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Covid court cases & how Oxford ruined Britain – The Week in 60 Minutes | SpectatorTV
Well worth a listen…

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6ymJuDbguM[/youtube]

Cindy Yu, The Spectator’s broadcast editor, speaks to columnist Toby Young and author Simon Kuper about whether Oxford University has ruined Britain’s politics. Katy Balls and James Forsyth, The Spectator’s politics team, are on the show too. They discuss Labour after Starmer with Guardian columnist Rafael Behr. We also cover the Australian election with former Australian foreign minister Alexander Downer, the ongoing Covid court cases with The Spectator’s data journalist, Michael Simmons, and what Palestine looked like before the foundation of Israel, with author Roger Hardy.

// THIS EPISODE
00:00 – Welcome from Cindy
01:48 – Can Keir escape beergate? With Katy Balls, James Forsyth and Rafael Behr
13:35 – Covid court cases, with Michael Simmons
24:21 – Is conservatism going out of fashion? With Alexander Downer
39:10 – Did Oxford ruin Britain? With Toby Young and Simon Kuper
01:02:00 – Photographing Palestine, with Roger Hardy

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The East/West Southern branch of Crossrail, the Elizabeth Line, opens on the 24th of May 2022…

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Douglas Murray on western culture & Elon Musk buys Twitter – The Week in 60 Minutes | SpectatorTV

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On this week’s episode, Kate Andrews is joined by Douglas Murray, Charles C. W. Cooke, and Fraser Nelson. We discuss Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter, Ron DeSantis’s battle with Disney, and why one MP is watching porn in the House of Commons.

// THIS EPISODE
00:00 – Welcome from Kate Andrews
02:02 – Who watches porn in the Commons? With James Forsyth and Katy Balls
10:57 – Why does the West attack itself? With Douglas Murray and Fraser Nelson
22:11 – Could Elon Musk save Twitter? With Fraser Nelson and Suzanne Nossel
37:29 – Ron DeSantis vs Disney, with Freddy Gray and Charles C. W. Cooke
58:10 – How I cured my fear of spiders, with Dave Clarke

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How the Russia-Ukraine Crisis is Reshaping the Global Energy Landscape

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How is Europe weaning itself from Russian oil and gas? In our latest Exchanges at Goldman Sachs, Goldman Sachs Research’s Samantha Dart, senior energy strategist on the commodities team, Alberto Gandolfi, head of the European Utilities Research team, and Michele Della Vigna, head of Natural Resources Research in EMEA, explain the alternatives to — and timing of — Europe’s independence from Russian resources and how these shifts are reshaping the global energy markets.

Thanks for sharing the video. I watched the “Ron DeSantis vs Disney, with Freddy Gray and Charles C. W. Cooke” segment. DeSantis is a clever politician who figures out ways to motivate his Right-Wing political base and inflame the Woke Left against him. It’s the strategy of divide and conquer that Trump employed. It succeeds by divided the people against themselves. He actually evoked liberal sympathy for a giant corporation–Disney. Not an easy thing to accomplish! He’s gotten their attention too. And the Right sees him as a hero for it.

The exclusive two party system is destroying civil America. Society detroys itself from within. The Republican have been in control of Florida since the 90s. They have undermined the public school system and made the criminal justice system a “for profit” business. The corruption and cronyism is deeply entrenched. What’s to like?

In the DeSantis segment the commentators sympathesy leaned middle to right. Is that they way it usually goes on Spectator TV? Even at that it disn’t seem as ploarized as a lot of American media these days.

FULL SHOW 5/23/22- Live Coverage of WEF World Govt. Summit in Geneva Switzerland - MUST WATCH

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Democracy in crisis & Treasury groupthink – The Week in 60 Minutes | SpectatorTV

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Cindy Yu, The Spectator’s broadcast editor, speaks to Julian Savulescu, director of Oxford University’s centre for practical ethics, about whether artificial intelligence could soon become sentient:

‘At some point we’re just going to have to be generous and afford rights to artificial intelligence.’ – Julian Savulescu

Sam Leith joins Julian to talk about whether Google may have made an artificial intelligence with feelings. On the rest of the show, Harper’s magazine president John R. MacArthur and journalist Anne-Elisabeth Moutet discuss Mélenchon’s threat to Macron, our deputy editor Freddy Gray says that the West has lost its political authority, and economists Howard Davies and Gerard Lyons debate whether the Treasury is fit for purpose.

i think the elon musk fixation among a lot of people is really weird.

K: I’m right there with you…

Kropotkin

Considering how rich/affluent/influential he is, I would say not!

Beg to differ?

I bet you are.

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Putin’s billions & a cure for cancer – The Week in 60 Minutes | SpectatorTV

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0Katy Balls, The Spectator’s deputy political editor, speaks to Kate Andrews, The Spectator’s economics editor, about whether sanctions against Putin have backfired:

‘We can talk about sanctions all we want, but the West is still very much funding Putin’s war chest.’
– Kate Andrews

The economist Julian Jessop joins Kate to discuss what else the West can do to put pressure on Russia. On the rest of the show, oncologist Professor Karol Sikora and science journalist Matt Ridley discuss the viability of a vaccine for cancer, Spectator intern and Ukrainian refugee Svitlana Morenets explains why Ukrainians want to keep fighting, Jonathan Miller champions the budget airline Ryanair and The Spectator’s home political team, James Forsyth and Isabel Hardman, update on the political ramifications of this week’s rail strikes.

00:00 – Welcome from Katy Balls
02:15 – Politics update with James Forsyth and Isabel Hardman
12:05 – Are sanctions backfiring? Kate Andrews discusses with Julian Jessop
27:15 – Svitlana Morenets on why Ukraine wants to keep fighting
34:45 – Can we find a vaccine for cancer? With Matt Ridley and Professor Karol Sikora
51:15 – Is Ryanair in fact the best airline of all? Jonathan Miller makes the case

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Boris scrapes through & Africa’s grain crisis – The Week in 60 Minutes | SpectatorTV

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John Connolly, The Spectator’s news editor, speaks to historian Anthony Seldon about whether Boris Johnson might resign:

‘Why on earth would he want to carry on and have more of this humiliation? Why wouldn’t want to take the dignified path of saying: “I’m going to fall on my sword.”’

On the rest of the show, Spectator contributor Owen Matthews and our Wild Life columnist Aidan Hartley discuss how far Putin is to blame for global food shortages, the Refugee Council’s Enver Solomon says the Home Office is in crisis, and sports journalist Neil Clark explains why, despite the danger, the Isle of Man TT should be celebrated, not banned.

// THIS EPISODE
00:00 – Welcome from John Connolly
01:40 – How long can Boris last? With James Forsyth and Anthony Seldon
14:14 – Is Putin making Africa starve? With Owen Matthews and Aidan Hartley
28:50 – Has the Home Office failed refugees? With Enver Solomon
46:27 – Why is Sweden so inhospitable? With Lisa Bjurwald
57:36 – Neil Clark: The danger and glory of the Isle of Man TT

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Putin’s nukes & China since Tiananmen – The Week in 60 Minutes | SpectatorTV

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Fraser Nelson, The Spectator’s editor, speaks to Louise Perry, author of The Case Against the Sexual Revolution, about why it should be harder to divorce:

‘Some marriages are miserable and abusive. But I’m not convinced that this has been a liberation for everyone.’

Elsewhere on the the show, Spectator contributor Christopher Howse discusses the monarchy with our political editor James Forsyth. Cindy Yu, host of our Chinese Whispers podcast, says China hasn’t changed all that much since the Tiananmen Square protests 30 years ago. Former consultant J. Meirion Thomas tells Fraser why GP surgeries are in crisis. Historians Antony Beevor and Serhii Plokhy talk about why Putin might yet win in Ukraine.

// THIS EPISODE
00:00 – Welcome from Fraser Nelson
01:47 – How has the monarchy survived? With Christopher Howse and James Forsyth
13:05 – Should it be harder to divorce? With Louise Perry
25:12 – How far will Putin go to win in Ukraine? With Antony Beevor and Serhii Plokhy
49:27 – Has China changed since Tiananmen? With Cindy Yu
59:38 – Can GPs be fixed? With Meirion Thomas

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Germany held ransom and Biden’s Roe cop out – The Week in 60 Minutes | SpectatorTV

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Freddy Gray, The Spectator’s deputy editor, speaks to journalist Jamie Bartlett about his new book on the multi-billion dollar crypto-scam of missing businesswoman Ruja Ignatova:

‘The whole thing was a brilliantly designed pyramid scheme with a crypto-currency branding.’

– Jamie Bartlett

On the rest of the show, analyst Wolfgang Münchau and FT chief foreign affairs correspondent Gideon Rachman discuss whether Putin could shut off Germany’s gas, The Spectator’s economics editor and resident American Kate Andrews breaks down what American legislators can do to protect abortion rights after the overturning of Roe v Wade, journalist Rachel Johnson pays homage to rock’s graying stars and from The Spectator’s political team, James Forsyth and Katy Balls discuss the political situation that the Prime Minister returns home to, after an eight-day tour abroad.

00:00 - Welcome from Freddy Gray.
03:00 - Could Putin shut off Germany’s gas? With Wolfgang Münchau and Gideon Rachman
19:25 - Politics update with Katy Balls and James Forsyth
28:55 - Can Democrats do more to protect abortion rights? With Kate Andrews
40:15 - The missing cryptoqueen: Jamie Bartlett on a multi-billion dollar crypto-scam
49:50 - Rachel Johnson on music’s ageing rockstars

Why the deletion Derley… was it best not read?

It was there for 48 hours MagsJ. As you hadn’t responded, I just assumed you found it deeply offensive.

It’s bit ‘old hat’ now, but just for you, here it is in the original form . . .

[b]Interesting, MagsJ, but no one mentioned the resounding thrashing that the Cons Party suffered in the two by-elections.

Tis a pity they couldn’t wait a couple of weeks for the ‘no confidence’ vote. Had they done so, I do believe Mister Johnson would now be gone. Even his most loyal sycophants would be eyeing their majorities!

He would behead every single tory MP before he gave any consideration to falling on his sword!

Sorry MagsJ, not a fan of ‘The Johnson’.[/b] :slight_smile: