Make an observation and receive a prison sentence, or remain silent and hope for reform. This isn’t the Soviet Union we are describing, but the United Kingdom. In his investigative piece below, Connor Tomlinson highlights the profound parallels between the Soviet State’s justice system and the one led by Kier Starmer.

As a large portion of America celebrates Trump’s election victory, the Budget of the UK’s Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has cast a fiscal storm cloud over its “working people”, alongside other disillusioned groups such as farmers and pensioners. Here, Helena Stone explores how the Labour government is losing the favor of those it governs, all while the American stock market is soaring.

Trump’s win last Wednesday didn’t just shake up the stock market, but the art world too. In her commentary, Bella Époque addresses the art world’s inability to understand why so many American citizens ticked Trump on their ballot paper, and how conservative artists remain one the quietest voices in the creative realm.