OCTOBER 2024 PROSPECT
THE PROSPECT GRID Our monthly cut-out-and-keep guide to who falls where on the taste hierarchy
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ElonElo A teenage a A te
Elon Musk. A teenage arsonist with a box of matches. Without wishing to be unfair to teenage arsonists
Paris Olympics. Seinesational,
in parts
Kamala’s rise makes Lazarus look sluggish
Simone Biles. S mone B es.
Simone Biles. The hottest ticket. And, it turns out (with one silver medal) fallible
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Douglas Murray. Tommy Robinson with nicer vowels
Rupert Murdoch. Preparing to rule from the grave
Rachael Gunn (Raygun).
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Underdog meets
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Is Maduro losing the plot? Chavismo’s on life support
Nigel Farage. Now, it’s not even a dog-whistle rage.rage.rage. ot even a ot eve ot even a n a istleiteite
JD Vance and couches. See under “Cameron
SadSadSad and pigs’ heads”. Sadly both apocryphal
When Sadiq Khan called Ulez brat , we knew it was over
Tim Walz. Big dad energy
Imane Khelif goes for gold. Not a man, no matter what
JK Rowling says
International liberalism RIP. So says Anne Applebaum in her excellent Autocracy Inc.
Edna O’Brien failed as a pharmacist, succeeded wildly as a writer. Boots’s loss, our gain
B a n k s y. Nine works in nine days.
An artist in search of meaning?
B A N G E R
Social care. Kicked into the long grass. Again
Bluesky, Threads, etc. Refuges of choice for the many Brits fleeing the neo-fascists on X. But which one?
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I t E n d s W i t h U s. Domestic abuse but make it Hallmark
Molly-Mae and Tommy Fury.
Does love even exist?!
Wizz Air’s “all you can fly”subscription deal. For only £428, what could go wrong?
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Love i s B l i n d U K . We’re feeling a strong connection