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JULY 31. 2025

Labour and the Tories are in even greater danger than they think

New polling suggests that UK voters might have finally had enough of the two main parties

Matt Kelly’s picks of the week: Gary Lineker on speaking his truth

Our founder and editor-in-chief’s weekly highlights from the magazine

Danny Kruger: prophet of the religious right

When Danny Kruger speaks in parliament, the chamber empties. But his theocratic musings have a wider audience than you might think

Double standards and Tommy Robinson

The hard right rabble-rouser is reported to have left the country after police indicated they wanted to question him over an alleged assault

JULY 30. 2025

Another of Farage’s MPs probed by standards chief: er, Nigel Farage

Parliament's standards commissioner has announced he is looking into a possible rules breach by the Reform leader

Lionesses get the reception Boris Johnson refused

England's Euros-winning squad have made it to Downing Street after the former prime minister declined to offer an invite three years ago

Meet the new face of Reform in Wales

Laura Anne Jones, Nigel Farage's first member of the Senedd, has an uncanny ability for making headlines. Just not good ones

JULY 29. 2025

The parallel geography of violence in Mexico

In Sinaloa, the threat of death and chaos hangs in the air as the brutal cartel war shows little sign of abating

In Germany, priests are embracing prostitutes

A festival in Leipzig marks half a century since sex workers and priests stood together in solidarity against police violence

War in the quiet hours

Russia has intensified its aerial assault on Kyiv. One night may pass in relative calm, giving a fragile sense of normality. The next, destruction starts again

Germansplaining: Summer holidays, Germany’s hot topic

To avoid chaos, and in true German style, the country’s schools break-up for summer at different times

Farage’s firestarter politics

A year after riots swept Britain, Reform’s leader and his supporters are warning of future unrest unless their policies are followed. The message is a threat wrapped in respectability

Trump’s own Afghan scandal

The country’s ‘Freedom Pilots’ flew alongside American colleagues before being given refuge in the US when the Taliban returned. Now the MAGA regime wants to send them home – to what fate?

Wrapped in resistance: the story of the sari

The sari is given a radical reimagining in a bold Birmingham exhibition