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Pope Francis is favourably compared to Pope Benedict in the media. I hope it is not being slavishly papist to…
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Pope Francis is favourably compared to Pope Benedict in the media. I hope it is not being slavishly papist to…
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At the impressive Westminster Abbey vigil to mark the centenary of the first world war on Monday night, there was…
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Listen http://traffic.libsyn.com/spectator/TheViewFrom22_07_August_2014_v4.mp3 At the impressive Westminster Abbey vigil to mark the centenary of the first world war on Monday night,…
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This week’s issue is dated 2 August. On that date 100 years ago, my great-grandfather, Norman Moore (always known as…
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This week’s issue is dated 2 August. On that date 100 years ago, my great-grandfather, Norman Moore (always known as…
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Peter Clarke’s powerful report on the Trojan Horse affair in Birmingham schools is confirmation of the weakness of David Cameron…
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Peter Clarke’s powerful report on the Trojan Horse affair in Birmingham schools is confirmation of the weakness of David Cameron…
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This must be the worst reshuffle since Mrs Thatcher demoted Geoffrey Howe in 1989. Unlike that one, its errors are…
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Listen http://traffic.libsyn.com/spectator/TheViewFrom22_17_July_2014_v4.mp3 This must be the worst reshuffle since Mrs Thatcher demoted Geoffrey Howe in 1989. Unlike that one, its…
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Like almost everyone else, I have no idea whether the accusations about paedophilia in Parliament in the 1980s are true.…
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‘A culture changes by example and a licentious old man being found guilty will help do that,’ says a leader…
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Radek Sikorski, the Polish foreign minister, is undoubtedly one of the most dashing figures on the world stage. I first…
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On Friday night, I went to Althorp, childhood home of Diana, Princess of Wales, to speak at its literary festival.…
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David Cameron is surely right to think that Jean-Claude Juncker is not the man to relieve the European Union’s woes,…
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I write this before the results of the European elections, making the not very original guess that Ukip will do…
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David Cameron is said to want a woman to be chairman of the BBC Trust, now that Chris Patten has…
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Not long after the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich last summer, I wrote a piece in the Daily…
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The conviction of Max Clifford for indecent assaults feels like a vindication of the jury system, as did the acquittal…
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‘Twenty-six million people in Europe are looking for work. And whose jobs are they after?’ asks the Ukip poster for…
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‘Show, don’t tell’ is the mantra of PR advisers when telling public figures how to communicate. Pope Francis’s technique does…
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Maria Miller’s forced resignation is a disgrace. No iniquity was proved against her. Over her expenses, I suspect her motive…
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The Daily Telegraph’s revelation last Friday that the Financial Conduct Authority was going to arraign companies for 30 years of…
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Everyone can see that the West has no idea what to do about Russian power in the Ukraine. Britain, in…
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Thirty years ago this Saturday, I became editor of this magazine. In the same month, the miners’ strike began, Anthony…
