The Edition: Stormy seas, Trump’s revolution & Gen Z’s sex recession

The Edition: Stormy seas, Trump’s revolution & Gen Z’s sex recession

Published: January 9, 2026

Duration: 41:08

Can Farage plot a route to Number 10, asks Tim Shipman in our cover article this week. He might be flanked by heavyweights – such as his head of policy Zia Yusuf and Conservative Party defector Danny Kruger MP – but he will need a lot more people to pull off his biggest upset for British politics yet. Where will they come from? And what’s the balance he needs to strike between being radical enough to win power but also without alienating significant chunks of the electorate?


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