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By Angus Colwell
Good morning. Pubs, clubs and live music venues will see business rates sla=
shed by 20 per cent from April, No. 10 announced this morning. The widow of=
PC Andrew Harper has called on the government to U-turn on its planned ear=
ly prisoner release scheme. Thames Water=E2=80=99s hosepipe ban has officia=
lly come into effect, the US and Saudi Arabia signed a multi-billion-dollar=
nuclear deal and a Michelin-starred chef in South Korea could face jail fo=
r serving ants for dessert. You=E2=80=99re reading Spectator Daily: here=E2=
=80=99s everything you need to know today.
PUB BUSINESS RATES SLASHED
The third full day of Andy Burnham=E2=80=99s premiership kicks off with a t=
hird major policy announcement: business rates will be slashed by 20 per ce=
nt for pubs, clubs and live music venues. The move is expected to cost arou=
nd =C2=A3100 million a year and will apparently be funded (the all-importan=
t point as Tim Shipman highlights [https://spectator.com/article/andy-bur=
nhams-centrist-act-isnt-fooling-anyone/?status=3D=
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] in this week=E2=80=99s magazine) by reviewing business rates relief on =E2=
=80=98anti-social businesses=E2=80=99 such as vape shops. The move, which w=
ill take effect from April, will save the average pub around =C2=A31,100 a =
year in tax.
Good news for publicans, of course. But the cynic in your author wonders if=
the government hopes the announcement will serve another purpose: to distr=
act from the ongoing row over its early prisoner release scheme. As crowded=
as prisons are, ultimately, even the Guardian puts [https://www.theguard=
ian.com/society/2026/jul/22/andy-burnham-announces-review-of-prisoner-early=
-release-scheme?status=3D=
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] it thus: the plans imply the =E2=80=98early release of thousands of kille=
rs, rapists and sex offenders from prison in September=E2=80=99.
Opposition to the plans has been spearheaded [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/=
articles/c0ejwedl1gno?status=3D=
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=
] by the widow of PC Andrew Harper, who was killed in 2019 after being drag=
ged down a country lane by a car while investigating a burglary. Two men re=
sponsible for his death =E2=80=93 Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole =E2=80=93 w=
ould be eligible for early release after being jailed for 13 years in 2020 =
for manslaughter. Lissie Harper described the plans as =E2=80=98deplorable=E2=
=80=99. A victim of sexual abuse went on Newsnight last night to call for =
[https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/2080046219951251570?s=3D20?status=3D=
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] the plans to be stopped after learning that her abuser could be released =
early.
Tom Maddick/SWNS
Prisoners celebrate with champagne following the last round of early releas=
es in 2024.
Burnham yesterday ordered prison bosses to pause plans for the early releas=
es and said the government would review the programme. He did add, however:=
=E2=80=98I can=E2=80=99t say that I can change the policy completely.=E2=80=
=99 It=E2=80=99s certainly a big task for new Justice Secretary Alex Norris=
in his first cabinet-level role.
The scheme is due to come into effect on 2 September, and the details are t=
hus: the Sentencing Act 2026 replaces the automatic halfway release point f=
or prisoners serving determinate sentences [https://sentencingcouncil.org=
=2Euk/about-sentencing/types-of-sentence/determinate-prison-sentences/?status=
=3D=
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=
] (when a court sets a fixed length for a jail term) in England and Wales w=
ith an =E2=80=98earned progression model=E2=80=99 based on behaviour. It me=
ans that most prisoners will be freed a third of the way through their sent=
ence, serving the rest of it under strict supervision with electronic taggi=
ng.
Sexual and violent offenders, who were previously released after serving tw=
o-thirds of their sentence, will now be freed after serving 50 per cent. Mo=
re than 60,000 prisoners have been freed since September 2024 after serving=
40 per cent of their sentence.
The Prime Minister has to strike the right tone on this and he started by c=
hastising two of his ministers who were caught joking [https://www.bbc.co=
=2Euk/news/articles/cgk4x44mm50o?status=3D=
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=
] about it on a hot mic this week. Wes Streeting was overheard telling Shab=
ana Mahmood that Norris was =E2=80=98the enemy now=E2=80=99 as he =E2=80=98=
wants to let them all out=E2=80=99: Mahmood laughs considerably. Both have =
apologised for the joke and Burnham said it was unacceptable.
This vagueness over whether the scheme will go ahead extends to other polic=
ies, too: particularly the possibility of raising the personal allowance ta=
x threshold. Burnham said [https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/a=
ndy-burnham-puts-personal-allowance-rise-on-budget-agenda-k76n2xzmz?status=3D=
=
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=
] there was no =E2=80=98immediate commitment=E2=80=99 to increasing it abov=
e its current level of =C2=A312,570 but that he wants to look at it ahead o=
f the autumn Budget. Hey, perhaps this is all the bloodthirsty media wantin=
g decisions, policies, news all now. No harm in asking questions, though.
=E2=80=98Andy wants to tour the country and meet some of his subjects=E2=80=
=99
Watch the live recording
On Monday evening, Tim Shipman was joined by Nick Clegg for the second inst=
alment in our new event series, Tim Shipman Meets the Party Leaders. They d=
iscussed the decline of the two-party system, global alliances and the thre=
ats and opportunities of AI.
Watch now [https://spectator.com/article/livestream-tim-shipman-meets-nick=
-clegg]
THE END OF THE RESHUFFLE
Tapped out: Mike Tapp =E2=80=93 erstwhile immigration minister who fell out=
with Shabana Mahmood over an article about care worker visas =E2=80=93 has=
officially left [https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/mike-tapp-sacked-mahmood-=
row-burnham-5Hjdf2f_2/?status=3D=
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=
] the government. The MP for Dover and Deal posted on X that he was =E2=80=98=
no longer the minister for migration and citizenship=E2=80=99. He added tha=
t =E2=80=98service has always meant putting the country first=E2=80=99 and =
said he was =E2=80=98proud to have approached the role with that principle =
at its heart=E2=80=99. Moving words =E2=80=93 though one imagines Mahmood w=
on=E2=80=99t be sad to say goodbye.
That was the main headline from yesterday=E2=80=99s junior ministerial appo=
intments, which were confirmed last night. The other was that Al Carns, the=
former armed forces minister, will not be returning to government. He sai=
d [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/07/22/al-carns-refuses-to-joi=
n-burnhams-government-over-defence-s/?status=3D=
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=
] the issue he resigned over =E2=80=93 defence spending =E2=80=93 =E2=80=98=
has not yet been settled=E2=80=99 but that he had more confidence in John H=
ealey as Chancellor to boost it. Anas Sarwar has also become trade minister=
after stepping down [https://spectator.com/article/is-it-any-wonder-anas=
-sarwar-is-fleeing-holyrood/?status=3D=
Non-subs=
=
] as Scottish Labour leader to take a seat in the House of Lords.
Dall=E2=80=A2E
Mike Tapp likes to post AI-generated videos of himself, so we made this one=
for him.
Bloodletting continues in the Tory party, meanwhile, with a cracking scoop=
[https://spectator.com/article/grant-shapps-misses-out-on-tory-selection/=
?status=3D=
Non-subs=
=
] from our deputy political editor James Heale. Kemi Badenoch=E2=80=99s can=
didate selection has passed over Grant Shapps, the former home and defence =
secretary, according to multiple party sources. Shapps is believed to be on=
e of at least ten former MPs to have failed their assessments. A friend of =
Shapps said: =E2=80=98It=E2=80=99s surprising to see someone who was party =
chairman who actually won a general election being prevented from standing =
by the party.=E2=80=99 Coincidentally, James has more on the Tories=E2=80=99=
plans for Andy Burnham=E2=80=99s premiership in this week=E2=80=99s magazi=
ne here [https://spectator.com/article/how-reform-and-the-tories-plan-to-=
fight-andy-burnham/].
Just ban-ter: As of 12.01 a.m., a temporary Thames Water hosepipe ban has o=
fficially come [https://www.thameswater.co.uk/help/temporary-hosepipe-ban=
?status=3D=
Non-subs=
=
] into effect. The water company asked its ten million customers across Lon=
don and the Thames Valley to stop using hosepipes, sprinklers or pressure w=
ashers connected to the mains supply for non-essential tasks. You can still=
use a watering can, bucket or water butt to feed your allotment, wash your=
car or fill your paddling pool. But not following the rules means a =C2=A3=
1,000 fine.
Speaking of H2O, the former chief executive of Southern Water has been cha=
rged [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c36d0njy7jjo?status=3D=
=
Non-subs=
=
] over an alleged plan to fiddle water quality tests to avoid paying financ=
ial penalties. Matthew Wright and three other former employees have been ac=
cused of conspiring to defraud the Environment Agency and regulator Ofwat o=
f about =C2=A345 million. He =E2=80=98denies all wrongdoing and has coopera=
ted fully=E2=80=99 with the investigation, according to his solicitor. Sout=
hern Water claims the charges relate to a =E2=80=98historic set of failures=
=E2=80=99 and the company has changed.
Coming up today
The Office for National Statistics releases its quarterly crime stats at 9.=
30 a.m.: you can look out for them here [https://www.gov.uk/government/st=
atistics/announcements/crime-in-england-and-wales-year-ending-march-2026?st=
atus=3D=
Non-subs=
=
].
It=E2=80=99s interim results time for British Gas owner Centrica today as w=
ell.
The European Central Bank will make its latest interest rate decision at 1.=
15 p.m. It=E2=80=99s expected to hold rates at 2.25% as fighting flares aga=
in in Iran. Bank of England ratesetters will be watching with interest befo=
re their own meeting next week.
SAUDI ARABIA SIGNS NUCLEAR DEAL
News of cooperation from the Middle East, for once: the US and Saudi Arabia=
have reached [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj03r59z73po?status=3D=
=
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=
] a landmark nuclear power deal that may open the door to uranium enrichmen=
t in the kingdom. A 30-year multi-billion-dollar deal will give US companie=
s a central role in designing Saudi Arabia=E2=80=99s nuclear infrastructure=
=2E The Trump administration argues that it gives the country influence over =
any Saudi nuclear programme and, one assumes, there are a lot of contracts =
up for grabs too. The deal will be submitted to Congress in the coming days=
=2E
Getty
=E2=80=98Peaceful, soothing uranium-235, we promise you.=E2=80=99
Not all rosy, of course, since the US looks like it could be gearing up for=
the resumption of all-out war with Iran. The Wall Street Journal highligh=
ts [https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/u-s-surges-forces-toward-middle-=
east-giving-trump-options-to-expand-iran-war-e5d627b1?mod=3Dhp_lead_pos1?st=
atus=3D=
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=
] data that shows the US is sending more forces, medics and weaponry to the=
Middle East. Additionally, more than 150 medics have arrived at a medical =
centre in Germany, used primarily for treating troops injured in combat in =
the Middle East. Of course, a build-up could be just to keep the country=E2=
=80=99s options open =E2=80=93 but we know what happened last time.
Donald Trump is certainly talking in more aggressive terms: he once again =
threatened [https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/22/world/live-news/the-war-wit=
h-iran?status=3D=
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=
] to bomb Iranian infrastructure yesterday. He said the US will =E2=80=98bo=
mb and destroy ONE BRIDGE OR POWER PLANT=E2=80=99 every time that Iran shoo=
ts a ship in the Strait of Hormuz. It came just a day after he warned the U=
S would attack the Pickaxe Mountain complex soon, believed to be a nuclear =
base. Iran=E2=80=99s foreign minister responded by warning it would be =E2=80=
=98an eye for an eye=E2=80=99.
The US President also shared an equally scary idea: he wants [https://www=
=2Etelegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/07/22/trump-wants-nominate-infantino-un-se=
cretary-general/] to nominate Fifa boss Gianni Infantino to head up the Uni=
ted Nations. Trump claimed he is =E2=80=98respected by everyone around the =
world=E2=80=99 and could replace Ant=C3=B3nio Guterres who retires in Decem=
ber. This is likely to be unsuccessful: internal UN deadlines for nominatio=
ns have passed, with a debate between the five candidates taking place toda=
y. Also, Infantino is Swiss and the role usually shifts continents (Guterre=
s is Portuguese). All of which is good news, of course, for football fans w=
ho were less than impressed [https://spectator.com/article/fifas-great-wo=
rld-cup-rip-off-has-gone-too-far/?status=3D=
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=
] by Infantino=E2=80=99s World Cup decisions.
Watch and listen
Broadcaster Iain Dale joined [https://spectator.com/podcast/iain-dale-sta=
nding-for-parliament-was-a-humiliating-experience/?status=3D=
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=
=
] Coffee House Shots to discuss his new memoir Have I Said Too Much?
Our economics editor Michael Simmons looks [https://spectator.com/podcast=
/the-real-problem-behind-britains-homelessness-why-burnham-wont-fix-it/?sta=
tus=3D=
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=
] at how Andy Burnham can fix homelessness on the latest Reality Check.
The art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon is Tyler Cowen=E2=80=99s latest gues=
t [https://conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/andrew-graham-dixon/?status=
=3D=
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=
] on Conversations with Tyler.
THE GHOST OF EPSTEIN
Fuel for the Epstein conspiracy theorists: a modelling scout linked to the =
late sex offender has been found dead at his home. Daniel Siad, 69, was fo=
und [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8en38vpd3o?status=3D=
=
Non-subs=
=
] dead at his home in Colombes, Paris, on Monday. His name appeared thousan=
ds of times in the Epstein files, although he denied knowing of the threat =
Epstein posed. One victim told the BBC that Siad had introduced her to Epst=
ein and claimed he was =E2=80=98essentially a professional trafficker=E2=80=
=99.
Epstein will stay in the news today as his former associate Jes Staley tes=
tifies [https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/jes-staley-e=
pstein-congress-barclays-ceo-82m7wpn6m?status=3D=
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=
] to Congress. Staley was the head of Barclays bank for six years and he=E2=
=80=99ll be questioned today about his role in facilitating Epstein=E2=80=99=
s finances to pay for what he got up to. Staley met Epstein in 2000 when he=
ran J.P. Morgan=E2=80=99s asset management division: they stayed close aft=
er Epstein=E2=80=99s 2008 conviction and, four years later, Staley was name=
d the man who would assume responsibility for executing his will. Staley is=
currently banned from working in Britain=E2=80=99s financial industries.
Meanwhile, the fallout continues from OpenAI=E2=80=99s =E2=80=98whoopsie=E2=
=80=99 moment when one of its AI tools autonomously hacked [https://www.t=
heguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/22/openai-says-its-models-went-rogue-and=
-hacked-startup-in-unprecedented-incident?status=3D=
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=
] into a start-up. If you missed it, OpenAI lost control of its agent (an A=
I system that can operate alone after it=E2=80=99s been given instructions)=
during a security test. It targeted Hugging Face, one of the world=E2=80=99=
s largest platforms to share AI models, which detected and contained the th=
reat. It couldn=E2=80=99t come at a worse time for chief executive Sam Altm=
an, who=E2=80=99s heading to Washington next week to brief the government o=
n new models. The UK Financial Conduct Authority also said it was monitorin=
g the situation, which is encouraging.
What we=E2=80=99re reading
Burnham can be the failure that Britain needs [https://www.ft.com/content/=
0c03cd07-ab33-4dff-9970-8cbc21baef45?syn-25a6b1a6=3D1?status=3D=
=
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=
] =E2=80=93 Janan Ganesh
Who was the worst monster of the 20th century? [https://www.noahpinion.blo=
g/p/who-was-the-worst-monster-of-the?utm_source=3D%2Finbox&utm_medium=3Drea=
der2&hide_intro_popup=3Dtrue?status=3D=
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=
] =E2=80=93 Noah Smith
The Catholic Church=E2=80=99s progressive revival [https://harpers.org/arc=
hive/2026/08/radical-reformation-jack-hanson-catholic-church-progressive/?s=
tatus=3D=
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=
] =E2=80=93 Harper=E2=80=99s
The misguided panic about superintelligence [https://www.persuasion.commun=
ity/p/the-misguided-panic-about-superintelligence?utm_source=3D%2Finbox&utm=
_medium=3Dreader2?status=3D=
Non-subs=
=
] =E2=80=93 Persuasion
Christopher Nolan=E2=80=99s plot to change the way we watch movies [https:=
//www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/christopher-nolans-plot-to-chan=
ge-the-way-we-watch-movies?status=3D=
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=
] =E2=80=93 New Yorker
And another thing...
If you=E2=80=99re sick of this summer=E2=80=99s sport then I=E2=80=99m afra=
id to say there=E2=80=99s more to come: the Commonwealth Games will formall=
y open [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czj8zjnzw4po#:~:text=3DIt%20w=
ill%20be%20attended%20by,take%20part%20in%20the%20celebration.?status=3D=
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=
] in Glasgow tonight. King Charles and Queen Camilla will attend the openin=
g ceremony at the OVO Hydra along with political and sporting leaders from =
across Britain. More than 3,000 athletes from 74 nations are expected to co=
mpete across ten sports during the 11-day games. There has been speculation=
over whether Prince Harry will attend; one would suggest the support shoul=
d be more important.
Prosecutors in South Korea have asked [https://www.theguardian.com/world/=
2026/jul/22/restaurant-owner-south-korea-dried-ants-dessert#:~:text=3DProse=
cutors%20in%20South%20Korea%20have,under%20local%20food%20safety%20law.?sta=
tus=3D=
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=
] a court to sentence a Michelin-starred restaurateur to a year in prison a=
fter he served a dessert topped with ants. Ants aren=E2=80=99t approved for=
consumption under Korean law, so the restaurant owner (identified only as =
Mr G) has been accused of violating the food sanitation act. If you=E2=80=99=
re wondering what on earth the dessert was, it was a sorbet which had ants =
sprinkled on it (for customers who wanted it). It=E2=80=99s estimated that =
between 2021 and 2025, the dessert was sold 12,200 times at the unnamed res=
taurant in a high-end suburb of Seoul. Sentencing will be on 2 September. I=
n my patch of north London, there was a restaurant [https://www.hot-dinne=
rs.com/2024020512965/Gastroblog/Latest-news/yum-bug-insect-restaurant-finsb=
ury-park-london?status=3D=
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] that opened in 2024 based on edible insects. It hardly lasted a year.
X
Appetising!
Good news! The War on Fat continues at pace. A breathalyser that you connec=
t to your smartphone can tell you when your body starts to burn fat. Accor=
ding [https://www.thetimes.com/uk/science/article/smartphone-breathalyser-=
detects-when-your-body-begins-to-burn-fat-9rd93k3zk?status=3D=
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] to the Times, when you do high-intensity exercise, your body burns sugars=
=2E But when you work out at a lower intensity for a longer period, you enter=
the desirous =E2=80=98fat-burning=E2=80=99 mode. It seems to your author t=
o be just another thing to carry while on a run, but what do I know?
Any thoughts on this email? Please get in touch =E2=80=93 acolwell@spectat=
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<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >Good morning</strong>. Pubs, clubs and=
live music venues will see business rates slashed by 20 per cent from Apri=
l, No. 10 announced this morning. The widow of PC Andrew Harper has called =
on the government to U-turn on its planned early prisoner release scheme. T=
hames Water=E2=80=99s hosepipe ban has officially come into effect, the US =
and Saudi Arabia signed a multi-billion-dollar nuclear deal and a Michelin-=
starred chef in South Korea could face jail for serving ants for dessert. Y=
ou=E2=80=99re reading <i>Spectator Daily</i>: here=E2=80=99s everything you=
need to know today.</p>
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<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >PUB BUSINESS RATES SLASHED </strong></=
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<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >The third full day </strong>of Andy Bu=
rnham=E2=80=99s premiership kicks off with a third major policy announcemen=
t: business rates will be slashed by 20 per cent for pubs, clubs and live m=
usic venues. The move is expected to cost around =C2=A3100 million a year a=
nd will apparently be funded (the all-important point as Tim Shipman <a hre=
f=3D"https://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-yduhkkud-hklitkhlik-j/" st=
yle=3D"outline-style:none;color:#b30517;text-decoration:underline;" >highli=
ghts</a> in this week=E2=80=99s magazine) by reviewing business rates relie=
f on =E2=80=98anti-social businesses=E2=80=99 such as vape shops. The move,=
which will take effect from April, will save the average pub around =C2=A3=
1,100 a year in tax.</p>
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<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >Good news for publicans, </strong>of c=
ourse. But the cynic in your author wonders if the government hopes the ann=
ouncement will serve another purpose: to distract from the ongoing row over=
its early prisoner release scheme. As crowded as prisons are, ultimately, =
even the <i>Guardian</i> <a href=3D"https://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-ydu=
hkkud-hklitkhlik-t/" style=3D"outline-style:none;color:#b30517;text=
-decoration:underline;" >puts</a> it thus: the plans imply the =E2=80=98ear=
ly release of thousands of killers, rapists and sex offenders from prison i=
n September=E2=80=99.</p>
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<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >Opposition to the </strong>plans has b=
een <a href=3D"https://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-yduhkkud-=
hklitkhlik-i/" style=3D"outline-style:none;color:#b30517;text-decoration:underline=
;" >spearheaded</a> by the widow of PC Andrew Harper, who was killed in 201=
9 after being dragged down a country lane by a car while investigating a bu=
rglary. Two men responsible for his death =E2=80=93 Albert Bowers and Jessi=
e Cole =E2=80=93 would be eligible for early release after being jailed for=
13 years in 2020 for manslaughter. Lissie Harper described the plans as =E2=
=80=98deplorable=E2=80=99. A victim of sexual abuse went on <i>Newsnight </=
i>last night to <a href=3D"https://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-yduhkkud-=
hklitkhlik-d/" style=3D"outline-style:none;color:#b30517;text-decorati=
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ormal;font-weight:normal;font-size:19.5px;font-family:EBGaramond, Garamond,=
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rule:exactly;" >
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rgin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >Burnham yesterday</strong> ordered pri=
son bosses to pause plans for the early releases and said the government wo=
uld review the programme. He did add, however: =E2=80=98I can=E2=80=99t say=
that I can change the policy completely.=E2=80=99 It=E2=80=99s certainly a=
big task for new Justice Secretary Alex Norris in his first cabinet-level =
role.</p>
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<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >The scheme</strong> is due to come int=
o effect on 2 September, and the details are thus: the Sentencing Act 2026 =
replaces the automatic halfway release point for prisoners serving <a href=3D=
"https://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-yduhkkud-hklitkhlik-h/" style=3D=
"outline-style:none;color:#b30517;text-decoration:underline;" >determinate =
sentences</a> (when a court sets a fixed length for a jail term) in England=
and Wales with an =E2=80=98earned progression model=E2=80=99 based on beha=
viour. It means that most prisoners will be freed a third of the way throug=
h their sentence, serving the rest of it under strict supervision with elec=
tronic tagging.</p>
<br />
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >Sexual and violent offenders</strong>,=
who were previously released after serving two-thirds of their sentence, w=
ill now be freed after serving 50 per cent. More than 60,000 prisoners have=
been freed since September 2024 after serving 40 per cent of their sentenc=
e.</p>
<br />
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >The Prime Minister </strong>has<strong=
style=3D"font-weight:700;" > </strong>to strike the right tone on this and=
he started by chastising two of his ministers who were caught <a href=3D"h=
ttps://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-yduhkkud-hklitkhlik-k/" style=3D=
"outline-style:none;color:#b30517;text-decoration:underline;" >joking</a> a=
bout it on a hot mic this week. Wes Streeting was overheard telling Shabana=
Mahmood that Norris was =E2=80=98the enemy now=E2=80=99 as he =E2=80=98wan=
ts to let them all out=E2=80=99: Mahmood laughs considerably. Both have apo=
logised for the joke and Burnham said it was unacceptable.</p>
<br />
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >This vagueness </strong>over whether t=
he scheme will go ahead extends to other policies, too: particularly the po=
ssibility of raising the personal allowance tax threshold. Burnham <a href=3D=
"https://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-yduhkkud-hklitkhlik-u/" style=3D=
"outline-style:none;color:#b30517;text-decoration:underline;" >said</a> the=
re was no =E2=80=98immediate commitment=E2=80=99 to increasing it above its=
current level of =C2=A312,570 but that he wants to look at it ahead of the=
autumn Budget. Hey, perhaps this is all the bloodthirsty media wanting dec=
isions, policies, news all now. No harm in asking questions, though.</p>
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mond, Garamond, Times New Roman, Times, serif;line-height:22px;color:#333;m=
so-line-height-rule:exactly;" >
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;ma=
rgin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >=E2=80=98Andy wants to tour the country and m=
eet some of his subjects=E2=80=99</p>
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line-height:25px;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;" >
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rgin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >Watch the live recording</strong></p>
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<br />
On Monday evening, Tim Shipman was joined by Nick Clegg for the second ins=
talment in our new event series, <em>Tim Shipman Meets the Party Leaders</e=
m>. They discussed the decline of the two-party system, global alliances an=
d the threats and opportunities of AI.</p>
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
</p>
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<a href=3D"https://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-yduhkkud-hklitkhlik=
-o/" style=3D"outline-style:none;color:#b30517;text-decoration:underline;" =
>Watch now</a></p>
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ormal;font-weight:normal;font-size:19.5px;font-family:EBGaramond, Garamond,=
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rule:exactly;" >
<p style=3D"text-align:center;margin-top:0;=
margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >THE END OF THE RESHUFFLE </strong></p>
<br />
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >Tapped out</strong>: Mike Tapp =E2=80=93=
erstwhile immigration minister who fell out with Shabana Mahmood over an a=
rticle about care worker visas =E2=80=93 has officially <a href=3D"https://=
blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-yduhkkud-hklitkhlik-b/" style=3D"outlin=
e-style:none;color:#b30517;text-decoration:underline;" >left</a> the govern=
ment. The MP for Dover and Deal posted on X that he was =E2=80=98no longer =
the minister for migration and citizenship=E2=80=99. He added that =E2=80=98=
service has always meant putting the country first=E2=80=99 and said he was=
=E2=80=98proud to have approached the role with that principle at its hear=
t=E2=80=99. Moving words =E2=80=93 though one imagines Mahmood won=E2=80=99=
t be sad to say goodbye.</p>
<br />
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >That was the main headline </strong>fr=
om yesterday=E2=80=99s junior ministerial appointments, which were confirme=
d last night. The other was that Al Carns, the former armed forces minister=
, will not be returning to government. He <a href=3D"https://blend.spectato=
r.co.uk/t/j-l-yduhkkud-hklitkhlik-n/" style=3D"outline-style:none;c=
olor:#b30517;text-decoration:underline;" >said</a> the issue he resigned ov=
er =E2=80=93 defence spending =E2=80=93 =E2=80=98has not yet been settled=E2=
=80=99 but that he had more confidence in John Healey as Chancellor to boos=
t it. Anas Sarwar has also become trade minister after <a href=3D"https://b=
lend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-yduhkkud-hklitkhlik-p/" style=3D"outline=
-style:none;color:#b30517;text-decoration:underline;" >stepping down</a> as=
Scottish Labour leader to take a seat in the House of Lords.</p>
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ato', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#333;line-height:12px;text-align:l=
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dding-bottom:24px;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;mso-line-height-rule:exact=
ly;" >
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;ma=
rgin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<em>Mike Tapp likes to post AI-generated videos of himself, so we made thi=
s one for him.</em></p>
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ormal;font-weight:normal;font-size:19.5px;font-family:EBGaramond, Garamond,=
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rule:exactly;" >
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;ma=
rgin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >Bloodletting continues </strong>in the=
Tory party, meanwhile, with a cracking <a href=3D"https://blend.spectator.=
co.uk/t/j-l-yduhkkud-hklitkhlik-x/" style=3D"outline-style:none;col=
or:#b30517;text-decoration:underline;" >scoop</a> from our deputy political=
editor James Heale. Kemi Badenoch=E2=80=99s candidate selection has passed=
over Grant Shapps, the former home and defence secretary, according to mul=
tiple party sources. Shapps is believed to be one of at least ten former MP=
s to have failed their assessments. A friend of Shapps said: =E2=80=98It=E2=
=80=99s surprising to see someone who was party chairman who actually won a=
general election being prevented from standing by the party.=E2=80=99 =
;Coincidentally, James has more on the Tories=E2=80=99 plans for Andy Burnh=
am=E2=80=99s premiership in this week=E2=80=99s magazine <a=20
href=3D"https://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-yduhkkud-hklitkhlik-m/"=
style=3D"outline-style:none;color:#b30517;text-decoration:underline;" >her=
e</a>.</p>
<br />
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >Just ban-ter: </strong>As of 12.01 a.m=
=2E, a temporary Thames Water hosepipe ban has officially <a href=3D"https://=
blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-yduhkkud-hklitkhlik-c/" style=3D"outlin=
e-style:none;color:#b30517;text-decoration:underline;" >come</a> into effec=
t. The water company asked its ten million customers across London and the =
Thames Valley to stop using hosepipes, sprinklers or pressure washers conne=
cted to the mains supply for non-essential tasks. You can still use a water=
ing can, bucket or water butt to feed your allotment, wash your car or fill=
your paddling pool. But not following the rules means a =C2=A31,000 fine.<=
/p>
<br />
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >Speaking of H2O</strong>, the former c=
hief executive of Southern Water has been <a href=3D"https://blend.spectato=
r.co.uk/t/j-l-yduhkkud-hklitkhlik-q/" style=3D"outline-style:none;c=
olor:#b30517;text-decoration:underline;" >charged</a> over an alleged plan =
to fiddle water quality tests to avoid paying financial penalties. Matthew =
Wright and three other former employees have been accused of conspiring to =
defraud the Environment Agency and regulator Ofwat of about =C2=A345 millio=
n. He =E2=80=98denies all wrongdoing and has cooperated fully=E2=80=99 with=
the investigation, according to his solicitor. Southern Water claims the c=
harges relate to a =E2=80=98historic set of failures=E2=80=99 and the compa=
ny has changed.<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" > </strong></p>
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x;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font=
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Coming up today</p>
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ine-height-rule:exactly;" >
<img alt=3D"=E2=80=A2" height=3D"18" src=3D"https://www.spectator.co.uk=
/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/daily-bullet-point-copy.png" width=3D"30" /></t=
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<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;"=
>
The Office for National Statistics releases its quarterly crime stats =
at 9.30 a.m.: you can look out for them <a href=3D"https://blend.spectator.=
co.uk/t/j-l-yduhkkud-hklitkhlik-a/" style=3D"outline-style:none;col=
or:#b30517;text-decoration:underline;" >here</a>.</p>
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/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/daily-bullet-point-copy.png" width=3D"30" /></t=
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<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;"=
>
It=E2=80=99s interim results time for British Gas owner Centrica today=
as well.</p>
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/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/daily-bullet-point-copy.png" width=3D"30" /></t=
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<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;"=
>
The European Central Bank will make its latest interest rate decision =
at 1.15 p.m. It=E2=80=99s expected to hold rates at 2.25% as fighting flare=
s again in Iran. Bank of England ratesetters will be watching with interest=
before their own meeting next week.</p>
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rule:exactly;" >
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margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" ><strong style=3D"font-weigh=
t:700;" >SAUDI ARABIA SIGNS NUCLEAR DEAL
</strong></p><br />
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" ><s=
trong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >News of cooperation </strong>from the Mid=
dle East, for once: the US and Saudi Arabia have <a href=3D"https://blend.s=
pectator.co.uk/t/j-l-yduhkkud-hklitkhlik-f/" style=3D"outline-style=
:none;color:#b30517;text-decoration:underline;" >reached</a> a landmark nuc=
lear power deal that may open the door to uranium enrichment in the kingdom=
=2E A 30-year multi-billion-dollar deal will give US companies a central role=
in designing Saudi Arabia=E2=80=99s nuclear infrastructure. The Trump admi=
nistration argues that it gives the country influence over any Saudi nuclea=
r programme and, one assumes, there are a lot of contracts up for grabs too=
=2E The deal will be submitted to Congress in the coming days.
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ato', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#333;line-height:12px;text-align:l=
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Getty
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dding-bottom:24px;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;mso-line-height-rule:exact=
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rgin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<i>=E2=80=98Peaceful, soothing uranium-235, we promise you.=E2=80=99 </i><=
/p>
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g=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"max-width:610px;width:100% !important;ma=
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ormal;font-weight:normal;font-size:19.5px;font-family:EBGaramond, Garamond,=
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rule:exactly;" >
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;ma=
rgin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >Not all rosy</strong>, of course, sinc=
e the US looks like it could be gearing up for the resumption of all-out wa=
r with Iran. The <i>Wall Street Journal </i><a href=3D"https://blend.specta=
tor.co.uk/t/j-l-yduhkkud-hklitkhlik-z/" style=3D"outline-style:none=
;color:#b30517;text-decoration:underline;" >highlights</a> data that shows =
the US is sending more forces, medics and weaponry to the Middle East. Addi=
tionally, more than 150 medics have arrived at a medical centre in Germany,=
used primarily for treating troops injured in combat in the Middle East. O=
f course, a build-up could be just to keep the country=E2=80=99s options op=
en =E2=80=93 but we know what happened last time.</p>
<br />
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >Donald Trump </strong>is certainly<str=
ong style=3D"font-weight:700;" > </strong>talking in more aggressive terms:=
he once again <a href=3D"https://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-yduhkkud-=
hklitkhlik-v/" style=3D"outline-style:none;color:#b30517;text-decoratio=
n:underline;" >threatened</a> to bomb Iranian infrastructure yesterday. He =
said the US will =E2=80=98bomb and destroy ONE BRIDGE OR POWER PLANT=E2=80=99=
every time that Iran shoots a ship in the Strait of Hormuz. It came just a=
day after he warned the US would attack the Pickaxe Mountain complex soon,=
believed to be a nuclear base. Iran=E2=80=99s foreign minister responded b=
y warning it would be =E2=80=98an eye for an eye=E2=80=99.</p>
<br />
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >The US President also </strong>shared =
an equally scary idea: he <a href=3D"https://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-yd=
uhkkud-hklitkhlik-e/" style=3D"outline-style:none;color:#b30517;tex=
t-decoration:underline;" >wants</a> to nominate Fifa boss Gianni Infantino =
to head up the United Nations. Trump claimed he is =E2=80=98respected by ev=
eryone around the world=E2=80=99 and could replace Ant=C3=B3nio Guterres wh=
o retires in December. This is likely to be unsuccessful: internal UN deadl=
ines for nominations have passed, with a debate between the five candidates=
taking place today. Also, Infantino is Swiss and the role usually shifts c=
ontinents (Guterres is Portuguese). All of which is good news, of course, f=
or football fans who were <a href=3D"https://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-yd=
uhkkud-hklitkhlik-s/"=20
style=3D"outline-style:none;color:#b30517;text-decoration:underline;" >less=
than impressed</a> by Infantino=E2=80=99s World Cup decisions.</p>
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x;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font=
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oman, Times, serif;line-height:36px;color:#b30517;mso-line-height-rule:exac=
tly;" >
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rgin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
Watch and listen</p>
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ine-height-rule:exactly;" >
<img alt=3D"=E2=80=A2" height=3D"18" src=3D"https://www.spectator.co.uk=
/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/daily-bullet-point-copy.png" width=3D"30" /></t=
d>
<td style=3D"padding-bottom:18px;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;" >
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;"=
>
Broadcaster Iain Dale <a href=3D"https://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-y=
duhkkud-hklitkhlik-g/" style=3D"outline-style:none;color:#b30517;te=
xt-decoration:underline;" >joined</a> <i>Coffee House Shots </i>to discuss =
his new memoir <i>Have I Said Too Much? </i></p>
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ine-height-rule:exactly;" >
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/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/daily-bullet-point-copy.png" width=3D"30" /></t=
d>
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<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;"=
>
Our economics editor Michael Simmons <a href=3D"https://blend.spectato=
r.co.uk/t/j-l-yduhkkud-hklitkhlik-w/" style=3D"outline-style:none;c=
olor:#b30517;text-decoration:underline;" >looks</a> at how Andy Burnham can=
fix homelessness on the latest <i>Reality Check. </i></p>
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/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/daily-bullet-point-copy.png" width=3D"30" /></t=
d>
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<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;"=
>
The art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon is Tyler Cowen=E2=80=99s latest =
<a href=3D"https://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-yduhkkud-hklitkhlik-=
yd/" style=3D"outline-style:none;color:#b30517;text-decoration:underline;" =
>guest</a> on <i>Conversations with Tyler</i>.</p>
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ormal;font-weight:normal;font-size:19.5px;font-family:EBGaramond, Garamond,=
Times New Roman, Times, serif;line-height:25px;color:#333;mso-line-height-=
rule:exactly;" >
<p style=3D"text-align:center;margin-top:0;=
margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >THE GHOST OF EPSTEIN </strong></p>
<br />
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >Fuel for the Epstein conspiracy theori=
sts</strong>: a modelling scout linked to the late sex offender has been fo=
und dead at his home. Daniel Siad, 69, was <a href=3D"https://blend.spectat=
or.co.uk/t/j-l-yduhkkud-hklitkhlik-yh/" style=3D"outline-style:none=
;color:#b30517;text-decoration:underline;" >found</a> dead at his home in C=
olombes, Paris, on Monday. His name appeared thousands of times in the Epst=
ein files, although he denied knowing of the threat Epstein posed. One vict=
im told the BBC that Siad had introduced her to Epstein and claimed he was =
=E2=80=98essentially a professional trafficker=E2=80=99.</p>
<br />
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >Epstein will </strong>stay in the news=
today as his former associate Jes Staley <a href=3D"https://blend.spectato=
r.co.uk/t/j-l-yduhkkud-hklitkhlik-yk/" style=3D"outline-style:none;=
color:#b30517;text-decoration:underline;" >testifies</a> to Congress. Stale=
y was the head of Barclays bank for six years and he=E2=80=99ll be question=
ed today about his role in facilitating Epstein=E2=80=99s finances to pay f=
or what he got up to. Staley met Epstein in 2000 when he ran J.P. Morgan=E2=
=80=99s asset management division: they stayed close after Epstein=E2=80=99=
s 2008 conviction and, four years later, Staley was named the man who would=
assume responsibility for executing his will. Staley is currently banned f=
rom working in Britain=E2=80=99s financial industries.</p>
<br />
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >Meanwhile</strong>, the fallout contin=
ues from OpenAI=E2=80=99s =E2=80=98whoopsie=E2=80=99 moment when one of its=
AI tools autonomously <a href=3D"https://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-yduhk=
kud-hklitkhlik-yu/" style=3D"outline-style:none;color:#b30517;text-=
decoration:underline;" >hacked</a> into a start-up. If you missed it, OpenA=
I lost control of its agent (an AI system that can operate alone after it=E2=
=80=99s been given instructions) during a security test. It targeted Huggin=
g Face, one of the world=E2=80=99s largest platforms to share AI models, wh=
ich detected and contained the threat. It couldn=E2=80=99t come at a worse =
time for chief executive Sam Altman, who=E2=80=99s heading to Washington ne=
xt week to brief the government on new models. The UK Financial Conduct Aut=
hority also said it was monitoring the situation, which is encouraging.</p>
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x;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font=
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oman, Times, serif;line-height:36px;color:#b30517;mso-line-height-rule:exac=
tly;" >
What we=E2=80=99re reading
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ormal;font-weight:normal;font-size:19.5px;font-family:EBGaramond, Garamond,=
Times New Roman, Times, serif;line-height:25px;color:#333;mso-line-height-=
rule:exactly;" >
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:10px=
;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" ></p><p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom=
:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" ><a href=3D"https://blend.spectator.co.uk=
/t/j-l-yduhkkud-hklitkhlik-jl/" style=3D"color:#333;text-decoration=
:underline;outline-style:none;" >Burnham can be the failure that Britain ne=
eds</a> =E2=80=93 Janan Ganesh
</p><p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;"=
></p><p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:10px;margin-right:0;margin-lef=
t:0;" ></p><p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-l=
eft:0;" ><a href=3D"https://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-yduhkkud-=
hklitkhlik-jr/" style=3D"color:#333;text-decoration:underline;outline-style:n=
one;" >Who was the worst monster of the 20th century?</a> =E2=80=93 Noah Sm=
ith
</p><p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;"=
></p><p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:10px;margin-right:0;margin-lef=
t:0;" ></p><p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-l=
eft:0;" ><a href=3D"https://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-yduhkkud-=
hklitkhlik-jy/" style=3D"color:#333;text-decoration:underline;outline-style:n=
one;" >The Catholic Church=E2=80=99s progressive revival</a> =E2=80=93 <i>H=
arper=E2=80=99s
</i></p><p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left=
:0;" ></p><p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:10px;margin-right:0;margin=
-left:0;" ></p><p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;marg=
in-left:0;" ><a href=3D"https://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-yduhkkud-=
hklitkhlik-jj/" style=3D"color:#333;text-decoration:underline;outline-sty=
le:none;" >The misguided panic about superintelligence</a> =E2=80=93 <i>Per=
suasion</i>
</p><p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;"=
></p><p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:10px;margin-right:0;margin-lef=
t:0;" ></p><p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-l=
eft:0;" ><a href=3D"https://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-yduhkkud-=
hklitkhlik-jt/" style=3D"color:#333;text-decoration:underline;outline-style:n=
one;" >Christopher Nolan=E2=80=99s plot to change the way we watch movies</=
a> =E2=80=93 <i>New Yorker
</i></p><p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left=
:0;" ></p><p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:10px;margin-right:0;margin=
-left:0;" ></p><p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;marg=
in-left:0;" ><i>
</i></p><p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left=
:0;" ></p>
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<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;ma=
rgin-right:0;margin-left:0;" ><strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >If you=E2=
=80=99re sick </strong>of this summer=E2=80=99s sport then I=E2=80=99m afra=
id to say there=E2=80=99s more to come: the Commonwealth Games will formall=
y <a href=3D"https://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-yduhkkud-=
hklitkhlik-ji/" style=3D"outline-style:none;color:#b30517;text-decoration:underline;=
" >open</a> in Glasgow tonight. King Charles and Queen Camilla will attend =
the opening ceremony at the OVO Hydra along with political and sporting lea=
ders from across Britain. More than 3,000 athletes from 74 nations are expe=
cted to compete across ten sports during the 11-day games. There has been s=
peculation over whether Prince Harry will attend; one would suggest the sup=
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trong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >Prosecutors in South Korea </strong>have =
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jd/" style=3D"outline-style:none;color:#b30517;text-decoration:underline;" =
>asked</a> a court to sentence a Michelin-starred restaurateur to a year in=
prison after he served a dessert topped with ants. Ants aren=E2=80=99t app=
roved for consumption under Korean law, so the restaurant owner (identified=
only as Mr G) has been accused of violating the food sanitation act. If yo=
u=E2=80=99re wondering what on earth the dessert was, it was a sorbet which=
had ants sprinkled on it (for customers who wanted it). It=E2=80=99s estim=
ated that between 2021 and 2025, the dessert was sold 12,200 times at the u=
nnamed restaurant in a high-end suburb of Seoul. Sentencing will be on 2 Se=
ptember. In my patch=20
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