GOP demands investigation into Zelensky visit
Plus: Kamala grants another friendly interview to MSNBC
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Monday
Kamala punts on amnesty for ‘DREAMers’
Plus: Would-be Trump assassin ‘stalked’ former president, offered bounty
Friday
Kamala vows to shoot intruders in Oprah town hall
Plus: Eight Democrats buck electric vehicle mandate
Thursday
Letters: The mass appeal of cathedrals
From our UK edition
Mass appeal Sir: The upcoming ‘rave’ at Peterborough Cathedral follows the trajectory of using this sacred space as a mere entertainment venue (‘Raving mad’, 14 September). Previous secular attempts to commercialise include ‘experiences’ of the moon, dinosaurs, the deep sea and light shows. I assume the rave organisers did not witness the cathedral in June
How much do we spend on workwear?
From our UK edition
The first nimby Who coined the term ‘nimby’? — The expression, from ‘Not In My Backyard’, entered the political sphere in Britain in 1989 when it was used by the then environment secretary Nicholas Ridley to describe people who were in favour of house-building in general, just not near where they lived. He was later
Portrait of the week: Keir Starmer’s free clothes, Huw Edwards sentenced and Tupperware faces bankruptcy
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Home Sir Keir Starmer met Giorgia Meloni, the Prime Minister of Italy, in Rome and said that sending funds to Tunisia and Libya ‘appears to have had quite a profound effect’ in cutting the number of migrants arriving in Italy. In the seven days to 16 September, 1,158 migrants arrived in England in small boats;
2669: Partners in Crime – solution
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The unclued lights are the surnames of the ‘Queens of Crime’ and of their famous detectives: 1A/16, 19/15, 29/32 and 38/42. First prize G.R. Snailham, Windsor Runners-up Bill Ellison, Caversham, Reading; John and Di Lee, Axminster, Devon
Labour vs labour: how can the government claim to be promoting growth?
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Growth, growth, growth: that was what Keir Starmer told us would be his government’s priority in his first press conference as Prime Minister. Nearly three months on, as the Labour party heads into its first conference in power for 15 years, it is becoming ever harder to reconcile Starmer’s promise with the policies that his
Wednesday
How Kamala responded to the Trump attempted assassination
Plus: Inside Congress’s fight over IVF & Trump gets an approval boost
Monday
Trump survives second assassination attempt
Plus: TikTok ban heads to court & Dems meddle in GOP elections
Friday
Congress split on spending bill
Plus: Where Trump-Harris stand in the polls post-debate
Thursday
Letters from Spectator readers, October 2024
Californication and tiring of travel
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Letters: A cautionary lesson for England’s schools
From our UK edition
Lessons to learn Sir: Your leading article ‘Requires improvement’ (7 September) rightly raised concerns that a curriculum review in England might reverse the excellent progress in schools following the Gove reforms. Fortunately, there are two very good examples of what happens when you replace rigour and the acquisition of knowledge with left-wing dogma and woolly
Which media titles are worth the most?
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Media interest This week The Spectator was acquired by Old Queen Street Media for £100 million, around five times its annual turnover. How does that compare with other media valuations (also as a multiple of revenue)? Date / Title / Valuation Aug 2010 / Newsweek / 0.000000006 Feb 2011 / Huffington Post / 10.0 Aug
2668: Obit VII – solution
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The BOWLER (7) was DEREK (26) Underwood (synonym of COPSE (32)), nicknamed ‘Deadly’, who died on 15 April 2024. The four victims were MUSHTAQ MOHAMMAD, SUNIL GAVASKAR, GRAHAM DOWLING and GARRY SOBERS. First prize Robert Bailey, Norwich Runners-up Dorothy Mulvenna, Lancaster; Bill Stewart, Leicester
How to manage migration like the Swedish
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In the end, the German state of Thuringia did not fall into the hands of the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD). The party won the most votes in the recent election but was unable to form a coalition, meaning that Björn Höcke will not be the state’s minister-president. This is ideal for him: he can
Portrait of the week: State pension to rise, prisoners released early and a new owner for The Spectator
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Home The government won by 348 to 228 a Commons vote on limiting the winter fuel allowance for pensioners to those who qualified by poverty: 52 Labour MPs didn’t vote, one voted with the opposition; five MPs suspended from the Labour party also voted with the opposition. Three million people who began receiving the ‘new’ state
Wednesday
What’s next after the Trump-Kamala debate
Plus: Andrew Cuomo testifies about Covid nursing home deaths
Tuesday
Live commentary: the Trump-Harris debate
Featuring Amber Duke, Ben Domenech, Bridget Phetasy, Jacob Heilbrunn, Juan P. Villasmil, Kate Andrews, Matt McDonald, Roger Kimball, Ross Anderson, Teresa Mull and Zack Christenson
