Two to make a quarrel: the battle to be Britain’s PM

Two to make a quarrel: the battle to be Britain’s PM

The campaigning is a bit nasty, by British standards, as Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak vie to become Conservative Party leader and thus prime minister. What will the mud-slinging do for the party’s image? We examine a potentially simple solution to address the Catholic Church’s problem with child abuse. And why prices are skyrocketing at posh hotels.

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Under different thumbs: a scant TikTok deal

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