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JUNE 20. 2025

The secrets of Trump’s Bitcoin binge

The president used to disdain cryptocurrency. But legal bills, greed and the chance for leverage over the markets have changed all that

Gen-Z want to ‘rot’ at home. What’s wrong with that?

It has never been harder to live in the real world and easier to live in the digital one. No wonder so many young people are choosing to escape into the online universe

Adam Curtis’s Conspiracy Cinematic Universe

The documentarian returns with Shifty, another gorgeous fever dream of jaw-dropping clips and had-scratching claims

Matthew d’Ancona’s culture: The savage yet mystical 28 Years Later

Director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland triumphantly reanimate their dormant franchise

Farage steals a slogan from the Lib Dems

The Reform leader is to pitch himself as the champion of “the people who set their alarm clocks in the morning”. Has he learned nothing from Nick Clegg?

The London Standard really doesn’t like London

The increasingly right wing newspaper ran an article suggesting the capital should be moved out of London

Labour’s devastating disability benefits cuts are a time bomb

Many of its own MPs won't support measures that could see some people lose £10,000 overnight

JUNE 19. 2025

Daniel Hannan’s Brexit predictions have not aged well

Nine years ago the Conservative peer predicted what life would look like following Brexit in June 2025. His predictions proved a touch optimistic

Will war in Iran spike global fuel costs?

The world can’t afford a repeat of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But this new conflict might doesn’t look like having the same economic impact

Iran, Trump and the slide into global anarchy

If Trump wants to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities, he needs British air bases. Starmer should not let him use them without making his own demands

No, the Brexit reset won’t kill smoky bacon crisps

A Daily Telegraph non-story about snacks says it all about the lunacy of the British right

Telegraph finally says sorry for absurd school fee article

The paper has apologised after being duped into publishing a sob-story about high-earners limited to just one long-haul holiday a year

Grok incurs its owner Musk’s ire

Despite all his best efforts, Elon Musk's AI still seems to be refusing to tell him what he wants to hear

JUNE 18. 2025

The vote to decriminalise abortion

In passing the vote with a bipartisan majority, parliament showed it doesn’t have to be a place where good news and policy comes to die