George Osborne has seen the light on tax cuts. Now he needs to implement some more
George Osborne has not been a complete disappointment as Chancellor. He has, it is depressing to note, ended up giving…
Portrait of the week
Home George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, said that average energy bills would be brought £50 lower through government…
Barometer: Who snorts more cocaine — the rich or the poor?
The darkest day Several people were injured on ‘Black Friday’, a day of retail discounting imported from the US, where…
Letters
Climate scientists write… Sir: Lord Lawson has written in his diary (30 November) under the online summary headline ‘my secret…
The 2013 Michael Heath Award for cartooning
The winner of the first ever Michael Heath award for cartooning is Len Hawkins. One of his drawings appears below.…
Books and Arts
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Our enemy is not global warming. In Britain, people are dying of the cold
Fanciful predictions of all the deaths that will result from climate change, decades into the future, are regularly thrown into…
Portrait of the week
Home Alex Salmond, the First Minister of Scotland, outlined Scottish National Party plans for independence, which included keeping the pound…
