Starmer vs Musk over $100m to Farage – Michael Gove in public snog horror – How to swerve family rows at Christmas

We read the papers so you don’t have to. Today: The Telegraph reports the latest on Elon Musk’s $100 million donation to the Reform Party. Ava explains how Starmer is trying to block it. Fleet Street battleaxe Sarah Vine insists she’s ‘totally cool’ with ex-husband Michael Gove’s public snog in the Daily Mail, but Alex reckons the lady doth protest too much. Plus – Just in time for the festive season, Miranda shares a Times guide to the phrases guaranteed to spark a Christmas Day barney.  Join Miranda Sawyer with host of The Lucan Obsession Alex von Tunzelmann and ‘gilts and bonds’ expert at PoliticsJoe Ava Santina.    Support Paper Cuts and get mugs, t-shirts, extended ad-free editions and access to our exclusive live streams here: back.papercutsshow.com    Follow Paper Cuts:  • Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/papercutsshow.bsky.social  • Threads: https://www.threads.net/@papercutsshow  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/papercutsshow  • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/papercutsshow  • TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@papercutsshow    Illustrations by Modern Toss https://moderntoss.com     Written and presented by Miranda Sawyer. Audio production: Jade Bailey. Production. Liam Tait. Design: James Parrett. Music: Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Exec Producer: Martin Bojtos. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. PAPER CUTS is a Podmasters Production    Podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices