Richard Addis

Should we take Kanye seriously? He says he is running to be president of the USA. Elon Musk supports him. Politically, it seems unlikely. But this year has been anything but predictable. He has 21 Grammys. He is married to a Kardashian. He designs sneakers with Adidas. Worth over $1.3 billion (£1.2bn), the music producer, rapper, and fashion mogul Kanye West declares he is now running for president.

Should we boycott Harry Potter? Her books are read and loved by millions, but JK Rowling’s tweets are making her very unpopular online. Fans wonder if it is time to leave Hogwarts for good. The Harry Potter series is 1,084,170 words long, but it only took a 21-word tweet from JK Rowling for outraged fans to accuse her of “ruining” the books forever. Her tweet mocked the expression “people who menstruate” and was widely criticised as transphobic.

Will Boris be a good leader of Britain? Like searchlights piercing the gloom, The Day’s questions will save you hours of reading this morning and lead you straight to the nub of the matter. 1. Does he have a dark side? Whether or not you believe it was set-up, the nocturnal row with his 31-year-old girlfriend Carrie Symonds on 21 June was a bad one: very loud screams, smashing sounds, cries of “get off me”, “get out of my flat” and the police called.