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the media show. a warning this programme contains flashing images. hello and welcome. today we are asking what role the media has in choosing the next conservative leader. how do you cover an election campaign that most of the public doesnt have a say in? and what might all this mean for a channel as planned privatisation? next weeks media bill, which would have included details of the sale has now been delayed. my guests today, fraser nelson, editor of the spectator, a publication at ...

this time, they miss. the howitzers get away. the artillery commander tells me the russians are regularly targeting them because of their western weapons. "because theyre precise and effective," he says. ukraines also having to learn a western way of war, the emphasis on precision. and this ones making a difference — the us himars rocket launcher. ukraine doesnt have many, but it can now strike targets from distance. but its creating a massive logistical challenge. ukraines now havin...

The betting markets have moved behind her now so she is the odds on favourite. and will the spectator come out for her, do you think? im not a great fan of publications taken sides in these things, we are here to support it. now, ultimately, our leader column will make a decision. but probably, like brexit, well make it right at the end. we dont really, sort of, have favourites. like every publication, you know what you believe, what weve been arguing for basic liberal principles for the best pa...

Worked there for a bit. fraser, hello, will you be anointing a leader? were going to find out at five oclock. apparantlyjeremy hunt is struggling to stay in. the big news of course, is that yougov poll puts penny mordaunt way ahead of all her rivals. the betting markets have moved behind her now so she is the odds on favourite. and will the spectator come out for her, do you think? im not a great fan of publications taken sides in these things, we are here to support it. ultimately, our leader c...

Truly shocking and it is coming out first in an independent inquiry into the childs active you set up by theresa may, when she was prime minister, and from the hundreds of little people in the chair of lambeth council in south london were subjected to horrendous cruelty and sexual abuse over decades on a scale that was hard to comprehend. they found more than 700 allegations of sexual abuse against hundreds of staff and individuals connected with just three homes in the borough but the true scal...

Liverpool Waterfront loses World Heritage status Lyndon Lloyd Wednesday, 21 July, 2021 In a move that has been anticipated for a while, Unesco, citing years of development for an “irreversible loss” to the historic value of its Victorian docks have removed Liverpools waterfront of its World Heritage Site status. Following a secret ballot at the latest session of the World Heritage Committee China today, the heritage b...