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Spectator Out Loud: Lionel Shriver, Angus Colwell and Toby Young
Feb 3, 2024
Lionel Shriver questions if Trump can get a fair trial in America. Angus Colwell interviews Gen-Zers who would fight for Britain. Toby Young shares his near-death experience on his gap year.
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- The awarding of a hefty financial penalty in the defamation case against Donald Trump raises questions about the fairness of trials involving him and suggests a potential political motivation behind the decision.
- The growing reluctance among Gen Z to join the military and fight for Britain is influenced by various factors including discomfort with strict discipline, concerns about the physical demands of war, disillusionment with the current political class, and societal changes like the rise of wokeness.
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Jury's defamation award against Donald Trump deemed excessive
Lionel Shriver critiques the jury's decision to award 83.3 million dollars in damages to E. Jean Carroll for defamation against Donald Trump. Shriver questions whether a similar case against a defendant other than Trump would have resulted in such a hefty financial penalty. She suggests that the scale of the award was politically motivated and raises concerns about the fairness of trials involving Trump.
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