More stories in the latest issue:

XMAS AD NAUSEAM
The British media again reported on the John Lewis Christmas ad as if it were another virgin birth – but in fact it was far less original.

ROVING REFORMER
The evening after the US election, GB News broadcast FARAGE. Christopher Hope introduced a star guest… "Nigel Farage MP, Reform UK, Clacton".

OLIVER TWIST
As Eye 1619 foretold, TV channel GB News has taken its conspiracy-theory loving presenter Neil Oliver "online only" to evade further sanction by Ofcom.

THANKS BE TO POD
Justin Welby did have some allies in his corner: fellow old Etonian Rory Stewart and his Rest Is Politics podcast co-host Alastair Campbell.

POD FELLOWS
The Tories' favourite new podcast, Blueprint, is providing a nice sideline for its host and party blue-eyed boy, Lord (Ben) Houchen.

STAINES REMOVAL
As Guido Fawkes founder Paul Staines steps down, there's a new man in charge at the anti-establishment blog – and he's a peer of the realm.