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Visit kanduwealth.com. Hello, I'm Natasha Froese and this is Spectator Out Loud.

Each week we ask three of the writers from the magazine to read their pieces aloud.

Coming up on this week's show, Fraser Nelson on why Emerity ownership of the Spectator matters.

Robert Hardman on the day the King could have killed Rishi and Michael Simmons on why sobriety isn't worth it.

First up, Fraser Nelson. George Osborne was originally down to fill this diary slot. Now, we of a spectator were

always rather mean to him when he was Chancellor, and deservedly so, by the way, but it pains me to

admit what a good diary writer he is. It's always stylish, always engaging, and always ready to spill

some beans. His darries have been some of the best we've ran, so he

agreed when he asked him, but then suddenly he pulled out, leaving us scrambling. Something had

come up, he said, but what could it be? The next day's papers then brought the news. He's been

hired to advise Emeritus and their bid to buy this magazine and the Daily Telegraph. To write for the spectator and to sell

the spectator might have been a bit much, even for this famously adept multitasker. So we had an

empty page to fill what to do. The editor in these cases always steps in. So here I am. Now I'd love

to know what advice George Osborne is actually giving the

UAE. They stand to be the first government in the world to buy a national newspaper in another country.

So this is a test case. Lucy Fraser of the Culture Secretary is considering what to do.

Now, until now, sovereign wealth funds of foreign

governments have been allowed to buy airports, shopping centres, even football clubs,

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