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Your 30s should just be a rerun of your 20s but better: spent yesterday on a bar crawl in Brighton but then woke up, hiked and made a carrot cake
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As they’ve been both in the news this week, a reminder that Martin Lewis and Liz Truss’s husband did battle at uni
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Economics editor Michael Simmons, deputy political editor James Heale and pollster Scarlett Maguire discuss Andy Burnham and John Healey’s first Budget. nitter.cf/i/broadcasts/2WXVvAapY…
Budget coverage from @Simmons__ going live in 20mins 👇
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Reality Check live from the @spectator: the only Budget coverage you need, tomorrow with @Simmons__ & special guests @JAHeale @Scarlett__Mag & @NationJames 👇
Reality Check live from the @spectator: the only Budget coverage you need, tomorrow with @Simmons__ & special guests @JAHeale @Scarlett__Mag & @NationJames 👇
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📺 “We reported events one-sidedly for years”: Serbian TV apologizes to viewers after Vučić's party loses the election
Radio Television of Vojvodina (RTV) opened its news broadcast with footage of celebrations following the Student List's election victory — scenes it had failed to show the previous evening.
“For years, we failed to fulfill our duty. We kept silent, turned a blind eye, reported events one-sidedly, and failed to ask the necessary questions. For that, we owe our viewers an apology,” news anchor Goran Eror said.
Following the controversy, RTV's acting editor-in-chief Nenad Čačić resigned.
A similar incident occurred in Hungary, where state television also apologized to viewers after Viktor Orbán's election defeat.
🎉🎉 Serbia celebrates Vučić's defeat all night — now he's warning the country about sanctions against Russia
After 14 years of Aleksandar Vučić's political dominance, his bloc has lost the snap parliamentary elections. The opposition Student List, which emerged from mass anti-government protests, has claimed victory.
According to preliminary figures from Ipsos and CeSID, the students secured around 53% of the vote, while Vučić's coalition received approximately 39%.
The former president acknowledged defeat. He estimated that the winners could secure 135–140 seats in Serbia's 250-member parliament.
But he couldn't resist issuing a warning about Russia. Vučić claimed the new government could impose sanctions on Moscow as early as March or April.
Meanwhile, Belgrade and other Serbian cities celebrated the student movement's victory throughout the night, with car horns, singing, and crowds cheering in the streets.
Final election results are still pending.
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James Heale & Michael Simmons joined me on Coffee House Shots to discuss the Budget. More importantly, they disagree over the news that John Healey will drink water: @JAHeale says it isn't on message, while @Simmons__ advocates for the 'Burnham Buzzball'
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James Heale & Michael Simmons joined me on Coffee House Shots to discuss the Budget. More importantly, they disagree over the news that John Healey will drink water: @JAHeale says it isn't on message, while @Simmons__ advocates for the 'Burnham Buzzball'
spectator.com/podcast/burnha…
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On today's Coffee House Shots podcast: Budget week is finally here but it's also the week of Hallowe'en so Patrick Gibbons asks James Heale and Michael Simmons: will Burnham's first budget be one of tricks or treats?
There have been a drip-feed of announcements over the weekend, from pensions to rough sleeping, so what have we learnt about the Budget on Wednesday – and about Burnhamism more generally?
Plus: a sign of hope or the wrong message – we discuss whether John Healey should drink at the despatch box.
Listen | spectator.com/podcast/burnha…
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Serbia's must be the most well-read parliament ever, by the way: 160 PhDs in 250 candidates
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Interestingly, not only has no presidential candidate who came in 2nd in the primaries ever turned it around and beat their opponent (since Brazil returned to democratic elections in 1985), but Lula won by a larger margin than his 2022 win. 52% to 48% in ‘26 vs 51% to 49% in ‘22.
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🚨 Datafolha projection: Lula wins reelection in Brazil.
Never before has a candidate who finished second in the first round gone on to win the runoff.
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Vučić’s defeat could mark a geopolitical turning point for Serbia. It could also inject fresh momentum into EU enlargement across the Western Balkans, where progress has stalled for years. A Serbia firmly anchored in Europe would transform the region’s outlook - and significantly weaken Russia’s influence
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In Serbia, @avucic has conceded defeat. The Students’ List has won an absolute majority in the elections. Celebrations have begun in the streets across Serbia.
Sound familiar?
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Domestic Russian TV has recently been pushing the narrative that the UK is on the verge of falling apart
Together with colleague Bryn Windsor, I’ve analysed the coverage and placed it in the wider context of Russia’s efforts to undermine its adversaries monitoring.bbc.co.uk/product…
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Louis Sarkozy, the son of the former President of France, says those who took part in the rioting and looting at the weekend have done more to boost Marine Le Pen's election chances than her own campaign staff, and that her strategy is to let France disintegrate.
Watch in full | youtu.be/Z44ZraRn35w @napsarkozy
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Kudos to Melania. Peace for our time. She did it, guys.
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