China’s long-Covid lingers on
President Xi Jinping has an increasingly fractious population to add to his economic woes.
Dehenna Davison joins the list of young Tory MPs leaving Parliament
There’s an unfortunate drip-drip of announced exits as the party’s electoral prospects continue to look dire.
Will Rishi Sunak target foreign students in immigration crackdown?
The Prime Minister is under pressure to act after the highest immigration figures since the second world war.
Nicola Sturgeon: rudderless amid a perfect storm
The First Minister has made a big mistake in claiming the next election will be a de facto referendum.
Liability-Driven Investment? Look, Daft Idea, more like
Neil Collins’ Notebook: The LDI gamble comes to a head, and it’s time for the pompous OECD to savage the UK once again.
Most of the world doesn’t care about half-hearted gestures in Qatar
Qatar has been rightly criticised when other sporting hosts have not – but the World Cup could go down as a big success for the Gulf state.
Advent – the season the Church of England has forgotten
Advent, the contemplative run-up to Christmas, sits at odds with a frenzied world.
Migration highest since Second World War
Daily Briefing: The extraordinary surge in net migration to Britain this year is explained by a unique set of circumstances.
Don’t listen to Nigel Farage: immigration into Britain cannot be stopped
Immigration can be slowed and it can certainly be better managed but it cannot, I repeat, be stopped.
Ukraine war knocks 1% off global economic growth
New research has put a figure on the price of war – a tab Russia has made the world pick up.
On the Couch: Marie Le Conte
This week, Lucy speaks to journalist Marie Le Conte about how art and culture – even I’m A Celebrity – help us deal with uncomfortable, or traumatic experiences.
There is no magic bullet in oral health
The mouth is the gateway to the body. What happens in our mouths has a direct impact on our wider bodily health.
Nicola Sturgeon, what part of No don’t you understand?
Accepting that the independence ship has sailed would mean we could move on to making Scotland better for all of us.
Ukraine war: conflict now poised at the gates of Crimea
The recent recapture of Kherson marks a clear decision point for Ukraine. Russian forces are now definitively on the defensive.
Indyref 2 is sunk. Is Sturgeon too?
The nationalist dream of Scottish independence appears more distant than ever today.
The crisis in housing: Hashi Mohamed on A Home of One’s Own
Housing security is essential for a meaningful life and pivotal to a brighter future for the young.
Supreme Court ruling leaves Sturgeon’s indy strategy in tatters
The UK’s highest court has ruled that the Scottish government cannot hold a second independence referendum without the permission of Westminster.
What is there to give thanks for at Thanksgiving?
Both the Republicans and the Democrats lost the midterm elections but even scarier is a Biden-Trump re-run in 2024.
