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Capitalist faces A report by the Business and Pensions select committees described Philip Green as the ‘unacceptable face of capitalism’.…
The new Secretary for War
From ‘The military situation’, The Spectator, 29 July 1916: We have a new Secretary for War. Mr Lloyd George, as we all…
Letters
Better Europeans Sir: There are many reasons why a majority of people in the UK voted to leave the European…
Portrait of the week
Home The collapse of BHS after Sir Philip Green had extracted large sums and left the business on ‘life support’,…
Cover 30 July 2016
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Portrait of the week
Home Theresa May made a speech in the open air in Downing Street after kissing hands with the Queen as…
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How Britannia got her trident Parliament voted to renew Trident as Britain’s independent nuclear deterrent. But what about Britannia and…
Over the top
From ‘The Battle of the Somme’, The Spectator, 22 July 1916: What we seldom hear about is what Milton called the ‘raw…
Letters
Our terrified youth Sir: Both Claire Fox’s ‘Generation Snowflake’ and Mary Wakefield’s recent column (What’s to blame for a generation’s…
Theresa’s first mistake
Helga Hunter met her husband Michael when he was a Scots Guardsman serving in Münster in 1968. She moved back…
Theresa’s first mistake
This week’s lead article, as read by Lara Prendergast Helga Hunter met her husband Michael when he was a Scots…
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How Britannia got her trident Parliament voted to renew Trident as Britain’s independent nuclear deterrent. But what about Britannia and…
Over the top
From ‘The Battle of the Somme’, The Spectator, 22 July 1916: What we seldom hear about is what Milton called the ‘raw…
Letters
Our terrified youth Sir: Both Claire Fox’s ‘Generation Snowflake’ and Mary Wakefield’s recent column (What’s to blame for a generation’s…
Portrait of the week
Home Theresa May made a speech in the open air in Downing Street after kissing hands with the Queen as…
Cover 23 July 2016
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Portrait of the week
Home Theresa May became Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative party when Andrea Leadsom withdrew her candidacy for election…
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Nuggets on May Some trivia about Theresa May — At 59, she is the oldest new prime minister since Jim…
Never again
From ‘Terms of peace’, The Spectator, 15 July 1916: As the man in the street might say, ‘The Allies are not…
Cameron’s Legacy
Midway through his final cabinet meeting, David Cameron realised — with some horror — that it had turned into a…
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Cameron’s Legacy
Midway through his final cabinet meeting, David Cameron realised — with some horror — that it had turned into a…
Barometer
Nuggets on May Some trivia about Theresa May — At 59, she is the oldest new prime minister since Jim…
Never again
From ‘Terms of peace’, The Spectator, 15 July 1916: As the man in the street might say, ‘The Allies are not…
Letters
Lurid about Leavers Sir: Matthew Parris has spent much of the past few months denigrating those of us who want…
