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  • Wednesday, 22 May, 2024
    The editorial board
    An end to Britain’s uncertainty and drift

    The election will turn on which party can secure growth and competitiveness

    Rishi Sunak in 10 Downing Street
  • Tuesday, 21 May, 2024
    The editorial board
    Biden’s economic messaging is falling flat

    Strong national data obscures Americans’ everyday struggles

    A man inspects a Ford pick-up truck as it moves along an assembly line
  • Monday, 20 May, 2024
    The editorial board
    The tainted blood scandal is a failure of the British state

    Suffering and deaths of thousands of victims could have been avoided

    Families affected by the scandal gather in Westminster on Monday
  • Sunday, 19 May, 2024
    The editorial board
    Time to get Europe back to work

    Policymakers should review tax and welfare policies that disincentivise labour

  • Friday, 17 May, 2024
    The editorial board
    A misguided move on Chinese tariffs

    New Biden levies on Beijing undermine the global economy and the climate transition

    US President Joe Biden and China’s President Xi Jinping meet on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Bali last year
  • Thursday, 16 May, 2024
    The editorial board
    Britain risks throttling a golden goose

    By restricting student visas, the UK is endangering its world-class university sector

  • Wednesday, 15 May, 2024
    The editorial board
    The limits of yen intervention

    Unilateral efforts to prop up Japan’s currency are expensive and potentially futile

    Pedestrians cross an intersection in the Shibuya district of Tokyo
  • Tuesday, 14 May, 2024
    The editorial board
    Britain’s mighty Treasury needs to change

    Growth must be given the same importance as scrutiny over spending

    HM Treasury London
  • Monday, 13 May, 2024
    The editorial board
    An ominous stand-off in Georgia

    Tbilisi government is set to pass a law that could derail the country’s EU hopes

    Georgians attend a rally in Tbilisi against the so-called foreign agents bill
  • Sunday, 12 May, 2024
    The editorial board
    The EU should call time on Russian LNG imports

    With one more careful push, the bloc could wean itself off Moscow’s gas entirely

    A tanker ship sits off the coast
  • Friday, 10 May, 2024
    The editorial board
    A new growth plan for London

    Britain’s leaders need to ensure the vibrant capital lives up to its potential

    View of the City of London skyline from across the River Thames
  • Thursday, 9 May, 2024
    The editorial board
    Xi Jinping’s unproductive European tour

    China’s president gave few concessions and signalled his authoritarian worldview

    Xi Jinping, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and his wife Tamara Vucic stand on a red carpet in front and Air China plane on the tarmac at Belgrade Airport
  • Wednesday, 8 May, 2024
    The editorial board
    How to keep young people safe online

    Other countries are closely watching Britain’s attempts to take a lead

    A child using a smartphone
  • Tuesday, 7 May, 2024
    The editorial board
    The long shadows of America’s growing debt

    A failure to acknowledge the US debt problem puts growth and stability on the line

    The US Treasury building in Washington
  • Monday, 6 May, 2024
    The editorial board
    The next chapter in the streaming drama

    The bids for Paramount Global demonstrate where entertainment may be heading

    An arched entrance with ‘Paramount Pictures’ written over the gate
  • Sunday, 5 May, 2024
    The editorial board
    Routed Conservatives should end Britain’s damaging drift

    Governing party’s local election results were about as bad as they could have been

    Two men in suits - one with a blue rosette and the other wearing a red rosette - stand on a stage
  • Friday, 3 May, 2024
    The editorial board
    Two decades on, the EU needs a new Big Bang enlargement

    Despite some setbacks, expansion into ex-communist Europe was a historic success

    The Brandenburg Gate stands illuminated with the flag of the European Union
  • Thursday, 2 May, 2024
    The editorial board
    The pursuit of Anglo American highlights a global copper problem

    New mines are needed to meet the world’s demand for the essential red metal

    Anglo American’s Los Bronces copper plant in Chile
  • Wednesday, 1 May, 2024
    The editorial board
    The rapid deterioration of the Sahel

    Development is the only long-term answer to terrorism and growing Russian influence

    Crowds in Niamey display the flags of Niger and Russia during a protest against US presence
  • Tuesday, 30 April, 2024
    The editorial board
    Pedro Sánchez’s misguided one-man protest

    It is not just the right wing that has polarised Spanish democracy

    A person walks next to TVs broadcasting the statement by Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez
  • Monday, 29 April, 2024
    The editorial board
    The unravelling of the Scottish National party

    Downfall of Humza Yousaf further pushes back the prospect of an independent Scotland

    Humza Yousaf arrives for a press conference in Edinburgh
  • Sunday, 28 April, 2024
    The editorial board
    The pitfalls of a bullish dollar

    Stronger US currency has risks for the global economy and could hamper disinflation

    US hundred dollar notes
  • Friday, 26 April, 2024
    The editorial board
    Fears of destructive protectionism are overdone

    An aversion to trade in the US is not widely shared elsewhere

    Chinese EVs awaiting export
  • Thursday, 25 April, 2024
    The editorial board
    A justifiable ban on US non-compete clauses

    There are other ways of retaining key workers and protecting trade secrets

    Close up of Lina Khan
  • Wednesday, 24 April, 2024
    The editorial board
    The dire situation on America’s southern border

    If Congress will not act, President Joe Biden may have to do so

    Ismael Cruz, a 26-year-old Venezuelan migrant, plays with his young son on the by the Rio Grande river
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