Tommy Robinson’s pointless, confused, US-funded march
If the hard right rabble rouser has to cross the Atlantic for financial backing, what does that say about his level of support in Britain?
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The far right declares war on Kylian Mbappé
In a Vanity Fair interview, the star footballer said he was worried by the rise of the hard right. The result was a wave of race-baiting, and the return of the big Le Pen lie: that unless you’re white, you’re not really French
Trump’s money-grubbing World Cup plans are thrown into reverse
Prices were so high for tickets that the tournament risked becoming a festival of pure greed. But fans simply weren’t buying it – and so Trump and FIFA have had to think again.
Goodbye and good riddance to the age of paralysing political caution
An addiction to risk aversion has stalled progress. Now with Burnham, the dam has burst
Will we all end up as Chinese AI death clones?
A company in China now creates digital avatars of dead people. And now it seems Mark Zuckerberg is looking at how to keep users glued to his platforms, even after they’re gone. Are we heading for eternal digital life?
Burnham is risking it all to show he won’t flinch from big decisions
His Makerfield move is a gamble – but also a signal of intent
Is Wes Streeting the man to take Britain back into Europe?
Under a Streeting premiership, it is highly likely the government would take on a far more pro-EU approach
Right wing papers don’t scrutinise Farage – they suck up to him
The Sun, Telegraph, Mail and Times cover the Reform leader less like a politician and more like a star
Keir Starmer’s diary: his final, doomed expedition
A revealing look into the prime minister’s journey across the political wastes of his career
Why there will be no coronation for Streeting
At odds with party members, his path to No 10 is narrow – but he figures it’s now or never
Letter of the week: The case for a healthy party of the right
Write to letters@thenewworld.co.uk to have your views voiced in the magazine
Can Reform really call themselves Christians?
Nigel Farage’s party waves the Bible but opposes loving thy neighbour and helping those in need
Why one-nation Tories can’t vote for compassionless Kemi Badenoch
She comes across as nasty and rejects compromise – that’s no recipe for a leader
This is Putin’s most transparent move so far
Donald Trump sends friends and family round the world to negotiate on his behalf – is it any surprise that Putin should do the same?
Why I wish hantavirus hadn’t come to South Africa
Whenever something bad happens, it always has to happen to us. Haven’t we been picked on enough already?
How to beat Farage
Reform haven’t peaked – and their march to No 10 can only be stopped if we face up to why they’re winning
Cheap drones have made modern wars unwinnable
As Trump has discovered with Iran and Putin in Ukraine, a new, cheap method of warfare has come along to make those ultra-high-tech, ultra-expensive, weapons redundant
Gaza: the killing continues and the world looks away
It has been six months since Trump announced a ceasefire in the Gaza war. But the killing continues, food and water are scarce, and children are being attacked by rats. Where is the international response?
The nation where 1.7% of the population is now behind bars
In one of the largest mass trials in the country’s history, 486 alleged gang members are being tried together in a single proceeding in El Salvador
How PM Andy Burnham could change British politics forever
The man who might be our next PM wants a new electoral system to replace FPTP
Traitors, renewables and Trump’s time running out: 18 reasons to be cheerful
The news is relentlessly bad – but, statistically speaking, things will have to get better at some point. Here are some positive thoughts to cling to amid the gloom
Tone-deaf Jeff: how the world soured on billionaire Bezos
He started off as a nerdy bookseller with a love of spreadsheets. Now he’s ended up as a stony-faced, muscle-bound plutocrat, posing on the red carpet with the Kardashians.
Britain needs a prime minister in the real world. That’s not Keir Starmer
As a leader, Starmer was meant to be rigorous. But he turned out to be just as flimsy as his predecessors
Starmer: It’s a matter of when and how, not if
The prime minister says he will fight on. That looks increasingly unlikely
It’s not about a new leader. It’s about a new story
Any replacement for Keir Starmer would face the same problems – and the need for a fresh narrative to match future challenges
A prime minister on the brink
After a feeble relaunch and a party rebellion, Keir Starmer is clinging to power
Ofcom U-turns on GB News investigation after The New World exposé
The regulator is now probing the channel’s Donald Trump interview over “material misleadingness”
It’s too soon for a leadership challenge to Starmer
The PM must show fight and passion – and his critics must consider what they really want
Dodgy donations, painful piles and laughable Lee Anderson: Nigel Farage’s election day diary
A revealing look into the Reform leader’s private journal. (Is this real, or satire?* Read on to find out…)
Farage wants to dodge the blame for Brexit. We can’t let him
Labour are letting Reform’s leader get away with it – the upcoming 10th anniversary is time to change that
The case that lifts the curtain on the world of offshore finance
In a $12bn Colorado court challenge, an heiress claims she was swindled out of her inheritance. But the argument is about much more than one woman’s money and about the infinite possibilities of the world of offshore finance
Schrödinger’s PM: Keir Starmer is both politically dead and alive today
If the Labour leader refuses to accept the inevitable, Britain will soon have a pocket-lining populist in No 10
The racism so deep in Australian culture most people can’t even see it
The problems faced by Indigenous Australians have been overlooked for too long. It has taken a horrific murder to force Australians to confront the intense bigotry that persists across society
What we learned about the 2026 local elections
A disaster for Starmer and a triumph for Farage – but not quite as clear-cut as predicted
Why Starmer should, can and has no option but to move towards Europe
After the elections, a serious pivot to the EU is necessary, possible and the only card the beleaguered prime minister has left to play
Peter Thiel hates the media – no wonder he wants to control it
A new startup by the Silicon Valley money man will allow people to raise objections to stories in the press. A quick look at the targets of this new venture makes Thiel’s agenda all too clear
Nick Clegg: the old world has gone – it’s time to build a new one
Brexit has been a disaster and the old, post-war order is never coming back. In the decade ahead, Britain – and Ukraine – must become part of the EU to help build a new, independent Europe
The US economy cannot escape the Iran war, no matter what Trump says
It may be self-sufficient in energy, but America can’t shut itself off from the global economy. As a result, the president’s war of choice in the middle east is about to make everything a lot more expensive
What two musician brothers from Carlisle can teach JD Vance about Ukraine
If the VP ever becomes president, there is truly no hope for America
21 things you can’t be sure didn’t happen in the local election campaign*
*Only two of these things are actually true – we think
British politics will only get worse
Defence, welfare, policing – all of these require money that the UK doesn’t have. And when inflation starts to bite, the problems will only intensify, especially for the most disadvantaged
The case for a British post-populist right
Péter Magyar managed it in Hungary. Can his counterpart be found here to avoid the catastrophe of Nigel Farage?
Theydon Bois and the fight against the young
There is a battle in Britain to stop the future being built. And one Essex village encapsulates all that’s wrong about British NIMBYism
Orbán left a poisonous legacy. Can Magyar fix Hungary?
Péter Magyar has a huge challenge ahead of him to repair the catastrophic damage done to Hungary by Viktor Orbán. The first job is to clear out all of his corrupt cronies
Trump’s Germany troop tantrum is a self-destructive mess
Losing 5,000 US soldiers is bad for us – but arguably worse for America
AI, Wittgenstein and Buddhism: finding the limits of what we can know
A researcher asked a powerful AI programme to impersonate a Buddhist deity. The result holds important lessons for consciousness and our understanding of reality – whatever that might be
The most unwelcoming, expensive World Cup in history
It will be hideously expensive, will exclude whole sections of the US public and be largely inaccessible to foreigners – a perfect Trumpian tournament
What would happen if Farage got into No 10? It’s even worse than you think
A new book predicts migrant riots, Brexit wars and a dismantled BBC – and none of it feels outlandish
Letter of the week: Starmer and the impossible job of being PM
Write to letters@thenewworld.co.uk to have your views voiced in the magazine
We need to talk about Zack Polanski
The charismatic Green leader is close to a breakthrough – yet must answer legitimate questions about his past and his social media likes