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Never mind the social media ban. What about cutting the endless homework?
My kids do 150 minutes of study every night. If we want to give them their childhoods back, start there
How Makerfield fell out of love with Brexit
As Andy Burnham’s crucial by-election nears, a new poll eases fears that he may be damaged by his enthusiasm for the EU
Will Israel sabotage the US-Iran deal?
Netanyahu knows that this is his chance to defeat Iran, the goal he has pursued for his entire political career. He’s not about to let the opportunity go
Burnham, Binface and the sexist plumber: A guide to the Makerfield by-election candidates
Can Reform’s Kenyon beat King of the North Burnham in Makerfield? Probably not, but here’s our candidates guide
Albania’s message to Jared Kushner – see you next Tuesday!
Trump’s son-in-law plans to build a tourist resort in Albania on a protected piece of coastline. But the people have other ideas and have taken to the streets to let Kushner know just what they think of him
Sorry, but Trump’s White House UFC cage fight was actually really good
The night was tacky, over-commercial and at times just downright weird. But I’ve followed the sport for years and a fighting legend finally got the victory he deserved
EXCLUSIVE: UK government invests in Trump nuclear fusion company
US President’s media business co-owns technology firm now backed by Britain
Meet the Trump hire who says the president is now out of control
Former chief of staff Mick Mulvaney would have stopped the money-grabbing mixing of political and family business
This is how Elon Musk’s trillion-dollar house of cards could collapse
His fortune and empire are more fragile than his IPO’s backers believe
Roy Hattersley, former Labour deputy leader, dies
Committed pro-European who formed half of the so-called dream ticket with Neil Kinnock was 93
As GB News turns five, here are 19 of its worst moments so far
From Bev Turner madness through amateur-hour blunders to flat-out Ofcom breaches, this is the far right channel’s very essence
I visited Donald Trump’s White House UFC arena – it’s terrifying
On a tour of the president’s fighting cage, the first thing you notice is that it’s huge: like some horrific thing from outer space. But if you get your camera out, be careful. The Secret Service are watching
The trial of Donald Trump
He has committed a huge number of crimes and for most people, that would mean prosecution and jail time. But despite Trump’s rampant corruption, there’s a problem
The insane assumption behind the value of Musk’s loss-making SpaceX
Elon Musk is asking people to believe that his company is going to dominate the AI market of the future, which will be worth the entire value of today’s US economy. Sound likely to you?
Jacob Rees-Mogg promised I could stay in Britain. Now I’m worried he was wrong
The British state did a deal with me years ago that allowed me to live here and be a European at the same time. I am not going to change my side of the bargain, no matter what happens
How to reverse the democratic doom loop – and start a hope loop
Falling trust in politicians demands a new operating model for the relationship between state and citizen – welcome to what we call Everyday Democracy
Meet the Brexiteers who moan that Brexit has made them unpopular
Bitter winners Douglas Carwell, Matthew Elliott and Sarah Vine want you to know they’re the real victims
A devastating resignation that finishes Starmer – and possibly Burnham too
John Healey’s resignation is a nightmare for the PM, and the man who wants to replace him
A new kind of hatred has come to Northern Ireland
There is a new dividing line in Northern Ireland, one that ignores the old sectarian lines of loyalists and republicans, and threatens the province with a new, insidious kind of division
Tim Bradford’s cartoon: Heroes of Brexit 10th Anniversary Sticker Book
Letter of the week: How not to fix the housing crisis
Write to letters@thenewworld.co.uk to have your views voiced in the magazine
My journey to see what makes the Finns so happy
The Nordic nation has been named the ‘happiest country in the world’ for the last eight years. Why?
The broken bridge that sums up Germany’s attitude to its crumbling infrastructure
Decades of neglect have left road, railway and energy repair facing an investment gap of £400 billion
Australians couldn’t give an XXXX about Trump’s new tower
He wanted to build a huge new development in Surfers Paradise. The local population had other ideas
In Makerfield the Burnham tragedy is already taking shape
As PM, he would face all the same constraints as Starmer, Sunak and Johnson. If he makes promises he can’t keep, then like the others, he’s done for
Why are politicians such financial disasters?
A sorry list of leaders have failed to grasp even the most basic economic lessons, with disastrous results
Putin’s dirty war comes to Romania
A Russian drone crashed into a residential area in a Romanian border town. What came next was even more worrying
But what about my leftish legitimate concerns?
The media tells us we must listen to voices from the right. Can we metropolitan liberals have some time too?
The undersea war to keep the world connected
Russia and China can identify, map and cut the undersea cables on which the modern world relies. The west is only just waking up to the threat
How the world recoiled in horror from Brexit
In the aftermath, the world reacted with a blend of bemusement and opportunism that signalled a new world order would emerge in the next decade, with the UK as a lost and aimless spectator
The smelliest spaceship in history
The Gemini 7 mission was a reminder that for all the glamour of space flight, it’s important to get the small things right – and that includes the plumbing.
Brexit: a burden carried by the young
A generation has grown up that didn’t vote in the referendum, but has had to suffer the consequences of leaving the EU. Now they want to rejoin
The worst US spy chief in history – until this idiot came along
Obedient to Trump and with America’s security apparatus at his disposal, Bill Pulte has the potential to cause huge damage
How the global far right is attacking your mind
A brutal murder in Southampton has exposed the way political extremists influence and distort politics in other countries
The White House UFC fight will have one loser: Trump
His gaudy White House UFC event is taking place just as those who love and take part in the sport are deserting his presidency
The shocking lesson of the BBC’s Brexit: A Very British Civil War
They lied and lied, we were complacent – and the culture war began in earnest
How Elvis Costello predicted the rise of Farage
As the singer-songwriter tours his early material, it’s starting to sound like prophecy
Did mad cow disease cause Brexit?
The BSE crisis – and Europe’s response – set in train many of the arguments that resurfaced in the referendum 20 years later
The internet is lying to you about politics
Political ads on TV are subject to strict guidelines – but on social media, the rules are weak to the point of dysfunction. Add AI into the mix, and things begin to look downright sinister. It’s time to rewrite the law
The worst and best bits of the Burnham v Kenyon Question Time
When the would-be next PM squared up to the sexist plumber in a Makerfield by-election special, there was only going to be one winner
The New IRA terrorists who turn men into bombs
No one here wants the guns, the bombs or the terrorists. Yet here they are all the same, desperate to drag Northern Ireland back into the misery of the Troubles – and their list of victims is longer than you think
I’m 34, with £1,600 in my pension. When can I retire in comfort?
It’s petrifying, but I’m one of the three-quarters of UK workers who aren’t on course for a “moderate pension income”
Ignore the Daily Telegraph: the Brexit horror stories are true
The paper claimed that ‘Project Fear’ was pure propaganda – but the economic facts show it was all too real
Will Trump’s Iran War cause a global economic crash?
After the 2008 crash, it took a global effort to get the world economy back on track. But if another disaster did occur, with Trump in power, cooperation would be much harder
Tommy Robinson and the dark art of turning words inside out
Claims that Henry Nowak’s death shows police are guilty of “institutional racism” against whites are a manipulative reversal straight from the US far right playbook
The right wing mob’s dirty little secret
The violent chaos in Southampton, sparked by the murder of Henry Nowak, was all over social media. That’s because most of the rioters were hoping for one thing above all – to make money out of it
Our ‘pure cold rage’ should be at Farage and Robinson
The police made a terrible mistake with Henry Nowak. But deliberately stoking racial tensions for personal advantage is despicable
The issue that makes voters angriest of all
It’s housing. There simply aren’t enough homes. Successive governments have promised to solve the problem, but none of them have managed it, perhaps knowing any policy would benefit their successor. It’s time for that to end
My airport row with a Trump supporter
It started badly – and when he said the UK was unreliable, I lost it