The Guardian – ‘Ruthless reshuffle, lays ground for election’
Summary of Today's Paper
The Guardian – ‘Ruthless reshuffle, lays ground for election’
The Guardian suggests that the PM is laying “the groundwork for the next general election”. The paper looks at what it calls the “surprise” appointment of Nadine Dorries as culture secretary, claiming the move appears to signal No 10’s determination to continue pursuing the culture wars. However, it quotes Downing Street sources as saying she had not been put in place to pursue an “anti-woke agenda”.
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‘Reward for terrorism’
Netanyahu’s office described the warrants as “an antisemitic decision … equivalent to the modern Dreyfus trial”, referring to the 1894 trial of a French artillery captain of Jewish descent that has become one of the most prominent examples of antisemitism.
