From Labour’s economic plan to the Tory leadership: no one wants to be associated with Liz Truss
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Letter of the week: New power generation
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From André Aciman to Vanessa Kisuule: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Four Points of the Compass by Jerry Brotton and The Invention of Good and Evil by Hanno Sauer.
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Germany’s lesson for Labour
Angela Merkel’s decision to open Germany’s borders to mass migration has proved a gift to the far right.
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The transformation of JD Vance
Donald Trump’s running mate has brought the new right to the brink of power.
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Long-term illness is not a battle to be “won” – it’s a weight to carry forever
You can’t truly share in pain, or suffering; you can’t share stays in hospital, or scans, or drug treatments.
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A painful Budget is coming, but there are ways to manage it
The tax raid on the middle classes has already happened, thanks to Sunak and Hunt.
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Janet Frame’s asylum dreams
The New Zealand author, born 100 years ago, was both tormented and inspired by her experience of mental illness.
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How Telegram fosters online extremism
The under-regulated platform lacks transparency. The Southport riots remind us why this matters.
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Long live the low life
Jeremy Clarke’s final Spectator columns, written after his cancer diagnosis, are witty, well balanced and devoid of self-pity.
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Subscriber of the week: Simon Tyler-Murphy
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From Robert Bartlett to Donal Ryan: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Sing Like Fish by Amorina Kingdon and Tracks on the Ocean by Sara Caputo.
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Medicine wars
A revolt over patient safety and declining expertise is tearing the medical establishment apart.
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A jokey exchange in Waitrose veers into darkly existential territory
A question about whether I was old enough to buy alcohol haunts me with brutal irony.
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Thought experiment 2: the Unconscious Violinist
How the American ethicist Judith Jarvis Thomson’s defence of bodily autonomy can be transposed on to the right to abortion.
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A trade war between the EU and China would be a disaster for Europe
The problem with EU tariffs is not their legitimacy, it’s their effectiveness.
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From MP to pigs’ pee: how ejected Tories are faring on the jobs market
Your weekly dose of gossip from Westminster.
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Letter of the week: A step in the wrong direction
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Labour’s winter fuel revolt
Keir Starmer must forge a politics of generational solidarity. The crises the UK faces require collaboration, not conflict.
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A brush with a bushy tail has turned my family into red squirrel fanatics
Since first spotting the wild visitors last December, my parents’ garden has become something of a red squirrel hotspot.
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