2679: Choc-a-block – solution
From our UK edition
The unclued lights are brands of CHOCOLATE. First prize T. Darch, London NW8 Runners-up Nicole O’Keeffe, London W11; Andrew Durham, Cooroy, Queensland, Australia
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Who chooses assisted suicide in Canada?
From our UK edition
Sign of the times A petition for an immediate general election gathered 2.7 million signatures in five days. What are the other most popular petitions on the UK parliament website this week? — Introduce 16 as the minimum age to have social media (112,500 signed). — Don’t change inheritance tax relief for working farms (85,600).
Wednesday
Trump’s tariff threat
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Trump’s popular transition
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How DOGE is planning to cut down the feds
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Which birds are doing best in Britain?
From our UK edition
The last straw Farmers are threatening to strike over the government’s changes to inheritance tax in what is being described as a first in Britain. Besides France, where farmers regularly protest, India witnessed a farmers’ strike in 2020, which was eventually settled after the government dropped proposed new laws. But one of the earliest farmers’
Letters: How to support the dying
From our UK edition
Life support Sir: If the Terminally Ill (End of Life) Bill is passed into law we will have crossed the Rubicon. As the second reading vote on 29 November approaches, it is astonishing that we are hearing less debate than on the loss of the winter fuel payment. There should be the mother of all
2678: Winning words – solution
From our UK edition
The unclued lights are four female winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature. First prize Angela Robinson, Brighton, East Sussex Runners-up Elizabeth Knights, Walton Highway, Wisbech; Andrew Vernalls, Milton Common, Thame, Oxon
Rachel Reeves can still repair the damage done to farming
From our UK edition
The Chancellor of the Exchequer found time this week to edit her own page on the social media site LinkedIn. She had, it appeared, fallen into error by saying that she had worked as an economist for the Bank of Scotland. Her role had in fact been humbler. No one should be criticised for seeking
Portrait of the week: Rising inflation, electric car targets and a tax on flatulent livestock
From our UK edition
Home Thousands of farmers protested in Westminster against inheritance tax on farms. Tesco, Amazon, Greggs and 76 other chains belonging to the British Retail Consortium said that costs introduced by October’s Budget ‘will make job losses inevitable and higher prices a certainty’. The annual rate of inflation rose to 2.3 per cent from 1.7 a
Wednesday
Laken Riley’s killer sentenced
Plus: Trans member of Congress bested in bathroom battle
Monday
How Biden is preparing for a Trump presidency
Plus: Morning Joe makes amends & Pentagon fails another audit
Friday
Are Pennsylvania Democrats starting the steal?
Plus: House GOP leadership takes shape & Trump picks get flagged
Thursday
2677: What’s in a name? – solution
From our UK edition
The 14 unclued lights can be constructed using only the letters in ‘THE SPECTATOR’, as indicated in the preamble. First prize Belinda Bridgen, London NW8 Runners-up J. Bielawski, Southport; Hugh Green, Petersfield, Hampshire
The case against assisted suicide
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Those in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill insist they’ve addressed critics’ principal concerns and that ‘stringent safeguards’ are in place. But it is impossible to see how this could be the case. If suicide is institutionalised as a form of medical treatment it is inevitable that vulnerable people will feel
Portrait of the week: Justin Welby resigns, interest rates cut and Trump announces appointments
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Home Justin Welby resigned as Archbishop of Canterbury, after not reporting to the authorities what he knew in 2013 of the abuse perpetrated by John Smyth QC (who ran Christian summer camps in the 1970s and 1980s and died in 2018). An independent review by Keith Makin found last week that Smyth abused more than
Wednesday
All smiles for Trump and Biden at the White House
Plus: McConnell gets his guy & CNN set to make major cuts
