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Kemi Badenoch really doesn’t want a pact with Nigel Farage. The problem is lots of Tories really do

The Tories are trailing third in the polls and look set for local election disaster. If Reform is the answer, she may have to go, says the Spectator’s political editor, Katy Balls

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Spectator owner said to be planning to fund new generation of UK journalists

Multimillionaire Paul Marshall understood to be talking to senior figures in Britain’s right-leaning media about the idea

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Education Secretary says Birbalsingh’s account of meeting ‘not as it was’

Bridget Phillipson met Katharine Birbalsingh, who has been commonly described as Britain’s strictest headteacher, earlier this month.

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Can a brown Hindu be English? Most Britons say yes. Why do so many on the right say no?

An argument about Rishi Sunak’s identity reveals how ideas of ethnicity and race have become conflated

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Bridget Phillipson ‘told high-profile headteacher to lower her tone’ in meeting

The Education Secretary met with Katharine Birbalsingh – who has been commonly described as Britain’s strictest headteacher.

Evening Standard

The Westminster WhatsApp addiction has claimed its latest victim. Why can’t they just stop?

The encrypted messaging service is popular for work and play. But as Andrew Gwynne and many others have discovered: beware the leaks, says Katy Balls political editor of the Spectator

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Journalist’s X account reportedly restricted after debunking Elon Musk sock puppet rumors

The original post with Jacqueline Sweet’s story link had 1.5 million views

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GB News backer Sir Paul Marshall’s hedge fund sees yearly profits slide

Marshall Wace, which is one of the UK’s most successful hedge funds, unveiled its annual financial results in new company filings.

Evening Standard

Profits at GB News owner Paul Marshall’s hedge fund plunge

Fall of 64% at Marshall Wace will result in significantly reduced payouts for 24 partners

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Thursday briefing: Why Kemi Badenoch’s rough start as Tory leader shouldn’t be a surprise

In today’s newsletter: Why did the Conservative leader spend Christmas fighting with Nigel Farage – and what did the row reveal about her tenure so far?

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Farage: Badenoch must apologise for ‘crazy conspiracy theory’ on Reform numbers

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has accused Reform UK of ‘fakery’ over its membership data.

Evening Standard

'I will not touch bread if it is moist': Kemi Badenoch sparks Westminster food fight

Starmer says he prefers a toastie over steak after Badenoch claims ‘lunch is for wimps’ and sandwiches are not ‘a real food’

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Spectator breached code with trans comment in Nicola Sturgeon article, watchdog says

A MAGAZINE’S reference to Juno Dawson as a “man who claims to be a woman” in an article on Nicola Sturgeon was discriminatory, the press…

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Efune insists his Daily and Sunday Telegraph bid is still on track

Asset manager Oaktree out of running as backer but businessman has ‘high confidence’ he will get finance

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‘High energy, high risk’: Tories already wonder if Kemi Badenoch will last until the next election

She says virtually nothing on policy, but this is no cautious ‘Ming vase’ strategy. Her appetite for chaos will make or break her, says Katy Balls, political editor of the Spectator

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Farage and Reform ‘not the cause of Tory problems, but a symptom’, says Badenoch – as it happened

The Tory leadership candidate says the party churned out a laundry-list of promises instead of listening to members

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The BBC has rehabilitated Michael Gove from Brexit hysteric into genial radio jock

In handing him his own series, the corporation is relaunching yet another failed politician

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Michael Gove scorns ‘Tory boy’ Robert Jenrick and praises ‘brave’ Kemi Badenoch

Former minister says Kemi Badenoch’s reputation for ‘getting into scraps’ is a good thing

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Telegraph takeover: ‘concern’ in newsroom over Dovid Efune talks

New York Sun owner’s hardline stance about Middle East prompts fears over editorial independence

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Michael Gove, Spectator editor: an expert explains the long relationship between Westminster and the media

Michael Gove has a new job. The former Conservative MP and senior government minister will take over as editor of The Spectator this month, assuming the UK’s advisory committee on business appointments raises no objections.

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Call this a party conference? It’s more like a weird Tory festival of mass delusion

Delegates are confused about the past and mired in false hope about their future, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Telegraph auction: New York Sun owner a frontrunner as deadline looms

Suitors such as Dovid Efune and new Spectator owner Paul Marshall have until end of Friday to submit offers

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UK political magazine The Spectator's new editor is Michael Gove

Michael Gove has been appointed as the editor of The Spectator which is one of the world’s oldest political magazines

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Michael Gove named as Spectator editor after GB News backer’s takeover

Former Tory minister to take reins at magazine bought recently by Paul Marshall, with Charles Moore as chair

The Independent UK

Michael Gove appointed new editor of The Spectator following £100m sale

Former Tory minister will take over from current editor Fraser Nelson next month, magazine announces

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