This is my weekly newsletter for Reaction subscribers, but I’m on summer holiday this week. Unlike last year there’s no Tory leadership contest, so I’m taking a proper break. This involves flying to Naples, jumping in the sea, ordering a Campari spritz, reading and sleeping. Max Mitchell from the team is standing in. At the heart of Reaction is our Young Journalists Programme, providing paid training and mentoring for the next generation. Max has just joined the YJP. I’m sure you’ll enjoy his take. I’ll be back in mid-July. Thank you for being a subscriber. Iain Martin, Publisher, Reaction.
As you may have read here, I graduated on Tuesday without a degree classification due to the marking boycott by the University and College Union (UCU). A degree with no grade felt so worthless that I actually forgot to take it with me when I left the pub. When I went back to get it the next day, I didn’t feel like I was salvaging something meaningful, merely ceremonial.
