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Today’s Edition – 4th July 2024




SUNAK AND STARMER’S CONDUCT OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS MATTERS TO US ALL

Mark Fox | UK Politics

How the PM and leader of the opposition behave on polling day will set the tone
in the country for years to come.


SUNAK AND STARMER’S CONDUCT OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS MATTERS TO US ALL

Mark Fox | UK Politics

How the PM and leader of the opposition behave on polling day will set the tone
in the country for years to come.


THE SUN BACKS STARMER

Sang-Hwa Lee | UK Politics July 3, 2024

Murdoch swings behind Starmer’s Labour, but it’s a far cry from 1997.


THE POLITICAL BACKDROP FOR CENTRAL BANKS IS DREADFUL

Anthony Peters | Economics July 3, 2024

When central bankers tell us that they are “watching the data”, it means that
they have no idea what to do next.


SOUTH AFRICA’S COALITION GOVERNMENT: MAKING THE CASE FOR HOPE

Brian Levy | Africa July 3, 2024

In the aftermath of South Africa’s recent election, renewed hope has made an
unexpected appearance.


HISTORY IN THE HOUSE: A BOOK THAT REMINDS US OF THE VITAL IMPORTANCE OF OPEN
DEBATE

Mark Fox | Books July 3, 2024

Davenport-Hines charts the history of a succession of highly intelligent and
independently-minded historians, all based at one Oxford college.


NIGEL FARAGE AND REFORM HAVE CHANGED UK POLITICS FOREVER

Gerald Warner | UK Politics July 3, 2024

If Reform garners several million votes but very few – if any – seats, calls for
electoral change will intensify.


IS ED DAVEY GEARING UP FOR I’M A CELEBRITY? 

The Hound | UK Politics July 3, 2024

How dull a return to the world of Westminster will seem after the Lib Dem
leader’s action-packed election campaign.

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LUVVIES FOR LABOUR STAGE A REVIVAL

Jenny Hjul | UK Politics June 28, 2024

While parallels will be drawn with the Cool Britannia days of Tony Blair,
Starmer will struggle to truly match Blair’s knack of seizing the zeitgeist.


WHY EUROPE’S YOUTH ARE EMBRACING THE HARD-RIGHT 

Tim Marshall | Europe June 28, 2024

Jordan Bardella is a TikTok sensation while Germany’s hard-right AfD reaches as
many young Germans on the app as all other parties combined.


WILL TRUMP ATTEND THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE? DON’T COUNT ON IT

David Waywell | US Politics June 20, 2024

Donald Trump rarely turns down an opportunity to be in the spotlight. But he
doesn’t have a great attendance record when it comes to debates, for good
reason.


FORGET THE POLITICS, IT’S TIME FOR THE BANK OF ENGLAND TO START CUTTING RATES

Maggie Pagano | Economics June 20, 2024

The Old Lady needs a trim. There are two excellent economic reasons for going
ahead with a cut now.


TORYGEDDON – THIS COULD BE THE PERMANENT END OF THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY

Adam Boulton | UK Politics June 18, 2024

Once a party is routed as the Tories are about to be routed, there is no
guarantee it ever gets back into power.

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THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE: TRUMP TRUMPS AS SICK BIDEN IMPLODES

David Waywell | US Politics

This was not just a weak performance from Joe Biden. It was excruciating.


A FULL-BLOWN ISRAEL-HEZBOLLAH WAR WILL BE MUCH MORE DEADLY THAN THE LAST ONE

Tim Marshall | Middle East

Until recently both sides calibrated their firepower: enough to have an effect,
not enough to spark an all-out war. This month, that has changed.


AS THE EU MOVES RIGHT, HOW LONG CAN LABOUR REMAIN REMAINER?

Gerald Warner | Europe

The rightward turn at Brussels could engender a rebirth of the Bennite
Euroscepticism that once dominated Labour’s posture towards the EU.


HUNTER BIDEN’S VERDICT WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A WIN-WIN FOR BOTH SIDES

David Waywell | US Politics

Confused? Welcome to the world of political spin.


THE HUNT FOR THE DUKE OF WESTMINSTER’S ICE CREAM

David Waywell | Society

Watching Royal Watchers is a fun sport.


D-DAY DISASTER SHOWS SPREADSHEET SUNAK IS NOT A POLITICIAN

Iain Martin | UK Politics

The Prime Minister’s miscalculation on Normandy had its roots in his style of
working.


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CAN MACRON STILL STOP A LE PEN VICTORY?

Caitlin Allen | France July 1, 2024

France could be on the brink of electing a hard-right government for the first
time since the Second World War.


LE PEN IS NOT “ATTEMPTING TO SEIZE” POWER. DEMOCRACY IS PLAYING OUT

Anthony Peters | France July 1, 2024

Democracy isn’t in trouble, the people who think they own it are.


EVAN GERSHKOVICH’S ESPIONAGE TRIAL SIGNALS A DANGEROUS NEW ERA FOR JOURNALISM
IN RUSSIA

James Rodgers & Dina Fainberg | Russia June 26, 2024

The US journalist, who had been reporting on the Wagner Group for the Wall
Street Journal, could face a long prison sentence.


ASSANGE FLIES TO FREEDOM

Oliver Rhodes | World June 26, 2024

This is an extraordinary climbdown from the US government.


MACRON IS HEADING TOWARDS OBLIVION

Walter Ellis | France June 24, 2024

Instead of empowering the centre, Emmanuel Macron looks set to leave France with
only a hard-left and hard-right.

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How dull a return to the world of Westminster will seem after the Lib Dem
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GIULIO CESARE: GLYNDEBOURNE’S RECUT GEM IS AS GOOD AS OPERA GETS 

Gerald Malone | Culture June 28, 2024

“Revival” does not do this production justice.


WORD WATCH: NEBBISH

Andrew Wilton | Culture June 28, 2024

A word derived directly from Yiddish is emerging into view as a fully accredited
noun.


THE ALDEBURGH FESTIVAL TURNS 75 AND REMAINS A GLORY OF THE BRITISH MUSICAL YEAR

John Freeman | Culture June 26, 2024

From the start, Benjamin Britten’s festival was refreshingly innovative. It
still is today.


BAD-BOY SATIRIST HANOCH LEVIN IS QUITE POSSIBLY ISRAEL’S GREATEST PLAYWRIGHT 

Gerald Malone | Culture June 21, 2024

It felt like Levin was introducing the Tel Aviv audience to his wider family:
absurd, obsessive, often misguided, but always loved.


STOP AND LOOK: CHAPPEL VIADUCT BY WLADYSLAW MIRECKI 

Andrew Wilton | Art June 21, 2024

Mirecki’s work is a great ode to the unexpected grandeur of Essex scenery and to
the achievement of Victorian engineering.

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