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BBC has survived allegations of political bias before – but the latest crisis comes at a pivotal moment

The leaked memo raising concerns about BBC impartiality was an early Christmas present for those who believe the UK’s biggest public service broadcaster is biased and needs to be reformed and cut down to size.

The Conversation

This libertarian manifesto, loved by Peter Thiel, urges a ‘cognitive elite’ to see selfishness as a virtue

In Silicon Valley’s unofficial literary canon, few works loom as large as The Sovereign Individual. A kind of survival manual for 21st-century tech billionaires, it has been enthusiastically championed by Palantir and Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel (mentor to JD Vance), who wrote the foreword to the 2020 edition.

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OPINION - Jacob Rees-Mogg's reality TV show will mark a new low in Britain — and it could be Nigel Farage next

Meet the Rees-Moggs, the reality TV show about Jacob Rees-Mogg and his family is here, and it will be fascinating, because he is. It is easy to take him at face value, which means his own terms: an old Etonian with a moldering manor house, a rich wife, mesmerizingly named…

Evening Standard

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Jacob Rees-Mogg on abortion, religion and reality TV: ‘I’ve been called worse than a Nazi’

The former Tory MP’s opinions include banning abortion even for rape survivors and scrapping net zero. Now, he’s following his heroes Donald Trump and Nigel Farage into TV

The Guardian - UK

It’s only LSD but I like it: the play telling the untold story about the Rolling Stones drugs bust

Keith Richards and Mick Jagger’s 1967 raid and trial caused a national storm, seeming to pitch old against young, Establishment against counterculture. But was the real story overlooked? We return to the 60s at their most swinging

The Guardian - UK

Mick Jagger: five things you might not know about the octogenarian rockstar

“What a drag it is, getting old,” sang a fresh-faced Mick Jagger in 1966. Today, the icon, rebel, knight and ultimate rock and roll reprobate turns 80, with celebrations that will reportedly feature 300 of his closest friends, including bandmates Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards, at a lavish party in…

The Week

Jacob Rees-Mogg’s sprawling childhood home in Somerset for sale for £2.75 million

The Rees-Mogg family moved into the house in 1978 and remained until 2001.

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The BBC has a long history of failed attempts to rid it of political influence

Most people probably don’t know who the BBC’s chairman is, or even that the BBC has a chairman. Yet this normally obscure figure has recently hit the headlines. Richard Sharp, BBC chairman since February 2021, is a former banker and a major donor to the Conservative party.

The Conversation

Jacob Rees-Mogg faces questions over land for housing development

Exclusive: Evidence suggests land where developers hope to build homes is held in trust for members of ex-minister’s family

The Guardian - UK

Doomsday bunkers, Mars and 'The Mindset': the tech bros trying to outsmart the end of the world

Douglas Rushkoff’s newest book, Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires, grew out of a brilliant 2018 Medium article of the same name, which went viral and had people (aka his US editor) clamouring for a full-length treatment.

The Conversation

Jacob Rees-Mogg in line for potential windfall from sale of Somerset Capital

Sale of investment firm business secretary co-founded could result in multi-million pound payout

The Guardian - UK

Jacob Rees-Mogg: the fossil fuel fan in charge of cutting UK carbon emissions

Liz Truss has retained Rees-Mogg in cabinet but how did the MP go from anachronistic caricature to business secretary?

The Guardian - UK

What does appointment of Jacob Rees Mogg mean for the climate agenda?

Green energy supporters have been quick to criticise the appointment of Jacob Rees Mogg as Secretary for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - we look at his stance on green energy and business background.

Birmingham Post

Jacob Rees-Mogg appointed Business Secretary despite 'climate alarmism' comments

The MP for North East Somerset is taking over at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

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Jacob Rees-Mogg's privileged life - wife, posh children's names, wealth and nanny

Jacob Rees-Mogg, the minister for government efficiency, has insisted all civil servants need to head back into the office to do their bit for the nation - but what does the Oxford graduate's own life look like?

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