'Macron and Starmer are made for each other'
Gavin Mortimer for The Spectator
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'The Idea That Biden Should Just Give Up Political Power Is Preposterous'
Jamelle Bouie in The New York Times
"Most Americans say they do not want" a "Trump-Biden rematch" in 2024, says Jamelle Bouie in The New York Times. This "sense of exhaustion" is why "so many political observers have taken to speculating about a future in which Biden, at least, doesn't run". He "could be an effective, successful president or he could be a one-term, transitional figure" – but "he could not be both", says Bouie. Anyway, "Democrats are committed to Biden and there's no other option, for them, but to see that choice to its conclusion".
'The brave victims of Russell Brand's misogyny deserve full support. This time, let's get it right'
Marina Hyde for The Guardian
"Explaining 'the culture' for women during the 2000s is quite hard if you weren't there," writes Marina Hyde for The Guardian. "When it wasn't unremittingly vicious (Britney), it was weird and gross," she adds. "I'm just one of the many people who got many different things wrong about how [the "Sachsgate" story from 2008] should have been covered and framed," says Hyde. "If we have learned anything... then it is vital we all treat these newly uncovered stories better," she says.
'I was furious at the idea of a male menopause but I was wrong'
Kate Lister for the inews site
"Despite my scoffing at the idea, it turns out that the andropause [the male menopause] is very much a real thing that can impact some men very badly," writes Kate Lister for the inews site. As the treatment is the same as for the menopause – hormone replacement therapies (HRT) – and women "are still struggling to access good health care when it comes to [HRT]", "rather than dismissing men's hormonal needs as well, I am going to say, welcome to the fight, lads".
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‘The economics of WhatsApp have been mysterious for years’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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Will Democrats impeach Kristi Noem?Today’s Big Question Centrists, lefty activists also debate abolishing ICE
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Is a social media ban for teens the answer?Talking Point Australia is leading the charge in banning social media for people under 16 — but there is lingering doubt as to the efficacy of such laws
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‘The economics of WhatsApp have been mysterious for years’
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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Three consequences from the Jenrick defectionThe Explainer Both Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage may claim victory, but Jenrick’s move has ‘all-but ended the chances of any deal to unite the British right’
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‘It may portend something more ominous’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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‘The surest way to shorten our lives even more is to scare us about sleep’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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‘The security implications are harder still to dismiss’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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‘Even those in the United States legally are targets’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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‘All of these elements push survivors into silence’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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‘Space is one of the few areas of bipartisan agreement in Washington’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
