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Meanwhile, inflation is creeping up, almost entirely because of tariff-related price increases.

The triple lock means the new state pension - for those who reached pension age after April 2016 - is creeping closer to the £12,570 threshold at which tax becomes payable.

But rarely is that actually the case, and that’s why the creeping demise of the editorial cartoon has left such a hole in our news consumption.

That is the result of the carceral state, whereby ICE and the National Guard prowl the streets, creeping out normal people going about their business.

And what does this apparent creeping of media power in those regions mean in an age with a shifting world order?