Hello and welcome to The Week in 60 Minutes, brought to you by Spectator TV and broadcast on Thursday, September 23rd.

I'm Katie Balls, the Spectator's deputy political editor. On this

week's show, America, Britain and Australia have signed the Orcas Pact, forming a new alliance in

the Pacific and promising to share technology for nuclear submarines. I'll be speaking to our political

editor, James Forsyfe, about whether Britain could end up in a war for Taiwan,

former NI6 chief, John Sawyers, about where this is the right approach to countering China,

and former Aussie Prime Minister Tony Abbott, about why Australia's approach to Beijing is so different from that of its neighbour, New Zealand.

Gas prices are rising. The wholesale cost of gas has risen 250% since January.

And from the 1st of October, when the price cap has reviewed, consumers will have to pay.

Why has this happened? What should the government do? And what will they do?

We'll speak to Martin Lewis from money-saving experts.

Then we'll return to COVID. The history of the pandemic is already being written,

with books about the last two years now being published, if you feel like reliving it already.

Kate Andrews, our economics editor reviewed one, Adam Tewze's shutdown for this week's magazine,

and she will be on the show with the economist Steve Keane to discuss how coronavirus has changed

the way we look at the world economy. And we'll finish at Cambridge University. Stephen Toop,

the vice-chancellor, has announced that he'll be stepping down in September next year.

His time in office has been marred by battles over free speech

and disputes about China's involvement at the institution. Douglas Murray, our associate

editor, will tell us why he's glad to see the back of him.

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