Trump’s opponents still believe he’s a dictator
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Plus: House to vote on Biden EV mandate
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Friday
Santos kicked out of Congress
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Plus: Trump gets a BLM endorsement
Wednesday
Nikki Haley gets that sweet Koch money
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Plus: Hunter Biden prepared to testify to the House
2630: Souvenir - solution
The puzzle appeared on 11 November 2023. The unclued lights reveal ‘The CENOTAPH and POPPY evoke REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY, once ARMISTICE DAY, the ARMISTICE being SIGNED at the ELEVENTH HOUR, ELEVENTH DAY and ELEVENTH MONTH’. First prize Victoria Estcourt, Tisbury, Wilts Runners-up John Harley, Norton, Stockton on Tees; M.D. Conway, Grimsby
Press freedom isn’t ‘sentimental’ – it’s vital
‘We can be quite sentimental about some of our so-called treasured assets,’ said Lord Johnson, one of Kemi Badenoch’s business ministers, earlier this week. ‘The reality is that media and information has moved on. Clearly, most of us today don’t buy a physical newspaper or necessarily go to a traditional news source.’ His implication was
The Old Campaign
‘Love and war are the same thing…’ — Miguel de Cervantes Somewhere over the tiled foothills of our council estate A man and a woman are arguing. The focus of the argument is something brutally trivial A TV programme choice, that sort of thing, Yet the air is a hot Isandlewana of big
Portrait of the week: Elgin Marbles madness, Israel/Hamas ceasefire and Oscar Pistorius freed
Home Net migration reached a record 745,000 last year, the Office for National Statistics said, 139,000 higher than the 606,000 it had previously given. Robert Jenrick, the minister for immigration, was reported to be ‘pressuring’ No. 10 with ideas for cutting immigration, such as by making a minimum salary of £35,000 a requirement for a work
Letters: it’s not rude to ask how someone’s name is pronounced
No control Sir: Your leading article (‘The welfare monster’, 25 November) has fallen into the increasingly common trap of posthumously attributing to Brexit voters imagined reasons for their voting to leave. No, we didn’t ‘in large part’ do so in a search for a better economic model. We did so to rid ourselves of the
Why don’t Britons spend time in nature?
School’s out Aslef members walked out on strike again this week, 18 months after this round of rail strikes began. But the unions still have a long way to catch up with Britain’s longest-ever strike, which lasted 25 years in the unlikely setting of the village of Burston, Norfolk. It began on 1 April 1914
Bone Water
He felt brave, capable and full of duty He went out with the rest of them and scoured the high grass And the tide-step and low sandy grass He saw how early morning on the river had its beauty They spread out in a loose crescent form Each man could hear the other’s high rubber
Monday
Biden’s economic blame game
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Plus: Elizabeth Warren takes on ‘Big Sandwich’ & Santos lashes out
Wednesday
Cuomosexual conversion therapy
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Plus: Omar makes more demands and Sam Altman returns
Britain’s welfare system is out of control
To grasp the scale of Britain’s welfare crisis, consider some of the changes announced by the government this week. There will be tighter restrictions on sickness benefit and people with mobility issues will have to work from home. It’s a big and controversial reform. But the result? The number of Britons claiming sickness benefits –
Portrait of the week: tax cuts, hostage releases and highly rated horses
Home Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister, said, ‘We can now move on to the next phase of our economic plan and turn our attention to cutting taxes,’ having seen a reduction in inflation. Jeremy Hunt, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, followed suit in the Autumn Statement, cutting personal taxes. The government was to make changes
2629: Urban Renewal - solution
Unclued lights are anagrams of US state capitals: 13A Boise; 18A Dover; 23A Raleigh; 24A Denver; 28A Madison; 38A Salem; 3D Austin; 22D Des Moines; 27D Lansing. 12A/2D is an anagram of Oklahoma City and 40A/29D of Baton Rouge. First prize Heather McLaren, Seaford, East Sussex Runners-up Iain Chadwick, Edinburgh; Raymond Wright, Wem, Shropshire
What is best: gas or electric?
Hobs choice Oxford City Council has banned the installation of gas hobs in new homes from 2025. What is best: gas or electric? – According to Which? running a gas cooker costs £23 a year, compared with £61 for an electric cooker. Boiling a large pot of water takes an average of 9.69 minutes on
Letters: arts funding is in good hands
Culture clash Sir: Rosie Millard doesn’t like the current Arts Council England (ACE) strategy (Arts, 18 November). She quotes the experience of two organisations, ENO and the Fitzwilliam Museum, ‘who did not get their regular grant’ and who have fallen ‘out of favour’. It is often forgotten that no arts company is guaranteed funding beyond
Economic Innovator of the Year Awards 2023 – the regional finalists
We’re very pleased to announce the finalists for The Spectator’s Economic Innovator of the Year Awards 2023, sponsored by Investec. Nourished NatureSpace Partnership Ltd Igloo Vision iEthico Coracle Equipmake Holdings Plc Sunamp Limited Good-Loop Locate a Locum Agricarbon MacRebur Limited Celtic Renewables Bike Club ComplyAdvantage The Cheeky Panda Exclaimer Beam THIS™ Synthesia Paragraf Yoti Smartify
Monday
Biden is the real turkey this Thanksgiving
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Plus: Nikki Haley fundraises from Bush-era lobbyists
Friday
China cons US on green energy agenda
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Plus: The tragic end of Biden’s favorite EV company
