Over in Britain, this year’s local elections have revealed more than midterm grumbling – but instead, a political turning point. Reform UK, previously dismissed as fringe, made meaningful gains in former Tory and Labour strongholds. Andrea Jenkyns’ mayoral win in Lincolnshire stunned the establishment, showing that message can indeed trump machinery. Voters aren’t just disillusioned – they’re mobilizing against crime, collapse, and condescension. 

Against all odds, Canada’s Liberals clinched a fourth term under their new leader Mark Carney, despite trailing badly in polls merely months ago. A late-game Trump backlash saw older voters rally behind Carney as a steadier hand, branding Conservative Pierre Poilievre as “Maple MAGA”. But, this shaky minority win masks a fragile mandate. With Carney inheriting Trudeau’s chaos, they’re set to face a trade showdown with Trump that could define the country’s economic future.

From the uncomfortably foreign call to prayer in city centres, to sharia councils and Islamic influence in politics, Islam is rapidly reshaping England’s cultural and civic life. However, to embrace an Islamic England requires its natives to abandon the Christian heritage that shaped their institutions, aesthetics, and shared story. In his inaugural commentary, Isaac Riley stresses that a love of one’s own culture is not hatred of others – it is the natural duty of inheritance, which must be defended.