'For once, the Irish government has actually done something it promised. The problem is that it’s precisely the wrong thing, at precisely the wrong time.'

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The Spectator, on screen. Watch now 👉 youtube.com/@SpectatorTV

We’ll be putting bids in. We’ll see who accepts.

Yip. When the facts change I change my mind. What do you do?

“The Tories have a mountain to climb, a near mission impossible to win this election'

Andrew Neil says he suspects the Tories will go down in a 'famous defeat'.

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113 current MPs have confirmed they will not stand for re-election on July 4th — of whom 70 are Tories. It’s an exodus.

Matt does it again.

🎙The Edition Podcast | The deluge

🗣 Rishi Sunak's summer election gamble
🗣 The great electric vehicle bust
🗣 The truth about ultra processed foods

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Indeed. No way will SNP make this election a test of independence. It can be stupid. But not that stupid.

Economic sanctions were meant to be the West’s secret weapon against Russia, a way of crippling Vladimir Putin’s war machine and bringing his invasion of Ukraine to a halt without Nato firing a shot. Instead, Russia’s economy and military remain in rude health.

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Andrew Neil, ‘The combination of this diminished Prime Minister, standing in the rain, getting soaked, with some buffoon playing music ... they couldn't organise a p*** up in a brewery.’

The new cover for Spectator digital edition.

This week’s Spectator print cover, which went to press before Mr Sunak’s announcement.
For the first time ever, in response to the election being called, we produced a brilliant separate digital cover.
See it online along with excellent election analysis.

Excellent from Andrew Neil as usual.

Spectator chairman Andrew Neil, ‘I’m genuinely baffled, I can think of no good reason for Rishi Sunak calling a snap election, other than he's had enough and he wants out.’

Andrew Neil Not just the Spectator's cover but great analysis the Tories can attack the fragile numbers of Labour’s so called fully costed plan and Starmer's wild pledges. Andrew Neil Times Radio

‘I’m genuinely BAFFLED’ - Andrew Neil on Sunak’s summer election gamble ... youtu.be/haKiSZ6roXg?si… via YouTube

But NO cut in interest rates between now and July 4th is totally certain.

I'm baffled Rishi's going to the polls. He'll have only gruel to serve mol.im/a/13449049 via Daily Mail Online

The Spectator’s new digital cover. Brilliant.