Is X ruining politics? @FreddieSayers interviews Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi — journalist behind the Twitter Files — about whether Elon Musk’s 'digital town square' has become a post-truth political megaphone, and how the UK and US compare on freedom of speech.

‘Netanyahu has now shown Trump’s capital to be worth far less than it appeared this time last week.’ @TomRtweets on Israel’s strike on Qatar👇 https://t.co/ZlNsATscwf

Andrea Jenkyns' sparkly jumpsuit is a potent symbol of the mutiny now brewing among the women of Middle England:

‘There are no safe spaces’. Israel has a clear message for Hamas leaders, writes @dpatrikarakos 👇 https://t.co/sUbNBDYWeP

The US is now Israel’s sole reliable ally. Netanyahu should beware actions that damage Washington’s credibility. @TomRtweets👇 https://t.co/ZlNsATscwf

‘I then spent two months held in filthy conditions, being stripped and cavity-searched.’ Read @MattBroomfield1 on his time in a Greek asylum detention centre 👇 https://t.co/AIdxpAfN6A

‘With pensioners making up 35% of the electorate — as well as being the cohort most likely to vote — few politicians have a shot at ultimate power without them.’ @Valen10Francois on the toad squatting on France’s public purse 👇 https://t.co/pU6DqBqSeO

‘The Ukraine conflict is the collaborative project of both Trump and Biden, with a minor assist from Barack Obama’s second term.’ Will America ever break out of its political doom loop? Malcom Kyeyune 👇 https://t.co/dazUOxrxP5

Progressivism has ushered in an anti-family ethos which has damaged birth rates among younger Americans. @epkaufm👇 https://t.co/FNUuFVf2q6

‘In honour of Andrea Jenkyns’ conference outfit, if not of her comparatively drab speech, we might describe their emerging policy mood as Sparkly Jumpsuit Deportations.’ @moveincircles👇 https://t.co/uPbz1dTeKr

‘Local resentment is fuelled and attention deflected from the real villains: canny politicians who weaponise the immigration crisis’ @MattBroomfield1 on the failure of Greece’s asylum system 👇 https://t.co/AIdxpAfN6A

In 1991, ex-prime minister Michel Rocard warned that in the future France’s pension model would topple five or six governments. It’s now toppled two prime ministers in the last eight months. @Valen10Francois 👇 https://t.co/pU6DqBqSeO

In 2016, Trump dared Americans to dream of a completely new political system. But almost a decade later, has he actually changed anything? Read Malcom Kyeyune 👇 https://t.co/dazUOxrxP5

Having kids is more important to male Donald Trump voters than it is to female Kamala Harris voters, according to a new poll. Did the Great Awokening depress birth rates? @epkaufm👇 https://t.co/FNUuFVf2q6

Middle England’s middle-aged mums have been radicalised. @moveincircles on a new sparkly, sentimental sensibility👇 https://t.co/uPbz1dTeKr

Greece is introducing even tougher measures aimed at curbing migration from North Africa. But, as @MattBroomfield1 explains, a brutal asylum system can often backfire 👇 https://t.co/AIdxpAfN6A

To find France’s last balanced budget, you need to go back to 1975. So where is all the money going? As @Valen10Francois explains, the problem is pensions 👇 https://t.co/pU6DqBqSeO

‘After the collapse of real socialism and the fall of the Berlin Wall, there no longer existed enough imagination inside the West to actually bring about meaningful political change.’ Read Malcom Kyeyune on how America got stuck with a rotten political system 👇

Ordinary British women, especially mothers, are not precisely conservative, if by this you mean abstract stuff about markets or Edmund Burke. They’re something else. @moveincircles👇 https://t.co/uPbz1dTeKr

Americans are increasingly aware that the expert class has failed on public health for decades. The medical establishment's pressure on RFK Jr could backfire. @emilyjashinsky👇 https://t.co/vyCSUS0g3Q

over at @unherd , I've got one on gold's record rise...and the partial vindication of decades of direct-to-consumer gold sales on right-wing talk shows