Outside the system

Free from fear or favour

Edition 91 – November 2026

Inside

Highlights

  • Taking Back Control From the Culture Warriors

    Taking Back Control From the Culture Warriors

    The decision to leave the EU heralded a decade of damage for the UK. Since 2016, the British economy has shrunk by approximately 8% compared with what it would have been had the UK remained in the European Union, with trade down a striking 18% compared with previous forecasts.

  • Saying the ‘Unsayable’: Russian Interference

    Saying the ‘Unsayable’: Russian Interference

    Andy Burnham has broken a decade of establishment silence over Putin’s plan to get Britain out of the EU. Peter Jukes reports

  • Democrats Are Playing With the AI Fire

    Democrats Are Playing With the AI Fire

    Involving the companies wanting to frame regulation in their favour in funding and safety initiatives is a dangerous game, writes Matt Gallagher

Martin Rowson’s cartoon

Beggars’ Belief, a cartoon by Martin Rowson: figures huddled in cardboard boxes in a dark alley, one asking “Buddy, can you spare me a dime?”