The EU area's projected growth in 2027 is worse than Britain's. Credit: Getty

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Stop blaming Brexit for bad growth Commentators were quick to leap on the IMF's latest report

Nigel Farage could be the big winner from Bregret A growing disillusion among Leave voters works in his favour

Giorgia Meloni’s latest cheerleader: The Economist The publication's initial fears about the leader never materialised

Monday, January 30

Peter Hitchens: the Covid censors are moving on to Ukraine The journalist warns that the Government is extending its surveillance

Why I don’t trust Sturgeon’s U-turn on trans prisoners Her decision is about optics, not female safety

How bad will the global housing market crash be? The metrics are eerily similar to 2008

Philip Pilkington

Donald Trump kicks off campaign with realist line on Russia The ex-president’s dovish stance is a challenge to the bipartisan consensus

Dylan Mulvaney’s new face is only the beginning Butchering your own body for entertainment will become commonplace

Mary Harrington

Sunday, January 29

Czech Republic votes against populist candidate Andrej Babiš The country has turned to former NATO chief Petr Pavel

William Nattrass

Friday, January 27

Ron DeSantis teaches Texas how to fight a culture war The Florida Governor is blazing a path for other states to follow

What Galop gets wrong about conversion therapy A new report inadvertently shows the pitfalls of state overreach on gender identity

Dominic Cummings: ‘The Deep State is real’ Officials are in control, says the former adviser, and that's often a good thing

Grayson Perry’s ‘Full English’ is a missed opportunity The artist's TV bid to discover the 'real' England is only a caricature

Nicholas Harris

Holocaust Memorial Day is for everyone — except Jews Modern commemoration of the genocide has lost all its meaning

Thursday, January 26

Meet Srdjan Djokovic, Novak’s troublemaking father Serbs won't be surprised by his antics in Australia

The EU’s trade war hypocrisy America is only copying what the European single market has done for decades

The myth of the workaholic billionaire Today's super-wealthy are just as lazy as the rest of us

Philip Cunliffe

Ukraine is on the verge of losing Bakhmut Western sources are now advising Kyiv to strategically withdraw

Why can’t the media get the Clydebank rapist’s pronouns right? The press is prioritising a criminal's feelings over women's safety

Wednesday, January 25

Census: two-thirds of transwomen list sex as female New ONS data contains a startling finding

How Germany’s tanks could make peace more likely Improving Ukraine's battlefield strength can ensure a prolonged stalemate

Ralph Schoellhammer

What’s the truth about casualty numbers in Ukraine? Inaccurate and piecemeal information has been a fixture of this war

Once again, America chooses Ireland over the UK The row over the Protocol is proof that the Irish-US bond is stronger than ever

Tuesday, January 24

Life after Zero Covid: markets bet big on China Vast inflows are flooding the Chinese stock market

Philip Pilkington

Is Ghislaine Maxwell gearing up for more revelations? Her TV appearance shows she will only protect Epstein's friends for so long

Can Donald Trump regain his Twitter touch? The former president was once the undisputed master of the medium

Russia realism makes a comeback in Central Europe Untrammelled support for Ukraine is no longer the default position

William Nattrass

Monday, January 23

What if David Cameron had never promised an EU referendum? A decade on from his pledge, it is worth asking how different Britain would look today

Why would South America want a single currency? The fragility of the Eurozone should be a warning for Brazil and Argentina

King Charles must represent the normie centre The coronation ceremony is bound to annoy the culture warriors

Mary Harrington

Politicians are mysteriously blind to trans activists’ misogyny Public abuse of women is now plain to see, from Glasgow to Westminster

Thousands of Russian convicts join the front line in Ukraine The Wagner Group militia is being replenished with freed prisoners

Bethany Elliott