Fair Say — Politics, policy, and fact-checking — claims worth checking.
The numbers show how difficult that cooperation remains. EU countries spent €115 billion on military equipment in 2025 , but only 24% of that spending went toward joint purchases, according to the European Defence…
Read moreEven at the end of last year, Jon Ossoff’s Georgia Senate seat looked vulnerable but last night he absolutely smashed it. Not only that, Keisha Lance-Bottoms becomes the first woman of colour to be Governor of Georgia. I…
Read moreHe quickly followed that with a joke about election interference, writing, “Guess my election-interfering space lasers didn’t work this time.” Musk’s adopted home of Texas has been a hot spot for data centers and data…
Read moreIt feels like a pile-on at a time when asylum seekers and refugees are already facing a barrage of hostility in this country. Even before the announcement, refugees felt under siege. With the withdrawal of the right to…
Read morePrior to her talk, I was already in a bit of a foul mood. Owing to what I presume was a logistical mix-up as opposed to some forced humiliation ritual, I found myself not with the rest of the media but with the activists…
Read moreThe UK debate about defence usually centres around how much money we spend. This is expressed as a percentage of GDP . T he enthusiasts for better defence currently argu e that we need to get to 3 per cent of GDP by…
Read moreSenate and made decisive gains in the House. But this might not necessarily be good news for Europe. On this special episode, Zoya Sheftalovich is joined by Sarah Wheaton in Brussels and our Global Politics Bureau Chief…
Read moreOn this special episode of Westminster Insider , Patrick Baker is joined from Washington D.C. by our Global Politics Bureau Chief Jack Blanchard to unpack the election results and to explore what they could mean for…
Read moreIn the St James ward in Dudley last week, Reform polled 37.9 per cent, the Conservatives 13.8 per cent, and Restore 6.9 per cent. Add that up and the right-wing vote totalled 58.6 per cent, but Labour won the seat by…
Read moreWith the moonlight streaming down upon it, I thought it symbolic of something. Of what, I’m not exactly sure. Perhaps the recent violent disorder the student protests have brought to France, or the tottering state of the…
Read more