Issue: February 2026
And that was the news …
The decline of quality journalism amid a “jungle of drivel” on social media
This drama in Tehran is fictional
The spy drama never flinches from portraying the savagery of the Ayatollahs’ regime
Welcome to cut-price justice
David Lammy’s claim that his quest to abolish jury trial is driven by faith is grotesque. The real reason is to save money.n
High Noon is a disappointing evening
Westerns, like science fiction and pornography, are a genre best left to film
Peston’s Inbox
As hacked by Robert Hutton
The new age of empires
The world faces a new reality: three predatory imperial powers in Russia, China and the USA
Farage’s new faces
Reform needs to pick hundreds of candidates who are ruthless politically, but not lunatics
Are the Tories broken?
Why vote Conservative?
