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Man seeks plan
1 july 2022
giles whittell
- At least 17 people were killed in a Russian missile strike on Odesa.
- The US Supreme Court limited the Environmental Protection Agency’s power to curb emissions from power plants (more below).
- Chris Pincher, deputy chief-whip, resigned from Boris Johnson’s government after drinking “far too much” and groping two male colleagues.
Sir Tony Blair gathered dozens of fertile centrist minds at a hotel in London yesterday to fill the “gaping hole” in British politics where he says there needs to be a plan to get the country out of its present funk.
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Just the facts, ma’am
Ed Perkins’ fine documentary The Princess rescues Diana’s story from the hyper-reality of myth and drama
Elvis is back in the building
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The Georgian age
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