidate may have unpredictable consequences

Sunday, October 1

UK to send fighter jets to Poland amid Russian threat Grant Shapps warned against a possible incursion into Eastern Europe

Ukraine sceptic Robert Fico storms to victory in Slovakia The populist's win could hurt Western support for Kyiv

William Nattrass

Saturday, September 30

Russia’s fuel export ban will hurt the West European leaders are turning a blind eye to an impending diesel crisis

Ralph Schoellhammer

Friday, September 29

Majority of US students now support speech codes A poll finds that a record number of undergraduates back restrictions

Government report: no good evidence that lockdown worked The UK Health Security Agency concluded that evidence around NPIs is weak

Drone technology is reinventing warfare What happens in Ukraine could shape the way we fight across the world

The felled Sycamore Gap tree leaves a hole in Northumbrians’ hearts A love letter to the natural monument that once stood on Hadrian's Wall