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Why does Boris keep promoting Charlotte Owen?
Sep 6, 2024 · A reminder, if the name doesn’t ring a bell. Seven years ago, Charlotte was something of a blank sheet of paper: a York University graduate who had done little more than a series of internships.
The rise and fall and rise again of Lutfur Rahman - Prospect
Mar 27, 2024 · Rahman has also expanded his appeal to young, left-wing voters, tacitly positioning himself as an inheritor of the Corbyn project. In 2022 Rahman hired Corbyn’s former political secretary, Amy Jackson, to be his chief of staff.
Introducing our new podcast: Media Confidential - Prospect
Sep 28, 2023 · Alan Rusbridger (@arusbridger) is editor of Prospect and former editor of the Guardian, a position he held for 20 years.During his time at the Guardian he oversaw publication of many ground-breaking stories including the NSA leaks by whistleblower, Edward Snowden, the Wikileaks documents, the News of the World phone hacking scandal and …
An American massacre—1,200 dead - prospectmagazine.co.uk
Sep 25, 2024 · How can a nation perpetrate atrocities yet retain the conceit that it is acting as a force for good in the world? This is the “simple question” that Kim Wagner, professor of global and imperial history at Queen Mary University of London, poses in his impressive book Massacre in the Clouds: An American Atrocity and the Erasure of History.He presents a forensic study of the massacre at Bud ...
How the monarchy cashes in on our seabed - Prospect
Jul 19, 2023 · The evolution began in 1961, two years after the discovery in Dutch waters of large quantities of North Sea gas. The Crown Estate was constituted by an act of parliament to manage the assets belonging to the monarchy, with a mandate to …
The founders of Palestine Action on how to shut down a
Jun 5, 2024 · Members of their organisation, Palestine Action, have been branded “pernicious militants” by former Labour MP and life peer John Woodcock, whose new report argues that the government should keep under review “whether Palestine Action meets the criteria for proscription as a terrorist entity”.
Why the UK needs a written constitution - Prospect
May 19, 2022 · The UK’s “unwritten” constitution is, of course, largely written. It is not, however, codified in a single document. We find it in acts of parliament, such as the Bill of Rights 1688, the Acts of Union 1707, the Human Rights Act 1998, the Parliament Acts of 1911 and 1949, and in laws concerning the devolved nations and British Overseas Territories.
Is Kemi Badenoch a new kind of Tory? - Prospect
Dec 6, 2023 · Too often caricatured as a predictable right-winger with boilerplate Daily Mail opinions, the 43-year-old Badenoch is a politician of greater subtlety than her (many) opponents allow. Yes, her base may be on the Brexiteer right of the party. But those who admire her include Conservatives of a very different ideological complexion—notably, Tom Tugendhat, the security minister, who is both a ...
What will the Spectator look like with ‘arch schemer’ Gove at the …
Sep 26, 2024 · Yes, Michael Gove has been appointed editor of the Spectator.After a 19-year sabbatical from fulltime journalism, he is donning the metaphorical green eye shade and taking the helm of the influential conservative weekly, under the chairmanship of the former Spectator editor, Lord [Charles] Moore.