October 9, 2025

Katie Porter shows why Democrats keep alienating GOP voters

How the Gaza ceasefire could fall apart Iran will not let Hamas die

David Rose and Ali Hamedani

Scrapping stamp duty will alienate Northern Tories Kemi Badenoch’s policy is likely to exacerbate the housing crisis

Gaza ceasefire could be Trump’s greatest victory yet It may redefine the US President’s legacy

Lenny Henry’s reparations demand ignores black British history

Wednesday

08.10

Will Sam Altman’s chipmaking gamble implode? OpenAI has signed $1 trillion in deals this year

‘Farage is socialist’ becomes new Tory attack line Conservatives are finding novel ways to discredit Reform UK

Trump’s new farm rule betrays American workers Those who feed the nation stand to lose thousands of dollars a year

Dustin Guastella

‘Queer history’ doesn’t need Lord Nelson

EU tariffs will crush Britain’s struggling steel industry New measures risk finishing off a sector already weakened by decades of neglect

Tuesday

07.10

Bluesky civil war shows free speech is harder than it looks No site can provide both total safety and open expression

Supreme Court’s conversion therapy case is a test of censorship At stake is the freedom to ask difficult questions about gender identity

Lisa Selin Davis

Chris Philp: Tories are looking to Trump for deportations plan

Zack Polanski is outflanking Corbyn on the British Left Green proposals on landlords and Israel could snatch votes from Your Party

Israel’s Tommy Robinson invitation is a strategic misstep Netanyahu’s attempt to find new allies abroad will backfire

Limor Simhony Philpott

Monday

06.10

Emmanuel Todd: US has accepted defeat against China

Will Labour’s police reforms fall into the two-tier trap? Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is cracking down on recurring protests

French PM’s resignation has brought crisis to Macron’s door Sébastien Lecornu, an ally of the President, was only appointed last month

Francois Valentin

Andrej Babiš’s Czech victory realigns European populism A Visegrad alliance could obstruct EU policy on Ukraine

Susanne Mundschenk

Tory deportations pledge is a weak Farage tribute act

Sunday

05.10

LA failures are killing its tourism industry International visitors are put off by the city’s crime and degradation

Banning sports betting could be a populist victory Americans are broadly in favour of curbs on gambling

Trump is the Middle East’s best chance of peace He does not suffer from the same constraints as other mediators

Palestine Action supporters defy Starmer after Manchester attack

Saturday

04.10

Gold rally spells trouble for the dollar Investment banks are advising clients to stock up on the metal

Can Japan’s Margaret Thatcher save her party? Presumptive PM Sanae Takaichi is open to working with the Right-populist Sanseito

Kemi Badenoch’s anti-green agenda won’t convince Tory deserters Her pledge to repeal the Climate Change Act isn’t compelling for voters

New Archbishop of Canterbury is a chance for unity Sarah Mullally should not be dismissed because of her liberal politics

Is Taylor Swift a secret conservative?

Friday

03.10

Federal shutdown won’t help Democrats’ midterm prospects New polling reveals that Trump remains stubbornly popular

Michael Baharaeen

Ignoring Islamic hate preaching will lead to more violence A rise in pulpit extremism in British mosques has gone unchecked

Is France waging war on children? Parliament has been forced to draft legislation limiting ‘no kids’ zones

Francois Valentin