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Previous: Keir Starmer’s ‘Elbows Down’ Approach to Power Is Winning Over His Enemies and Alienating His Voters Edition 73 – May 2025 Article 13 of 36 – Contents

In Edition 73 – May 2025

Edition 73 – May 2025 – Cover + Contents
1Editorial information
2Editorial – The Need to Be Seen
3News In Brief – Niet Zero
4Peter Oborne’s Diary – The Sycophants
5Political Musings – Spring is Here
6On The Ground – Royal Flush
7High Court Case Brought Against Dan Wootton Over ‘Catfishing’
8Bad Press Awards – Janet Daley Scoops the Leopard Print Ribbon for Tragically Late Epiphanies
9Mandrake – Hacking Away
10‘Turning A Blind Eye to Gaza is the Fatal Flaw in Starmer’s European Alternative to the Trump-Putin Axis’
11Blue Labour in the ‘MAGA Square’
12Keir Starmer’s ‘Elbows Down’ Approach to Power Is Winning Over His Enemies and Alienating His Voters
13‘How Rapidly the Labour Government Has Been Disowned by the Liberal Left is Self-Indulgent and Irresponsible’
14‘Living Through This Labour Government’s Benefits Cuts Is Brutal’
15From Grief To Grievance
16‘Two-Tier’ Justice Or Two-Tier Punditry?
17‘Legitimate Concerns’ and Root Causes: Have Lessons Been Learned From Last Summer’s Riots?
18‘The Wider Issues the Riots Were a Symptom of Must Remain on the Political Agenda’
19Adolescence May Have Created a ‘Cultural Moment’ But Our Conversations About Misogyny and Masculinity Are Missing the Mark
20Cultural Crisis: Why Can’t We Talk About the Water We Swim In?
21‘There May Not Be Any Institutions Left to Rebuild – the Democrats Need to Project Confidence and Keep Fighting’
22Do the Democrats Need Their Own Joe Rogan – Or Just a Compelling Argument?
23The Silent Violence of Trump’s Second Term
24Being Braver Than We Want To Be
25Political Culture – Trump’s Tariffs: Starmer’s Moment of Danger and Opportunity
26Political Economy – Trump’s Tariffs: The World’s ‘Liz Truss Moment’
27Notes on Now – An Absent Establishment
28‘This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like’
29‘Labour Offers No Clear Narrative’: In the Shark-Infested Waters of Politics, Reform Is Circling
30A Rising Tide For Shareholders While Bill Payers Struggle to Stay Afloat: Who Owns Britain’s Water?
31The Elixir of Life Is In Danger
32‘We Have Utterly Decimated Our Rivers’
33‘To Imagine That A River Is Alive Causes Water to Glitter Differently’
34Ecosystem Engineers: Welcoming Back Our Beavers
35Myth of the Month – Mr. Pink
36The Upside Down – Old Nick’s Game

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