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This referendum has shown us the real Cameron
Westminster has a tendency to get ahead of itself. MPs want to discuss the aftermath of an event long before…
The Spectator’s notes
Obviously there is no such thing as ‘Cameronism’, as there is ‘Thatcherism’; but once upon a time, David Cameron did…
Voters have no time for the flaccid centre
A depression has settled on the Liddle household ever since Norbert Hofer narrowly failed in his bid to become the…
Don’t rule out Referendum Two: the Tory ‘Leave’ genie’s out of the bottle
As the Queen read out her government’s agenda on Wednesday morning, David Cameron could have been forgiven for thinking about…
Rod Liddle: Labour’s putting me on trial for thought crime
I got an email this week, from a chap called Harry, which began as follows: ‘I am writing to inform you…
Why is Obama so obsessed with transgender toilet rights?
Who’d have thought that one of Obama’s last great battles would be over toilets? Last week he issued a strict…
Why do the vicious Remain campaigners value emotion over reason?
Like a lot of keen games-players I’m a stickler for the rules. This is not because I’m an especially honourable…
Don’t believe the Tory grumbling: HS2 is on the way
There’s a lot of negativity around HS2, and I sniff a Brexit connection. You might think Leave campaigners whose aim…
Despite rumours to the contrary, the high-speed loco has left the drawing board
There’s a lot of negativity around HS2, and I sniff a Brexit connection. You might think Leave campaigners whose aim…
What’s making Remain campaigners so tetchy?
Like a lot of keen games-players I’m a stickler for the rules. This is not because I’m an especially honourable…
Obama’s last great battle is in the bathroom
Who’d have thought that one of Obama’s last great battles would be over toilets? Last week he issued a strict…
Don’t rule out a second referendum
As the Queen read out her government’s agenda on Wednesday morning, David Cameron could have been forgiven for thinking about…
Will Labour convict me of thought crime?
I got an email this week, from a chap called Harry, which began as follows: ‘I am writing to inform you…
Labour can't learn from its mistakes. Here's why
By now, Labour should be rather good at post-defeat inquests. Plenty have been conducted over the years and the drill…
Why did Cameron call a referendum if he thought it could start a war?
One of the many problems with David Cameron’s threat that leaving the European Union could plunge us into war is…
The BBC needs to be rescued from its own groupthink
I see that law students at Oxford University were told that if they found the contents of a lecture on…
How a grumpy llama became the third person in our relationship
Gussie is the name of a grumpy and ill-natured llama, her coat largely white and somewhat unkempt, and much given…
The vaping craze isn’t about nicotine. It’s about gadgets
Probably you never visited the flats of middle-class student drug dealers in the 1990s, because crikey, neither did I, and…
Brexit is already hurting growth – and George Osborne won’t mind a bit
Has the shadow of Brexit already cost us a slice of GDP — and if so, is it a blip…
Have we sacrificed a quarter’s growth to answer the European question?
Has the shadow of Brexit already cost us a slice of GDP — and if so, is it a blip…
Vaping’s appeal isn’t about the nicotine. It’s about the gadgets
Probably you never visited the flats of middle-class student drug dealers in the 1990s, because crikey, neither did I, and…
RIP Gussie, my plainspoken llama
Gussie is the name of a grumpy and ill-natured llama, her coat largely white and somewhat unkempt, and much given…
The Spectator’s notes
One of the many problems with David Cameron’s threat that leaving the European Union could plunge us into war is…
Will Labour never learn?
By now, Labour should be rather good at post-defeat inquests. Plenty have been conducted over the years and the drill…
Write a leftie column and win a doctorate
I see that law students at Oxford University were told that if they found the contents of a lecture on…
