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The Spectator

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As a junior doctor one summer I was referred a farmer with seizures. They'd been brought on by heatstroke, and they weren't stopping despite the emergency department giving him the right drugs and managing to find not one but three portable fans to plug in next to him. The
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Reeves's legacy – beyond being the least popular chancellor ever, according to polling – is unemployment and business destruction. Her £25 billion raid on national insurance, coupled with hikes to the minimum wage, has, without any doubt, led to the rising unemployment we have
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Count Binface has never lacked ambition. 10, nationalise Adele and build at least one affordable house. Admirable though these causes may be, however, the self-proclaimed 'intergalactic space warrior' has overlooked one national emergency. If he truly wants to leave Britain – or
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A recent survey revealed that the median amount of time that we have as our midday breaks is a trifling 34 minutes. But, from a legal perspective, this is more than our due. Government guidelines declare: 'Workers have the right to one uninterrupted 20-minute rest break during
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When, shortly after the Brexit vote, Spain submitted a proposal to the United Nations proposing shared sovereignty between the UK and Spain, dual citizenship for residents, and a unique status for Gibraltar within the European Union, the offer was rejected by the Gibraltar
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And it won't surprise anyone with any knowledge of Falklands history to hear that the Islanders will be among England's biggest fans this evening. Dan Biggs, the Falklands football manager, told me earlier this week: "Training is cancelled. We'll be glued to our televisions and
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What else is left but sport? Only really the big news stories, and those are hardly ever good news. We could perhaps revel in the excitement of Andy Burnham's accession – but that is something only starry-eyed Labour MPs, and absolutely nobody else in the country, think is going
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"It could be really cool if Congress was filled with goth people," Kelley Dennison, the 27-year-old Republican nominee for Colorado's 2nd congressional district, told the Daily Caller. The Gen Z massage therapist is campaigning on an unexpected aesthetic, selling merchandise
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On today's Reality Check podcast: Did Rupert Lowe agree to be interviewed by The Joe Rogan Experience merely to create content – or is Restore a serious political party? Some of his statements suggest it's the former rather than the latter. Listen |
Fact check: Rupert Lowe on Joe Rogan
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Topping the list – before he was sacked in March over historical sexual offence allegations – is former Radio 2 breakfast show host Scott Mills. He was fortunate enough to pocket a whopping £750,000 from licence fee payers. Greg James comes second on an eye-watering £440,000.
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Male-dominated industries such as manufacturing, agriculture and construction used to contribute 40 per cent of UK output, but over the past half century this has shrunk to just 16 per cent. The gender pay gap – stubbornly pervasive across our economy – is now in reverse for
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Sir Ed Davey this afternoon issued an impassioned plea to Tory wets disillusioned with Kemi Badenoch: come home to the Lib Dems. The party leader gleefully encouraged the likes of Gavin Barwell to 'come and talk', as Badenoch delivered an ultimatum to her own ranks – back my
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The Times rebuked Nigel Farage for turning tragedy into "propaganda" by speculating that her killing may have been politically motivated. But recent developments suggest he may have a point: counter-terrorism cops have taken over the investigation. Even his laying of flowers
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I'm a little sceptical of reports that Ed Miliband is prepared to back down and accept new drilling for gas in the Jackdaw field in return for being made chancellor. Last time that Miliband was reported to be on the point of granting permission for new oil and gas licences in