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The Speccie was a wise voice compared to the rest of the rightwing media. But can it remain so within the stable of the man who owns GB News, asks Archie Bland, editor of the Guardian’s First Edition newsletter

Despite the Conservatives’ defeat in the recent general election, the right-wing media in Britain appears to be thriving – judging by the eye-watering price for which the weekly right-wing magazine The Spectator has just been sold.

Sir Paul Marshall, a co-owner of GB News, is building a media empire and accumulating political power

The musician addressed a question about his turn to Christianity from a troubled fan on his personal blog

UnHerd has quickly become one of the biggest sites for political commentary in the UK, and now the hedge fund founder behind it – who also funds GB News and donates to the Tories – is trying to add the Telegraph to a fast-growing empire. What does he really want?

Appointment to board of banker who ran rightwing social media platform Parler suggests channel will not turn its back on radical libertarianism

The hedge fund founder and schools reformer has some unexpected friends and is more complex than his Brexit credentials suggest

Also at the Spectator summer party: Suella Braverman’s summer plans, Labour beef and the future of the magazine itself

If you don’t vote Tory, it is unlikely you will care about the somewhat anxious mood within the SW1 offices of the famous Spectator magazine, once edited by Boris Johnson. Or understand the sense of hopeful uncertainty buzzing around the offices of the “Torygraph” newspaper in Victoria. But to many…