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Blighty newsletter: What British politicians really earn on the side

Boris Johnson speaking at an event in New York
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This is the introduction to Blighty, a weekly, subscriber-only newsletter in which our correspondents turn their gaze on the latest developments in Britain.

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Greg Jackson, chief executive officer of Octopus Energy Ltd.

The battles of Greg Jackson, Britain’s clean-energy disruptor

The boss of Octopus Energy wants to change the way the world uses electricity 

Flowers at headstone that marks the mass grave of fallen Jacobite soldiers of the clan Fraser.

A search for roots is behind a surge in Scottish tourism

Americans are especially keen on their Caledonian ancestry


A large sturgeon resting on the silt of a pond at a caviar aquaculture facility

And the prize for the oddest book title goes to…

The literary world’s least-coveted award is announced


How lucrative are MPs’ second jobs?

We crunch the numbers on their earnings from media gigs

Britain’s electric-car roll-out is hitting speed bumps

Some clumsy EV targets will probably get revised. After that, the road should get smoother

Britain’s vote on assisted dying is just the beginning

There are still plenty of chances to kill the bill