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  1. Edition 73 – May 2025 – Cover + Contents
  2. Editorial – The Need to Be Seen
  3. News In Brief – Niet Zero
  4. Peter Oborne’s Diary – The Sycophants
  5. Political Musings – Spring is Here
  6. On The Ground – Royal Flush
  7. High Court Case Brought Against Dan Wootton Over ‘Catfishing’
  8. Bad Press Awards – Janet Daley Scoops the Leopard Print Ribbon for Tragically Late Epiphanies
  9. Mandrake – Hacking Away
  10. ‘Turning A Blind Eye to Gaza is the Fatal Flaw in Starmer’s European Alternative to the Trump-Putin Axis’
  11. Blue Labour in the ‘MAGA Square’
  12. Keir Starmer’s ‘Elbows Down’ Approach to Power Is Winning Over His Enemies and Alienating His Voters
  13. ‘How Rapidly the Labour Government Has Been Disowned by the Liberal Left is Self-Indulgent and Irresponsible’
  14. ‘Living Through This Labour Government’s Benefits Cuts Is Brutal’
  15. From Grief To Grievance
  16. ‘Two-Tier’ Justice Or Two-Tier Punditry?
  17. ‘Legitimate Concerns’ and Root Causes: Have Lessons Been Learned From Last Summer’s Riots?
  18. ‘The Wider Issues the Riots Were a Symptom of Must Remain on the Political Agenda’
  19. Adolescence May Have Created a ‘Cultural Moment’ But Our Conversations About Misogyny and Masculinity Are Missing the Mark
  20. Cultural Crisis: Why Can’t We Talk About the Water We Swim In?
  21. ‘There May Not Be Any Institutions Left to Rebuild – the Democrats Need to Project Confidence and Keep Fighting’
  22. Do the Democrats Need Their Own Joe Rogan – Or Just a Compelling Argument?
  23. The Silent Violence of Trump’s Second Term
  24. Being Braver Than We Want To Be
  25. Political Culture – Trump’s Tariffs: Starmer’s Moment of Danger and Opportunity
  26. Political Economy – Trump’s Tariffs: The World’s ‘Liz Truss Moment’
  27. Notes on Now – An Absent Establishment
  28. ‘This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like’
  29. ‘Labour Offers No Clear Narrative’: In the Shark-Infested Waters of Politics, Reform Is Circling
  30. A Rising Tide For Shareholders While Bill Payers Struggle to Stay Afloat: Who Owns Britain’s Water?
  31. The Elixir of Life Is In Danger
  32. ‘We Have Utterly Decimated Our Rivers’
  33. ‘To Imagine That A River Is Alive Causes Water to Glitter Differently’
  34. Ecosystem Engineers: Welcoming Back Our Beavers
  35. Myth of the Month – Mr. Pink
  36. The Upside Down – Old Nick’s Game
  37. Editorial information

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