Lt Gen Vladimir Alexeyev. Credit: Getty

7 Feb 2026 - 2:10pm

Russian general shooting could derail Ukraine peace talks Moscow now has a ready-made pretext to step back from negotiations

Bethany Elliott

Britain has a fetish for military politicians Ex-soldier Al Carns is now an improbable contender for the Labour leadership

Friday, 6 February

US funding for MAGA think tanks in Europe will backfire As well as being wasteful, the move will aggravate allies

'Labour has no perfect candidate to replace a thoroughly imperfect PM.' Credit: Getty.

Labour leadership hopefuls are tainted by Starmer’s failures

Kamala Harris’s ‘Headquarters’ is a digital vanity project KamalaHQ’s relaunch repeats every mistake that cost Democrats young voters in 2024

Bitcoin crash is first sign of a market death spiral A weak jobs market coupled with hot inflation could lead to stagflation

UK ‘supermax’ prisons are a white flag to violent offenders US-style units are an admission of defeat on de-radicalisation

Thursday, 5 February

'It may not matter who is on the ticket in 2028.' Credit: Getty.

The return of yellow dog Democrats

Europe’s censorship dispute could shatter US alliance A Congressional report has exposed attempts to restrict free speech

Wolfgang Munchau

Palestine Action verdict is not two-tier justice Hung juries don’t mean that suspects have been let off

Labour MPs are diluting the meaning of citizenship New Government reforms expose the holes in the Left’s post-nationalism

Wednesday, 4 February

'The main source of scepticism about the renminbi is political, not technical.' Credit: Getty.

China won’t end dollar hegemony

Mandelson scandal exposes rotten core of peerage system There are few checks in place to penalise bad behaviour

Samuel Rubinstein

Elon Musk’s SpaceX bet is a costly mistake His $1.25 trillion merger is looking to put data centres in space

Andrew Orlowski

Are UK high streets beyond saving? A new cash injection fails to tackle the root causes of Britain’s malaise

No easy way out. Credit: Getty

Peter Mandelson puts the Met Police in an impossible position

Tuesday, 3 February

Anas Sarwar’s conversion on women’s prisons is too late Politicians taken in by trans ideology are now desperately backtracking

‘Fafo’ is no answer to gentle parenting Letting children make their own mistakes will not cure adults’ anxiety

Carolyn D. Gorman

Kemi Badenoch has a chance to rebuild the Tories Defections to Reform UK could help her party in the long run

'Is this how we game the metrics?' Credit: Getty

Labour’s NHS waiting lists tell a convenient political story

Gabriel McKeown

Monday, 2 February

Church of England exorcisms mark return of mysticism Britons are finding solace in the paranormal

Mary Harrington

Is Reform UK about to go green? Nigel Farage is seeking an unlikely ally in environmentalist Ben Goldsmith

Russia’s economy is strained, but not broken Moscow reportedly needs an extra $16 billion to finance the war

Sunday, 1 February

The court awarded Fox Varian $2 million. Credit: Getty

First detransition trial victory is only the beginning

Lisa Selin Davis

Trump’s budget cuts could break the old UN model Financial pressure may lead to a more multipolar organisation

European nuclear umbrella is a fantasy Friedrich Merz wants Germany to stop relying on America

Centrists are trying to outflank Marine Le Pen on immigration Macron's Justice Minister has called for a three-year moratorium on legal migration

Francois Valentin

Saturday, 31 January

In the clear? Credit: Getty

Latest Epstein release may have defused threat to Trump

Emily Jashinsky

Don Lemon deserved to be arrested He does not get a free pass for breaking the law

Ukraine ‘truce’ is little cause for optimism Moscow is still undermining peace negotiations

Bethany Elliott

Friday, 30 January

Why are TikTok medics threatening ICE? Parts of the medical profession have blurred the line between activism and care

Kevin Warsh pick signals return to pre-2008 Fed era Trump has reluctantly chosen a fiscal hawk