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Subject: Burnham launches No. 10 North
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By William Atkinson
Good morning. Andy Burnham has returned to the north-west to announce the d=
etails of No. 10 North. Speculation abounds about the future of North Sea d=
rilling and of Labour=E2=80=99s prisoner release scheme. Donald Trump is im=
posing fresh tariffs on 60 trading partners while locked in conflict with b=
oth Iran and the BBC. Elon Musk is muttering about AI, the Southport killer=
has been moved to Broadmoor, and the Ashes aren=E2=80=99t heading north. Y=
ou=E2=80=99re reading Spectator Daily: here=E2=80=99s everything you need t=
o know today.
HOME SWEET HOME
Our new Prime Minister is back in his happy place =E2=80=93 the north-west =
=E2=80=93 doing his favourite thing this morning: talking about mayors. The=
Guardian reports [https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/23/regio=
nal-mayors-to-take-key-roles-in-uk-policy-decisions-as-part-of-no-10-north-=
plans?status=3D=
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=
] that regional chiefs are set to be given a leading role in the UK=E2=80=99=
s economic policy, while Burnham has branded the opening of Manchester=E2=80=
=99s No. 10 North =E2=80=93 above a Slug and Lettuce =E2=80=93 as =E2=80=98=
the biggest rebalancing of power our country has ever seen=E2=80=99. He has=
also revived the National Economic Council, first established by Gordon Br=
own amid the 2008 financial crisis.
Burnham will chair the council=E2=80=99s inaugural meeting today, bringing =
together ministers and mayors to put devolution at the centre of his govern=
ment. He wrote [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/23/num=
ber-10-north-growth-uk-andy-burnham] in the Guardian: =E2=80=98When I enter=
ed Downing Street, I told staff that the era of fighting devolution was ove=
r. No one in government loses when power is shared.=E2=80=99 Even though =E2=
=80=98Whitehall departments have set up outposts, decision-making power has=
remained in London,=E2=80=99 he says. This is what No. 10 North =E2=80=98i=
s seeking to correct=E2=80=99; he hopes it will =E2=80=98bring the much-nee=
ded sea change in the way Britain is run=E2=80=99.
The establishment of No. 10 North follows Burnham=E2=80=99s creation of a s=
ouped-up Office for the Prime Minister and the Cabinet, to be overseen by L=
ouise Haigh, his new First Secretary of State. Haigh will reportedly spend =
some of her time working from the Manchester outpost, alongside Lucy Powell=
, the Education Secretary, and Angela Rayner, the Housing Secretary, while =
some civil servants will be cajoled into moving there. Morning Press wishes=
them well in reversing decades of regional inequality in one fell swoop.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Justice has been instructed [https://www.teleg=
raph.co.uk/politics/2026/07/23/andy-burnham-delay-early-prisoner-release-sc=
heme-labour/?status=3D=
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=
] to pause a scheme which would have seen the early release of some prisone=
rs. The decision comes after reports that Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole =E2=
=80=93 who are serving 13-year sentences for the manslaughter of PC Andrew =
Harper in 2019 =E2=80=93 could be freed early. Burnham said no prisoners wo=
uld be released until ministers had reviewed the scheme and had =E2=80=98do=
ne everything we can to minimise risk to the public=E2=80=99. He added: =E2=
=80=98Where changes are needed, we will not hesitate to make them.=E2=80=99=
With just weeks before the scheme was due to start, officials will have to=
work out new release plans for some 6,000 offenders.
Getty
=E2=80=98This Southern stuff isn=E2=80=99t a patch on Tetley=E2=80=99s. Am =
I right, love?=E2=80=99
DRILL, BABY, DRILL
Burnham is also ready to =E2=80=98move quickly=E2=80=99 to ramp up North Se=
a oil and gas production, the Times [https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics=
/article/andy-burnham-north-sea-oil-gas-gcrz7d007?status=3D=
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=
] reports. A decision on drilling at Rosebank =E2=80=93 the biggest undevel=
oped oil and gas field in the UK =E2=80=93 and Jackdaw is expected within w=
eeks. Industry sources are said to have =E2=80=98received indications=E2=80=
=99 that the Prime Minister wanted to ensure that, if drilling is given the=
go-ahead, new supplies could help keep down living costs this winter. Miat=
ta Fahnbulleh, the new Energy Secretary, is mulling the two sites off the S=
cottish coast. Read more from Ross Clark here [https://spectator.com/arti=
cle/only-north-sea-oil-can-save-burnhams-cost-of-living-drive/].
Ministers are unable to reach a formal decision on the projects until the c=
onclusion of a public consultation, expected in the next few weeks. The con=
sultation was ordered in January last year after the courts ruled that the =
original consent given for both fields was unlawful. A source =E2=80=98clos=
e to the projects=E2=80=99 is quoted as saying that once =E2=80=98we are pa=
st the consultation phase, the ball is in their court=E2=80=99. They sugges=
ted approval next month =E2=80=98would allow production to commence by Octo=
ber 1=E2=80=99 since =E2=80=98just a paper is standing in the way=E2=80=99.
=E2=80=98He=E2=80=99s not the messiah, he=E2=80=99s a very northern boy.=E2=
=80=99
Join The Spectator=E2=80=99s luxury Mediterranean Cruise
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y are delighted to announce a new and exclusive trip for 2027. We invite yo=
u to join business editor Martin Vander Weyer, Real Life columnist Melissa =
Kite, and a like-minded group of readers on one of the most luxurious ships=
ever built. More information here [https://club.spectator.co.uk/events/t=
he-spectators-mediterranean-cruis].
IRAN VS GLOUCESTERSHIRE
The government has reassured the public that our armed forces =E2=80=93 how=
ever denuded of cash =E2=80=93 are ready to protect [https://www.telegrap=
h.co.uk/world-news/2026/07/23/iran-threatens-to-attack-raf-fairford/?status=
=3D=
Non-subs=
=
] the country after Iran warned that RAF Fairford (or any other UK base use=
d by the US) was a =E2=80=98legitimate target=E2=80=99. The Gloucestershire=
air base has been used by the US Air Force to launch bombing raids on Iran=
; Burnham has so far continued Keir Starmer=E2=80=99s policy of allowing th=
e US to use British bases for defensive strikes on Iran.
After the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps accused Britain of causing the =
=E2=80=98misfortunes of the people of our region=E2=80=99 by =E2=80=98disma=
ntling Islamic countries=E2=80=A6imposing despotic governments=E2=80=99 and=
=E2=80=98worst of all=E2=80=99 creating the =E2=80=98disaster of Israel=E2=
=80=99, the government responded by suggesting the military was =E2=80=98re=
ady 24/7 to defend itself=E2=80=99 from =E2=80=98any kind of attacks, wheth=
er it=E2=80=99s on our soil or from abroad=E2=80=99. They might be careful.=
Donald Trump suggested yesterday [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026=
/jul/23/trump-says-he-is-close-to-decision-on-largest-yet-attack-on-iran?st=
atus=3D=
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=
] that he was considering a =E2=80=98massive attack=E2=80=99 that was =E2=80=
=98bigger than ever before=E2=80=99 following almost two weeks of consecuti=
ve overnight strikes.
Worryingly, the UK is apparently too complacent about the threat of foreign=
attacks, according to Dr Charles Woodburn, head of BAE systems. He also to=
ld the BBC [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2lpjjpny9o?status=3D=
Non-subs=
=
] that this was =E2=80=98by far the most threatening time I have seen=E2=80=
=99.
TARIFFS ON THE WORLD, TEXTS TO AUNTIE
Speaking of the US President, Trump has announced [https://www.thetimes.c=
om/us/american-politics/article/trump-tariffs-12-percent-allies-uk-phh8gp5j=
j?status=3D=
Non-subs=
=
] a raft of new tariffs on imports from around 60 trading partners. Ranging=
from 10 per cent to 12.5 per cent, the duties target key partners, includi=
ng the UK, EU, Canada, India and Japan. The US Supreme Court had ruled earl=
ier this year that many of the tariffs Trump had imposed under emergency po=
wers were illegally enacted; his global 10 per cent tariff was set to expir=
e today, unless extended by Congress. The US Trade Representative=E2=80=99s=
Office has proposed almost identical tariffs to replace it.
The justification being offered is that these countries have failed to rest=
rict the trade in goods made using forced labour. Three-quarters of the 60 =
will face 12.5 per cent tariffs. But the UK and Canada are among the lucky =
few suffering only 10 per cent levies. The Trump administration says the ra=
tes were decided based on which countries have tougher rules against forced=
labour practices. According to trade experts, the UK is better off than mo=
st after this announcement, with one forecasting export losses of $200 mill=
ion for this year, compared with $1.5 billion last year.
And the President is still caught in a battle with the BBC. The corporation=
has demanded [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/07/23/bbc-demands-tr=
ump-messages-to-prove-he-caused-jan-6-riots/?status=3D=
Non-subs=
=
] that Trump hand over his personal messages in the hope of proving that he=
incited the riots January 6, 2021. It is part of the BBC=E2=80=99s respons=
e to the President=E2=80=99s $10 billion (=C2=A37.5 billion) defamation law=
suit, with the corporation=E2=80=99s lawyers hoping to prove in court that =
Trump did indeed urge his supporters to storm the Capitol, after the Telegr=
aph revealed that Panorama had edited a speech by the President which made =
it seem like he had incited the mob.
In his own inimitable fashion, the President has also [https://www.thetim=
es.com/world/middle-east/article/saudi-arabia-trump-nuclear-deal-abraham-ac=
cords-jwc0nq3gp?status=3D=
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=
] thrown into chaos his multibillion-dollar nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia =
a day after signing it by suggesting it would only come into force if the k=
ingdom normalised relations with Israel. He posted on Truth Social that Riy=
adh would have to agree to the Abraham Accords in return for the US to supp=
ly the country with nuclear reactors. According to the White House, the dea=
l =E2=80=98is contingent on this condition=E2=80=99.
Coming up today
President Trump will attend the rescheduled White House Correspondents=E2=80=
=99 dinner, after the one in April was disrupted by a shooter. Our own Doug=
las Murray was in the room [https://spectator.com/article/my-night-under-=
fire-at-the-white-house-correspondents-dinner/?status=3D=
Non-subs=
=
].
The Commonwealth Games continue in Glasgow. Events today include swimming, =
artistic gymnastics and bowls.
=E2=80=98MISSED OPPORTUNITY=E2=80=99 AND SOUTHPORT MOVE
Greater Manchester Police has apologised [https://www.theguardian.com/uk-=
news/2026/jul/23/police-admit-missed-opportunity-before-manchester-synagogu=
e-attack?status=3D=
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=
] for missing a chance to act before an attack on Heaton Park synagogue las=
t year. Sir Stephen Watson, chief constable of the force, said Jiha al-Sham=
ie=E2=80=99s phone had been seized by officers, but that crucial data had n=
ot been looked at. According to Watson, there can be =E2=80=98little doubt =
that the information contained within these devices would have inspired fur=
ther investigative action=E2=80=99 and failing to review it constituted =E2=
=80=98a missed opportunity=E2=80=99 to detain al-Shamie before he acted.
His apology came as Mohammed Bashir was jailed for life yesterday with a mi=
nimum term of 17 years for planning a terrorist attack on a military base a=
long with al-Shamie. The pair drove to the UK Defence Academy in Swindon on=
a =E2=80=98hostile reconnaissance mission=E2=80=99, the court was told. Th=
e trip took place in August last year; Shamie was shot dead by police while=
attacking Heaton Park synagogue on Yom Kippur, wearing a fake suicide belt=
, in October.
Meanwhile, Axel Rudakubana, who stabbed three young girls to death at a dan=
ce class in Southport in 2024, has been transferred [https://www.telegrap=
h.co.uk/news/2026/07/23/southport-killer-moved-to-broadmoor/?status=3D=
Non-subs=
=
] to Broadmoor psychiatric hospital from Belmarsh prison after his mental h=
ealth reportedly deteriorated. Medics said the 19-year-old could no longer =
be treated properly for his mental ill-health at the high-security prison i=
n south London.
OIL, ELON AND GOOGLE
Oil prices hit $100 a barrel [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2djnz=
rqk2o?status=3D=
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=
] yesterday for the first time since May amid concerns for global energy su=
pplies as the conflict in the Middle East continues. Brent crude rose more =
than 5 per cent as the US stepped up military strikes against Iran. Gas pri=
ces have also risen, with the benchmark US gas price at around 150p per the=
rm, up from around 98p per therm this time last month. Iran said three tank=
ers had abandoned an attempt to pass through the Strait of Hormuz after dis=
ruptions caused by an explosion.
Elon Musk has said those worried about an AI catastrophe should simply =E2=80=
=98enjoy the ride=E2=80=99. Speaking to the Economist [https://www.econom=
ist.com/leaders/2026/07/23/should-you-be-afraid-of-elon-musk?status=3D=
Non-subs=
=
], the SpaceX supremo said that while he is worried about risks posed by de=
velopments in AI and robotics, =E2=80=98the most likely outcome is incredib=
le abundance for all=E2=80=99. He suggested that his =E2=80=98philosophical=
conclusion=E2=80=99 was to =E2=80=98look on the bright side=E2=80=99 and t=
hat he couldn=E2=80=99t stop progress =E2=80=98even if [he] wanted to=E2=80=
=99. (Though this was before the revelation that an autonomous OpenAI agent=
went rogue and hacked a start-up. So.)
Sticking with Big Tech, the EU has fined [https://www.theguardian.com/tec=
hnology/2026/jul/23/eu-fines-google-for-competition-breaches-over-search-an=
d-apps?status=3D=
Non-subs=
=
] Google =E2=82=AC890 million (=C2=A3760 million) for breaching online comp=
etition laws across its search engine and app store services. The European =
Commission said that Google had breached its Digital Markets Act by priorit=
ising its own services, including hotel deals and shopping, over those of i=
ts rivals in search results. It also erred by preventing app developers fro=
m pointing consumers in the direction of cheaper offers, including for subs=
criptions, on alternative app stores and websites.
Watch and listen
Michael Simmons and Tim Shipman debate [https://spectator.com/podcast/and=
ys-promises-whos-paying/?status=3D=
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=
] how Burnham will pay for all of his new pledges on the latest Coffee Hous=
e Shots.
Over at UnHerd, Freddie Sayers and Ross Barkan discuss [https://unherd.co=
m/watch-listen/zohran-mamdani-is-just-the-beginning/?status=3D=
=
Non-subs=
=
] whether Zohran Mamdani=E2=80=99s democratic socialism is the future of Am=
erican politics. Freddy Gray has some thoughts [https://spectator.com/art=
icle/the-radical-left-wing-takeover-of-the-democrats-is-nearly-complete/?st=
atus=3D=
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=
].
You really shouldn=E2=80=99t laugh. But watch [https://www.telegraph.co.u=
k/news/2026/07/23/woman-crashes-car-seconds-after-swearing-at-farage/?statu=
s=3D=
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=
] as a woman driving past Nigel Farage calls the Reform leader a rude name =
before crashing into the car in front of her.
ROYAL (TIME) TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS
Move over Ncuti Gatwa. The King and Queen arrived [https://www.telegraph.=
co.uk/athletics/2026/07/23/king-and-queen-tardis-commonwealth-games-opening=
-ceremony/?status=3D=
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=
] at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in style las=
t night =E2=80=93 stepping out of the TARDIS. The pair were greeted by huge=
cheers =E2=80=93 and Sir Chris Hoy =E2=80=93 when they emerged from the ti=
me machine at the Hydro Arena; the King has reportedly enjoyed Doctor Who s=
ince he was 15. The games continue until August 2.
Talking of royal travel arrangements, the King=E2=80=99s youngest son is ha=
ving to wait for a decision about his security arrangements in Britain. Acc=
ording to the Times [https://www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-family/article/pri=
nce-harry-security-uk-visit-prime-ministers-wlbgksg5r?status=3D=
=
Non-subs=
=
], officials have been rather distracted by the unprecedented challenge of =
protecting nine former Prime Ministers at once. The Duke of Sussex was info=
rmed he would be granted a risk management board at the end of last year to=
reassess whether he deserves automatic police protection whenever he is in=
the UK, but there=E2=80=99s a backlog: too many former premiers, too few o=
fficers.
Getty
=E2=80=98One thought it was supposed to be bigger on the inside=E2=80=99
What we=E2=80=99re reading
ABBA Voyage points towards the future [https://www.cityam.com/is-abba-voya=
ge-suitable-for-children-you-bet-it-is/?status=3D=
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=
] - Alys Denby
What Democrats could learn from Blue Labour [https://www.compactmag.com/ar=
ticle/what-democrats-could-learn-from-blue-labour/?status=3D=
Non-subs=
=
=
] - Compact
Adenauer, the German Disraeli [https://engelsbergideas.com/notebook/adenau=
er-the-german-disraeli/?status=3D=
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=
] - Engelsberg Ideas
Should we be worried about Open AI? [https://www.newscientist.com/article=
/2580710-open-ais-hacking-agent-went-rogue-should-we-be-worried/?status=3D=
Non-subs=
=
]- New Scientist
The death of history [https://niallferguson.substack.com/p/the-death-of-hi=
story?status=3D=
Non-subs=
=
] - Niall Ferguson and John-Clark Levin
And another thing...
TAKE A CHILL PILL!
Offa=E2=80=99s dry-ke. A drought has been officially declared [https://ne=
ws.sky.com/story/first-parts-of-the-uk-officially-declare-drought-following=
-record-breaking-heatwaves-13566278?status=3D=
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=
] in two areas of Wales and part of England. North Wales and the Upper Seve=
rn have become the first parts of the UK to officially announce the change =
in status, according to Natural Resource Wales. The drought declaration fol=
lows the prolonged period of hot weather; this July is on track to be the d=
riest in almost 190 years. But rain is forecast for this weekend, even if i=
t won=E2=80=99t be particularly heavy.
But it=E2=80=99s not only the Welsh who have been struggling to keep cool. =
Tom Reimer =E2=80=93 a master tailor whose celebrity client list includes L=
uciano Pavarotti, the legendary opera singer =E2=80=93 is suing [https://=
www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/tom-reimer-mouldy-vintage-wine-fridge-0fswm=
9gsd?status=3D=
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=
] a manufacturer for =C2=A3550,000 over claims that his =C2=A31 million Fre=
nch wine collection went =E2=80=98mouldy=E2=80=99 due to a faulty fridge. H=
e told a judge that the value of his London collection =E2=80=93 around 1,5=
00 bottles =E2=80=93 had been ruined after three wine fridges were installe=
d in his =C2=A38 million Marylebone flat.
NORTH AND SOUTH
We might now have a Prime Minister from oop north, but the region won=E2=80=
=99t see any men=E2=80=99s Ashes Tests next year. The England Cricket Board=
has provoked [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/c1e1zl2qgpxo?=
status=3D=
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=
] outrage =E2=80=93 not for the first time =E2=80=93 by confirming that the=
re will not be any Tests at Emirates Old Trafford or Headingley during next=
year=E2=80=99s series against Australia. Come on Andy =E2=80=93 northerner=
s deserve the chance to see England lose too!
Good news for fans of one of history=E2=80=99s greatest explorers. New Zeal=
and has named [https://www.thetimes.com/world/australasia/article/new-zea=
land-captain-cook-ferry-boat-named-sgdnjsdsb?status=3D=
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=
] a new ferry between its main islands after Captain Cook =E2=80=93 and tol=
d the =E2=80=98snivelling wokesters=E2=80=99 criticising it to get stuffed.=
Winston Peters, the country=E2=80=99s foreign minister, suggested those wh=
o condemned the explorer and Royal Navy officer as a =E2=80=98harbinger of =
colonisation=E2=80=99 to be more aware of New Zealand=E2=80=99s past, since=
a =E2=80=98mature country does not run from its history=E2=80=99 or =E2=80=
=98vandalise its memory to satisfy the latest fashion in whinger politics=E2=
=80=99. Hear hear!
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<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >Good morning</strong>. Andy Burnham ha=
s returned to the north-west to announce the details of No. 10 North. Specu=
lation abounds about the future of North Sea drilling and of Labour=E2=80=99=
s prisoner release scheme. Donald Trump is imposing fresh tariffs on 60 tra=
ding partners while locked in conflict with both Iran and the BBC. Elon Mus=
k is muttering about AI, the Southport killer has been moved to Broadmoor, =
and the Ashes aren=E2=80=99t heading north. You=E2=80=99re reading <i>Spect=
ator Daily</i>: here=E2=80=99s everything you need to know today.</p>
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<p style=3D"text-align:center;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;m=
argin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >HOME SWEET HOME </strong></p>
<br />
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >Our new Prime Minister</strong> is bac=
k in his happy place =E2=80=93 the north-west =E2=80=93 doing his favourite=
thing this morning: talking about mayors. The<i> Guardian </i><a href=
=3D"https://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-ydukyko-hklitkhlik-j/" styl=
e=3D"outline-style:none;color:#b30517;text-decoration:underline;" >reports<=
/a> that regional chiefs are set to be given a leading role in the UK=E2=80=
=99s economic policy, while Burnham has branded the opening of Manchester=E2=
=80=99s No. 10 North =E2=80=93 above a Slug and Lettuce =E2=80=93 as =E2=80=
=98the biggest rebalancing of power our country has ever seen=E2=80=99. He =
has also revived the National Economic Council, first established by Gordon=
Brown amid the 2008 financial crisis.</p>
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<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >Burnham will chair </strong>the counci=
l=E2=80=99s inaugural meeting today, bringing together ministers and mayors=
to put devolution at the centre of his government. He <a href=3D"https://b=
lend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-ydukyko-hklitkhlik-t/" style=3D"outline-=
style:none;color:#b30517;text-decoration:underline;" >wrote</a> in the <i>G=
uardian</i>: =E2=80=98When I entered Downing Street, I told staff that the =
era of fighting devolution was over. No one in government loses when power =
is shared.=E2=80=99 Even though =E2=80=98Whitehall departments have set up =
outposts, decision-making power has remained in London,=E2=80=99 he says. T=
his is what No. 10 North =E2=80=98is seeking to correct=E2=80=99; he hopes =
it will =E2=80=98bring the much-needed sea change in the way Britain is run=
=E2=80=99.</p>
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<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >The establishment of No. 10 North </st=
rong>follows Burnham=E2=80=99s creation of a souped-up Office for the Prime=
Minister and the Cabinet, to be overseen by Louise Haigh, his new First Se=
cretary of State. Haigh will reportedly spend some of her time working from=
the Manchester outpost, alongside Lucy Powell, the Education Secretary, an=
d Angela Rayner, the Housing Secretary, while some civil servants will be c=
ajoled into moving there. <i>Morning Press</i> wishes them well in reversin=
g decades of regional inequality in one fell swoop.</p>
<br />
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >Meanwhile, the Ministry of Justice&nbs=
p;</strong><a href=3D"https://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-ydukyko-=
hklitkhlik-i/" style=3D"outline-style:none;color:#b30517;text-decoration:und=
erline;" >has been instructed</a> to pause a scheme which would have seen t=
he early release of some prisoners. The decision comes after reports that A=
lbert Bowers and Jessie Cole =E2=80=93 who are serving 13-year sentences fo=
r the manslaughter of PC Andrew Harper in 2019 =E2=80=93 could be freed ear=
ly. Burnham said no prisoners would be released until ministers had reviewe=
d the scheme and had =E2=80=98done everything we can to minimise risk to th=
e public=E2=80=99. He added: =E2=80=98Where changes are needed, we will not=
hesitate to make them.=E2=80=99 With just weeks before the scheme was due =
to start, officials will have to work out new release plans for some 6,000 =
offenders.<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;"=20
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<em>=E2=80=98This Southern stuff isn=E2=80=99t a patch on Tetley=E2=80=99s=
=2E Am I right, love?=E2=80=99</em></p>
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px;margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px;text-align:center;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >DRILL, BABY, DRILL</strong></p>
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<br />
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >Burnham is also ready</strong> to =E2=80=
=98move quickly=E2=80=99 to ramp up North Sea oil and gas production, the <=
a href=3D"https://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-ydukyko-hklitkhlik-d/=
" style=3D"outline-style:none;color:#b30517;text-decoration:underline;" ><e=
m>Times</em></a> reports. A decision on drilling at Rosebank =E2=80=93 the =
biggest undeveloped oil and gas field in the UK =E2=80=93 and Jackdaw is ex=
pected within weeks. Industry sources are said to have =E2=80=98received in=
dications=E2=80=99 that the Prime Minister wanted to ensure that, if drilli=
ng is given the go-ahead, new supplies could help keep down living costs th=
is winter. Miatta Fahnbulleh, the new Energy Secretary, is mulling the two =
sites off the Scottish coast. Read more from Ross Clark <a href=3D"https://=
blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-ydukyko-hklitkhlik-h/"=20
style=3D"outline-style:none;color:#b30517;text-decoration:underline;" >here=
</a>.</p>
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:10px;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" =
>
<br />
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >Ministers are unable</strong> to reach=
a formal decision on the projects until the conclusion of a public consult=
ation, expected in the next few weeks. The consultation was ordered in Janu=
ary last year after the courts ruled that the original consent given for bo=
th fields was unlawful. A source =E2=80=98close to the projects=E2=80=99 is=
quoted as saying that once =E2=80=98we are past the consultation phase, th=
e ball is in their court=E2=80=99. They suggested approval next month =E2=80=
=98would allow production to commence by October 1=E2=80=99 since =E2=80=98=
just a paper is standing in the way=E2=80=99.</p>
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<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;ma=
rgin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >=E2=80=98He=E2=80=99s not the messiah, he=E2=80=
=99s a very northern boy.=E2=80=99</p>
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ormal;font-weight:normal;font-size:19.5px;font-family:EBGaramond, Garamond,=
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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;" >Join <em>The Spectator</em>=E2=80=99s =
luxury </strong><strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >Mediterranean Crui=
se</strong></p>
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</p>
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<em>The Spectator</em> and award-winning luxury cruise specialists the Tra=
vel Academy are delighted to announce a new and exclusive trip for 2027. We=
invite you to join business editor Martin Vander Weyer, Real Life columnis=
t Melissa Kite, and a like-minded group of readers on one of the most luxur=
ious ships ever built. More information <a href=3D"https://blend.spectator.=
co.uk/t/j-l-ydukyko-hklitkhlik-k/" style=3D"outline-style:none;colo=
r:#b30517;text-decoration:underline;" >here</a>.</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;" >IRAN VS GLOUCESTERSHIRE </strong></p>
<br />
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >The government </strong>has reassured =
the public that our armed forces =E2=80=93 however denuded of cash =E2=80=93=
<a href=3D"https://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-ydukyko-=
hklitkhlik-u/" style=3D"outline-style:none;color:#b30517;text-decoration:underlin=
e;" >are ready to protect</a> the country after Iran warned that RAF Fairfo=
rd (or any other UK base used by the US) was a =E2=80=98legitimate target=E2=
=80=99. The Gloucestershire air base has been used by the US Air Force to l=
aunch bombing raids on Iran; Burnham has so far continued Keir Starmer=E2=80=
=99s policy of allowing the US to use British bases for defensive strikes o=
n Iran.</p>
<br />
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >After the Islamic Revolutionary Guard =
Corps </strong>accused Britain of causing the =E2=80=98misfortunes of the p=
eople of our region=E2=80=99 by =E2=80=98dismantling Islamic countries=E2=80=
=A6imposing despotic governments=E2=80=99 and =E2=80=98worst of all=E2=80=99=
creating the =E2=80=98disaster of Israel=E2=80=99, the government responde=
d by suggesting the military was =E2=80=98ready 24/7 to defend itself=E2=80=
=99 from =E2=80=98any kind of attacks, whether it=E2=80=99s on our soil or =
from abroad=E2=80=99. They might be careful. Donald Trump <a href=3D"h=
ttps://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-ydukyko-hklitkhlik-o/" style=3D"=
outline-style:none;color:#b30517;text-decoration:underline;" >suggested yes=
terday</a> that he was considering a =E2=80=98massive attack=E2=80=99 that =
was =E2=80=98bigger than ever before=E2=80=99 following almost two weeks of=
consecutive overnight strikes.</p>
<br />
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >Worryingly, </strong>the UK is apparen=
tly too complacent about the threat of foreign attacks, according to Dr Cha=
rles Woodburn, head of BAE systems. He also told the <a href=3D"https://ble=
nd.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-ydukyko-hklitkhlik-b/" style=3D"outline-st=
yle:none;color:#b30517;text-decoration:underline;" >BBC</a> that this was =E2=
=80=98by far the most threatening time I have seen=E2=80=99.</p>
<br />
<p style=3D"text-align:center;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;m=
argin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >TARIFFS ON THE WORLD, TEXTS TO AUNTIE =
</strong></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 the US President, </strong=
>Trump <a href=3D"https://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-ydukyko-=
hklitkhlik-n/" style=3D"outline-style:none;color:#b30517;text-decoration:un=
derline;" >has announced</a> a raft of new tariffs on imports from around 6=
0 trading partners. Ranging from 10 per cent to 12.5 per cent, the duties t=
arget key partners, including the UK, EU, Canada, India and Japan. The US S=
upreme Court had ruled earlier this year that many of the tariffs Trump had=
imposed under emergency powers were illegally enacted; his global 10 per c=
ent tariff was set to expire today, unless extended by Congress. The US Tra=
de Representative=E2=80=99s Office has proposed almost identical tariffs to=
replace it.</p>
<br />
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >The justification </strong>being offer=
ed is that these countries have failed to restrict the trade in goods made =
using forced labour. Three-quarters of the 60 will face 12.5 per cent tarif=
fs. But the UK and Canada are among the lucky few suffering only 10 per cen=
t levies. The Trump administration says the rates were decided based on whi=
ch countries have tougher rules against forced labour practices. According =
to trade experts, the UK is better off than most after this announcement, w=
ith one forecasting export losses of $200 million for this year, compared w=
ith $1.5 billion last year.</p>
<br />
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >And the President is</strong> still ca=
ught in a battle with the BBC. The corporation <a href=3D"https://blen=
d.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-ydukyko-hklitkhlik-p/" style=3D"outline-sty=
le:none;color:#b30517;text-decoration:underline;" >has demanded</a> that Tr=
ump hand over his personal messages in the hope of proving that he incited =
the riots January 6, 2021. It is part of the BBC=E2=80=99s response to the =
President=E2=80=99s $10 billion (=C2=A37.5 billion) defamation lawsuit, wit=
h the corporation=E2=80=99s lawyers hoping to prove in court that Trump did=
indeed urge his supporters to storm the Capitol, after the <i>Telegraph</i=
> revealed that <i>Panorama </i>had edited a speech by the President which =
made it seem like he had incited the mob.</p>
<br />
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >In his own inimitable fashion, </stron=
g>the President <a href=3D"https://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-ydukyko=
-hklitkhlik-x/" style=3D"outline-style:none;color:#b30517;text-deco=
ration:underline;" >has also</a> thrown into chaos his multibillion-dollar =
nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia a day after signing it by suggesting it woul=
d only come into force if the kingdom normalised relations with Israel. He =
posted on Truth Social that Riyadh would have to agree to the Abraham Accor=
ds in return for the US to supply the country with nuclear reactors. Accord=
ing to the White House, the deal =E2=80=98is contingent on this condition=E2=
=80=99.<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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oman, Times, serif;line-height:36px;color:#b30517;mso-line-height-rule:exac=
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Coming up today</p>
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<img alt=3D"=E2=80=A2" height=3D"18" src=3D"https://www.spectator.co.uk=
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<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;"=
>
President Trump will attend the rescheduled White House Correspondents=
=E2=80=99 dinner, after the one in April was disrupted by a shooter. Our ow=
n Douglas Murray <a href=3D"https://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-ydukyko-=
hklitkhlik-m/" style=3D"outline-style:none;color:#b30517;text-decorati=
on:underline;" >was in the room</a>.</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=
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<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;"=
>
The Commonwealth Games continue in Glasgow. Events today include swimm=
ing, artistic gymnastics and bowls.</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;" >=E2=80=98MISSED OPPORTUNITY=E2=80=99 A=
ND SOUTHPORT MOVE </strong></p>
<br />
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >Greater Manchester Police </stron=
g><a href=3D"https://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-ydukyko-hklitkhlik=
-c/" style=3D"outline-style:none;color:#b30517;text-decoration:underline;" =
>has apologised</a> for missing a chance to act before an attack on Heaton =
Park synagogue last year. Sir Stephen Watson, chief constable of the force,=
said Jiha al-Shamie=E2=80=99s phone had been seized by officers, but that =
crucial data had not been looked at. According to Watson, there can be =E2=80=
=98little doubt that the information contained within these devices would h=
ave inspired further investigative action=E2=80=99 and failing to review it=
constituted =E2=80=98a missed opportunity=E2=80=99 to detain al-Shamie bef=
ore he acted.</p>
<br />
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >His apology came </strong>as Mohammed =
Bashir was jailed for life yesterday with a minimum term of 17 years for pl=
anning a terrorist attack on a military base along with al-Shamie. The pair=
drove to the UK Defence Academy in Swindon on a =E2=80=98hostile reconnais=
sance mission=E2=80=99, the court was told. The trip took place in August l=
ast year; Shamie was shot dead by police while attacking Heaton Park synago=
gue on Yom Kippur, wearing a fake suicide belt, in October.</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>Axel Rudakubana, w=
ho stabbed three young girls to death at a dance class in Southport in 2024=
, <a href=3D"https://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-ydukyko-=
hklitkhlik-q/" style=3D"outline-style:none;color:#b30517;text-decoration:underli=
ne;" >has been transferred</a> to Broadmoor psychiatric hospital from Belma=
rsh prison after his mental health reportedly deteriorated. Medics said the=
19-year-old could no longer be treated properly for his mental ill-health =
at the high-security prison in south London.</p>
<br />
<p style=3D"text-align:center;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;m=
argin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >OIL, ELON AND GOOGLE </strong></p>
<br />
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >Oil prices </strong><a href=3D"ht=
tps://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-ydukyko-hklitkhlik-a/" style=3D"o=
utline-style:none;color:#b30517;text-decoration:underline;" >hit $100 a bar=
rel</a> yesterday for the first time since May amid concerns for global ene=
rgy supplies as the conflict in the Middle East continues. Brent crude rose=
more than 5 per cent as the US stepped up military strikes against Iran. G=
as prices have also risen, with the benchmark US gas price at around 150p p=
er therm, up from around 98p per therm this time last month. Iran said thre=
e tankers had abandoned an attempt to pass through the Strait of Hormuz aft=
er disruptions caused by an explosion.</p>
<br />
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >Elon Musk has said</strong> those worr=
ied about an AI catastrophe should simply =E2=80=98enjoy the ride=E2=80=99.=
Speaking to the <em><a href=3D"https://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-ydukyko=
-hklitkhlik-f/" style=3D"outline-style:none;color:#b30517;text-deco=
ration:underline;" >Economist</a></em>, the SpaceX supremo said that while =
he is worried about risks posed by developments in AI and robotics, =E2=80=98=
the most likely outcome is incredible abundance for all=E2=80=99. He sugges=
ted that his =E2=80=98philosophical conclusion=E2=80=99 was to =E2=80=98loo=
k on the bright side=E2=80=99 and that he couldn=E2=80=99t stop progress =E2=
=80=98even if [he] wanted to=E2=80=99. (Though this <i>was</i> before the =
revelation that an autonomous OpenAI agent went rogue and hacked a start-up=
=2E So.)</p>
<br />
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >Sticking with Big Tech, </strong>the E=
U <a href=3D"https://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-ydukyko-=
hklitkhlik-z/" style=3D"outline-style:none;color:#b30517;text-decoration:underli=
ne;" >has fined</a> Google =E2=82=AC890 million (=C2=A3760 million) for bre=
aching online competition laws across its search engine and app store servi=
ces. The European Commission said that Google had breached its Digital Mark=
ets Act by prioritising its own services, including hotel deals and shoppin=
g, over those of its rivals in search results. It also erred by preventing =
app developers from pointing consumers in the direction of cheaper offers, =
including for subscriptions, on alternative app stores and websites.</p>
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ing-right:15px;padding-left:15px;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;" >
<table width=3D"610" align=3D"center" cellpaddin=
g=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"max-width:610px;width:100% !important;ma=
rgin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto;" >
<tr>
<td style=3D"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:20p=
x;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font=
-weight:normal;font-size:26px;font-family:EBGaramond, Garamond, Times New R=
oman, Times, serif;line-height:36px;color:#b30517;mso-line-height-rule:exac=
tly;" >
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;ma=
rgin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
Watch and listen</p>
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<td style=3D"font-style:normal;font-variant:n=
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;" >
<table border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" cells=
pacing=3D"0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style=3D"vertical-align:top;padding-right:10px;padding-top:5px;mso-l=
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;"=
>
Michael Simmons and Tim Shipman <a href=3D"https://blend.spectator.co.=
uk/t/j-l-ydukyko-hklitkhlik-v/" style=3D"outline-style:none;color:#=
b30517;text-decoration:underline;" >debate</a> how Burnham will pay for all=
of his new pledges on the latest <i>Coffee House Shots</i>.</p>
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<td style=3D"vertical-align:top;padding-right:10px;padding-top:5px;mso-l=
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;"=
>
Over at UnHerd, Freddie Sayers and Ross Barkan <a href=3D"https://blen=
d.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-ydukyko-hklitkhlik-e/" style=3D"outline-sty=
le:none;color:#b30517;text-decoration:underline;" >discuss</a> whether Zohr=
an Mamdani=E2=80=99s democratic socialism is the future of American politic=
s. Freddy Gray <a href=3D"https://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-ydukyko-=
hklitkhlik-s/" style=3D"outline-style:none;color:#b30517;text-decoration=
:underline;" >has some thoughts</a>.</p>
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<td style=3D"vertical-align:top;padding-right:10px;padding-top:5px;mso-l=
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;"=
>
You really shouldn=E2=80=99t laugh. But <a href=3D"https://blend.spect=
ator.co.uk/t/j-l-ydukyko-hklitkhlik-g/" style=3D"outline-style:none=
;color:#b30517;text-decoration:underline;" >watch</a> as a woman driving pa=
st Nigel Farage calls the Reform leader a rude name before crashing into th=
e car in front of her.</p>
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bottom:0px;padding-right:15px;padding-left:15px;mso-line-height-rule:exactl=
y;" >
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g=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"max-width:610px;width:100% !important;ma=
rgin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto;" >
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<td class=3D"wi-100p" align=3D"center" style=3D=
"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:20px;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;mso-line-=
height-rule:exactly;" >
<img src=3D"https=
://i8.=
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610" label=3D"JGlinebreakB" style=3D"width:100% !important;vertical-align:=
top;height:auto !important;" />
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ing-right:15px;padding-left:15px;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;" >
<table width=3D"610" align=3D"center" cellpaddin=
g=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"max-width:610px;width:100% !important;ma=
rgin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto;" >
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<td style=3D"font-style:normal;font-variant:n=
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;" >ROYAL (TIME) TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS </str=
ong></p>
<br />
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >Move over Ncuti Gatwa. </strong>The Ki=
ng and Queen <a href=3D"https://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-ydukyko-=
hklitkhlik-w/" style=3D"outline-style:none;color:#b30517;text-decorat=
ion:underline;" >arrived</a> at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Ga=
mes in Glasgow in style last night =E2=80=93 stepping out of the TARDIS. Th=
e pair were greeted by huge cheers =E2=80=93 and Sir Chris Hoy =E2=80=93 wh=
en they emerged from the time machine at the Hydro Arena; the King has repo=
rtedly enjoyed <i>Doctor Who</i> since he was 15. The games continue until =
August 2.</p>
<br />
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >Talking of royal travel arrangements, =
</strong>the King=E2=80=99s youngest son is having to wait for a decision a=
bout his security arrangements in Britain. According to the<i> </i><i><a hr=
ef=3D"https://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-ydukyko-hklitkhlik-yd/" s=
tyle=3D"outline-style:none;color:#b30517;text-decoration:underline;" >Times=
</a></i>, officials have been rather distracted by the unprecedented challe=
nge of protecting nine former Prime Ministers at once. The Duke of Sussex w=
as informed he would be granted a risk management board at the end of last =
year to reassess whether he deserves automatic police protection whenever h=
e is in the UK, but there=E2=80=99s a backlog: too many former premiers, to=
o few officers.</p>
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g=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"max-width:610px;width:100% !important;ma=
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"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:5px;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;mso-line-h=
eight-rule:exactly;" >
<img src=3D"https=
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/ei/j/D7/179/8E7/csimport/royals.063530.jpg" width=3D=
"610" label=3D"Image_caption_and_credit" height=3D"441" style=3D"width:100=
% !important;vertical-align:top;height:auto !important;" />
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<td style=3D"width:0px;vertical-align:top;mso=
-line-height-rule:exactly;" >
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ato', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#333;line-height:12px;text-align:l=
eft;text-transform:uppercase;writing-mode:vertical-rl;white-space:nowrap;pa=
dding-top:0;padding-bottom:5px;padding-right:0;padding-left:0px;mso-table-l=
space:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;" >
Getty
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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;padding-top:0;pa=
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>=E2=80=98One thought it was supposed to be bigger on the inside=E2=80=99=
</em></p>
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ing-right:15px;padding-left:15px;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;" >
<table width=3D"610" align=3D"center" cellpaddin=
g=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"max-width:610px;width:100% !important;ma=
rgin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto;" >
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<td style=3D"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:20p=
x;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font=
-weight:normal;font-size:26px;font-family:EBGaramond, Garamond, Times New R=
oman, Times, serif;line-height:36px;color:#b30517;mso-line-height-rule:exac=
tly;" >
What we=E2=80=99re reading
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<td style=3D"font-style:normal;font-variant:n=
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-ydukyko-hklitkhlik-yh/" style=3D"color:#333;text-decoration:=
underline;outline-style:none;" >ABBA Voyage points towards the future</a> -=
Alys Denby=20
</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-ydukyko-=
hklitkhlik-yk/" style=3D"color:#333;text-decoration:underline;outline-style:no=
ne;" >What Democrats could learn from Blue Labour</a> - <i>Compact=20
</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-ydukyko-=
hklitkhlik-yu/" style=3D"color:#333;text-decoration:underline;outline-styl=
e:none;" >Adenauer, the German Disraeli</a> - <i>Engelsberg Ideas
</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-ydukyko-=
hklitkhlik-jl/" style=3D"color:#333;text-decoration:underline;outline-styl=
e:none;" >Should we be worried about Open AI? </a>- <i>New Scientist=20
</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-ydukyko-=
hklitkhlik-jr/" style=3D"color:#333;text-decoration:underline;outline-styl=
e:none;" >The death of history</a> - Niall Ferguson and John-Clark Levin
</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;" ><i>
</i></p><p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left=
:0;" ></p>
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bottom:0px;padding-right:15px;padding-left:15px;mso-line-height-rule:exactl=
y;" >
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g=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"max-width:610px;width:100% !important;ma=
rgin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto;" >
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"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:20px;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;mso-line-=
height-rule:exactly;" >
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://i9.=
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610" label=3D"JGlinebreakC" style=3D"width:100% !important;vertical-align:=
top;height:auto !important;" />
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adding-right:0;padding-left:0;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-we=
ight:normal;font-size:26px;font-family:EBGaramond, Garamond, Times New Roma=
n, Times, serif;line-height:36px;color:#b30517;mso-line-height-rule:exactly=
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And another thing...
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g=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"max-width:610px;width:100% !important;ma=
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<td style=3D"font-style:normal;font-variant:n=
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;" >TAKE A CHILL PILL! </strong></p>
<br />
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >Offa=E2=80=99s dry-ke. </strong>A drou=
ght <a href=3D"https://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-ydukyko-=
hklitkhlik-jy/" style=3D"outline-style:none;color:#b30517;text-decoration:unde=
rline;" >has been officially declared</a> in two areas of Wales and part of=
England. North Wales and the Upper Severn have become the first parts of t=
he UK to officially announce the change in status, according to Natural Res=
ource Wales. The drought declaration follows the prolonged period of hot we=
ather; this July is on track to be the driest in almost 190 years. But rain=
is forecast for this weekend, even if it won=E2=80=99t be particularly hea=
vy.</p>
<br />
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;" >
<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >But it=E2=80=99s not only </strong>the=
Welsh who have been struggling to keep cool. Tom Reimer =E2=80=93 a master=
tailor whose celebrity client list includes Luciano Pavarotti, the legenda=
ry opera singer =E2=80=93 is <a href=3D"https://blend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l=
-ydukyko-hklitkhlik-jj/" style=3D"outline-style:none;color:#b30517;=
text-decoration:underline;" >suing</a> a manufacturer for =C2=A3550,000 ove=
r claims that his =C2=A31 million French wine collection went =E2=80=98moul=
dy=E2=80=99 due to a faulty fridge. He told a judge that the value of his L=
ondon collection =E2=80=93 around 1,500 bottles =E2=80=93 had been ruined a=
fter three wine fridges were installed in his =C2=A38 million Marylebone fl=
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<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >NORTH AND SOUTH </strong></p>
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<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >We might now </strong>have a Prime Min=
ister from <i>oop north</i>, but the region won=E2=80=99t see any men=E2=80=
=99s Ashes Tests next year. The England Cricket Board <a href=3D"https=
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line-style:none;color:#b30517;text-decoration:underline;" >has provoked</a>=
outrage =E2=80=93 not for the first time =E2=80=93 by confirming that ther=
e will not be any Tests at Emirates Old Trafford or Headingley during next =
year=E2=80=99s series against Australia. Come on Andy =E2=80=93 northerners=
deserve the chance to see England lose too!</p>
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<strong style=3D"font-weight:700;" >Good news </strong>for fans of one of =
history=E2=80=99s greatest explorers. New Zealand <a href=3D"https://b=
lend.spectator.co.uk/t/j-l-ydukyko-hklitkhlik-ji/" style=3D"outline=
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ferry between its main islands after Captain Cook =E2=80=93 and told the =E2=
=80=98snivelling wokesters=E2=80=99 criticising it to get stuffed. Winston =
Peters, the country=E2=80=99s foreign minister, suggested those who condemn=
ed the explorer and Royal Navy officer as a =E2=80=98harbinger of colonisat=
ion=E2=80=99 to be more aware of New Zealand=E2=80=99s past, since a =E2=80=
=98mature country does not run from its history=E2=80=99 or =E2=80=98vandal=
ise its memory to satisfy the latest fashion in whinger politics=E2=80=99. =
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