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A global MAGA crusade against web regulation?

Britain

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A global MAGA crusade against web regulation?

We are often – wrongly – told that MAGA is simply a politics of expediency and national self-interest

Travis Aaroe

The UK censorship files: Jim Jordan’s crusade against Britain

British officialdom’s zeal for online regulation is setting it on a collision course with a resurgent and energetic US free-speech lobby

Laurie Wastell

Gillian Anderson: Ice Queen

Why is she so difficult to warm to?

Alexander Larman

Trumpism rules the world

His views are fast becoming the consensus, but people still find obscure reasons to oppose the man himself

Travis Aaroe

Diplomacy

Trump holds court at Turnberry

Trump, playing host to the British Prime Minister in Britain, rolled out the old classics

Freddy Gray

International
July 28, 2025
Trump is right about Britain’s windmills
The wind farms which he feels are spoiling the view from his Scottish golf courses are not just unsightly – they are costing British consumers a fortune
Ross Clark
Diary
July 28, 2025
Britain fought on the wrong side of World War One
A historian goes on holiday to what might have been the federal United States of Greater Austria
Dominic Sandbrook
Europe
July 25, 2025
Scotland bends the knee to Trump
These are changed days since his last visit to Scotland as president in 2018
Iain Macwhirter
Life
July 24, 2025
How Trump made golf a tool of diplomacy
World leaders looking for preferment are practicing their drives
Patrick Kidd
Royals
May 27, 2025
Why is Prince Harry in China?
‘Climate change isn’t just an environmental challenge – it’s a critical business emergency,’ he said from Shanghai
Alexander Larman
Europe
May 24, 2025
‘Woke’ has become a conservative fetish in Britain
There’s been a vibe shift
Laurie Penny
Law
May 9, 2025
It shouldn’t be illegal to burn a Qur’an
‘Is Britain now an Islamic theocracy?’
Patrick West
Book Review
May 2, 2025
Why Princess Diana is never forgotten
Edward White examines the effect of the former Princess of Wales on the millions worldwide who never even laid eyes on her
Philip Hensher
Place
May 1, 2025
Why Texas is the perfect vacation destination
I have just returned from five days in San Antonio and cannot recommend it too highly
Rory Sutherland
Europe
April 8, 2025
Europe is about to be hit by egg shortages
It’s a food laden with symbolism
Jonathan Miller

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