Quick Glance: Culture Enabled Russell Brand
- Brand did not create the culture of the Noughties.
- We fostered a culture with leaked sex tapes and upskirt pictures of female celebrities.
- It was a time of sexual permissiveness, mainly granted to men.
- Culture doesn’t produce predators, but it can facilitate them.
Quick Glance: Lachlan Murdoch: Heir to Rupert Murdoch's Media Empire
- Rupert Murdoch will step down as head of News Corp. and Fox Corp. in November.
- Lachlan Murdoch will become chair of News Corp. while remaining CEO and chair of Fox Corp.
- This move by Rupert Murdoch may be his last due to his advanced age.
- Lachlan Murdoch has firsthand experience of the challenges within the media empire.
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Quick Glance: Before the TV discussion, Truss and Sunak trade blows on immigration and China.
- Mr Sunak also took aim at China, warning that it is the "biggest-long term threat to Britain" although Ms Truss allies questioned why he hadn't spoken out more on the subject earlier.
- He stated, "People want a fresh start for Britain."
- Mr Sunak accused China of "stealing our technology and infiltrating our universities" and vowed to collaborate with US Vice President Joe Biden to confront China both at home and internationally.
- On Sunday afternoon, Mr Sunak attempted to justify his suggestions, telling the BBC that combating illegal migration was a "priority" for him and that "no options should be off the table"
Quick Glance: Liz Truss says she will repeal Blair's prohibition on grammar schools.
- The foreign secretary, whose own children attend a grammar school, supports restoring Tony Blair's 1998 prohibition on new selective schools.
- Grammar schools continue to be a touchstone issue for many Tory members.
- Truss has stated that she is a "huge supporter of grammar schools" on the Conservative Home website.
- "My two daughters now attend a grammar school," she continued, "and I want people all over the country to have the option that we have to send our daughters to a grammar school."
Quick Glance: "Oh my God": British TV debate presenter collapses on camera
- TV debate on Boris Johnson's successor: Here, moderator Kate McCann was still good.
- Kate McCann, the show's host, had a medical emergency.
- On Tuesday evening, Foreign Minister Liz Truss and ex-Finance Minister Rishi Sunak were engaged in a heated dispute on the TalkTV channel when Kate McCann collapsed.
- So far, polls show Truss far ahead of Sunak.
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Quick Glance: Keir Starmer "may have face-to-face police interview" over the beergate scandal, according to the title.
- He has frequently stated that no Covid regulations were broken, and last night he insisted that he is "different" from Boris Johnson and that "politicians are not all the same"
- The Durham police department first refused to investigate, claiming that no rules had been broken.
- It comes after the same police force determined Dominic Cummings' trip to Barnard Castle was most likely a " journey to Barnard Castle probably amounted to a " violation of the rules.
- Police took his testimony and questioning by journalists in Downing Street's rose garden as a witness statement.
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“Jeremy Corbyn’s greatest strengths were also his greatest weaknesses.”
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“We somehow convinced ourselves that globalisation had cured the evils of mankind… that’s not happened.”
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