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- Edition 78 – October 2025 – Cover + Contents
- Editorial – After the Iceberg, the Conservative Ship Founders
- Letters – October 2025
- News In Brief – Sanctioned by Russia
- Peter Oborne's Diary – History Lessons
- On the Ground – Farage’s Clacton Connundrum
- Bad Press Awards – The Rusty Razor for Ropey Writing
- ‘The BBC’s Language Around Local Palestinian Journalists Reveals Its Egregious Double-Standard’
- Sonia Purnell's Perspectives – 'Anxiety Breeds Anxiety'
- Notes on Now – More Sectarianism
- Understanding the Pressures That Cost Angela Rayner Her Job
- Reform Looks to Import MAGA Politics Into the UK
- Inside The Patriot Games
- Nigel Farage’s Platform for Big Tobacco, Climate Denial and Crypto Firms
- Where Is the Political and Media Challenge to Britain’s New Far-Right Movement?
- ‘It Is in Much of the Media’s Interest to Drive a Farage Victory’: How Asylum Became the Issue Obsessing Britain
- The Martyrdom of Lucy Connolly
- Mandrake – Divided Loyalties
- The Return of ‘Blood and Soil’ Nationalism
- Reform and Conservative Politicians Mingle With Neo-Nazis and Far-Right at Asylum Hotel Protests
- How Conservatism Vacated the Centre-Ground
- David Gauke: ‘Trump Would Be Very Problematic for the Conservative Party if It Tried to Turn Into the British Equivalent of MAGA’
- The New Traditionalism: Targeting the ‘Enemies Within’
- From Maggie to MAGA: The Transformation of the Conservative Mind
- Why We Need to Talk About Englishness
- Billy Bragg: ‘My Old Man Used to Say to Me “It’s Not the Skinheads You Want to Worry About, It’s the Skinheads in Suits You Want to Worry About”. That’s Who Reform Are’
- The Borsellino Bombing and the Rise of Berlusconi
- The Problem With 'AI Psychosis'
- How Trump’s ‘Reverse Algorithmic Capture’ Is Creating the Unseen Curators of Our New Digital Realities
- Brand Mad: Late-Stage Capitalism’s LinkedIn
- Income From Outrage: Jubilee’s 'Empathy-Seeking' Far-Right Debates
- In Absurdia – Age-Old Panic
- Why Are We Accepting State-Sanctioned Social Murder?
- Farage, Autism and the ‘Path to Hell’
- Zeitgeisters – Paul Hawken
- Diaspora Dinners: Traditional Iranian Kotlets
- Puzzle Solutions – Edition 78
- The Upside Down – Remake, Remodel
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EDITION 78 – OCTOBER 2025
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In This EditionHighlights
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Inside The Patriot Games
Charlie Lloyd reports from the Reform UK Party Conference – an event with an energy that will concern all of the mainstream political parties
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The Borsellino Bombing and the Rise of Berlusconi
First published in July by the Italian investigative outlet L’Indipendente, Stefano Baudino and Riccardo Ongaro investigate the assassination of the two top anti-mafia judges, Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, in the summer of 1992 – and how a series of cover-ups and backroom deals paved the way for the rise of Italian Prime Minister and…
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How Trump’s ‘Reverse Algorithmic Capture’ Is Creating the Unseen Curators of Our New Digital Realities
The US Government is shaping by – by stealth – the emergence of a privatised information infrastructure that serves its ideological aims. Caroline Orr reports
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Diaspora Dinners: Traditional Iranian Kotlets
The modest kotlet could be dressed up on a silver platter and garnished with parsley, tomatoes, and pickles; or it could be slipped between any of our myriad Iranian flatbreads, combined with tomato, and pickled cucumber, to make the world’s most delicious sandwich.
Martin Rowson’s cartoon
Investigations, Analysis, Reports and Columns
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Editorial – After the Iceberg, the Conservative Ship Founders
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Letters – October 2025
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News In Brief – Sanctioned by Russia
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Peter Oborne’s Diary – History Lessons
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On the Ground – Farage’s Clacton Connundrum
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Bad Press Awards – The Rusty Razor for Ropey Writing
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‘The BBC’s Language Around Local Palestinian Journalists Reveals Its Egregious Double-Standard’
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Sonia Purnell’s Perspectives – ‘Anxiety Breeds Anxiety’
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Notes on Now – More Sectarianism
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Understanding the Pressures That Cost Angela Rayner Her Job
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Reform Looks to Import MAGA Politics Into the UK
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Nigel Farage’s Platform for Big Tobacco, Climate Denial and Crypto Firms
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Where Is the Political and Media Challenge to Britain’s New Far-Right Movement?
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‘It Is in Much of the Media’s Interest to Drive a Farage Victory’: How Asylum Became the Issue Obsessing Britain
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The Martyrdom of Lucy Connolly
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Mandrake – Divided Loyalties
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The Return of ‘Blood and Soil’ Nationalism
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Reform and Conservative Politicians Mingle With Neo-Nazis and Far-Right at Asylum Hotel Protests
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How Conservatism Vacated the Centre-Ground
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David Gauke: ‘Trump Would Be Very Problematic for the Conservative Party if It Tried to Turn Into the British Equivalent of MAGA’
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The New Traditionalism: Targeting the ‘Enemies Within’
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From Maggie to MAGA: The Transformation of the Conservative Mind
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Why We Need to Talk About Englishness
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Billy Bragg: ‘My Old Man Used to Say to Me “It’s Not the Skinheads You Want to Worry About, It’s the Skinheads in Suits You Want to Worry About”. That’s Who Reform Are’
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The Problem With ‘AI Psychosis’
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Brand Mad: Late-Stage Capitalism’s LinkedIn
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Income From Outrage: Jubilee’s ‘Empathy-Seeking’ Far-Right Debates
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In Absurdia – Age-Old Panic
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Why Are We Accepting State-Sanctioned Social Murder?
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Farage, Autism and the ‘Path to Hell’
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Zeitgeisters – Paul Hawken
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Puzzle Solutions – Edition 78
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The Upside Down – Remake, Remodel