Blighty newsletter: Shields, handcuffs and swords

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Blighty newsletter: Shields, handcuffs and swords

Apr 2nd 2025

This is the introduction to Blighty, a weekly, subscriber-only newsletter in which our correspondents turn their gaze on the latest developments in Britain.

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