Britain’s Not Got Talent? Plus Labour’s response to war in Gaza

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Great British Nukes, Tice’ s tax and the Manosphere – Theroux the looking glass

Ed Davey wants Britain to have its own nuclear weapons – smart move against the Greens or the end of the old anti-nuke Lib Dems? Why is the damning story about Richard Tice’s tax avoidance not damaging the Reform deputy leader when it would sink any other politician? Does Louis T ...  Show more

Can Centrism save the world… again?

The Mandelson Files are beginning to dribble out and they don’t look good for Keir Starmer. Will this be the final albatross round the PM’s neck? Zoë Grünewald and Rafael Behr talk over the unfurling consequences of the second-worst files in the world. Plus, liberalism has taken ...  Show more

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