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Brexit Tories are feeling disrespected. How awful
There are moments when one wonders whether one is seeing and hearing the same things as others. For me such…
Elections? What elections?
Listen http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/261189280-the-spectator-podcast-the-wrong-right.mp3 Britain goes to the polls next week. Yet this has barely registered on the media radar. These aren’t…
The Spectator’s Notes
‘England in effect is insular, she is maritime, she is linked through her interactions, her markets and her supply lines…
The politically correct way to do racism
Exactly a year ago this week I was at a dinner party when a famous opinion pollster leaned over to…
David Cameron is heading for a hollow victory in the EU referendum
‘Nothing except a battle lost can be half as melancholy as a battle won,’ wrote the Duke of Wellington after…
The ‘leave’ campaign is right not to lay out a plan for Britain’s future
The ‘remain’ campaign is having some success with the line that the ‘leave’ camp cannot say what Britain outside the…
How moderate are moderate Muslims?
‘What’s in the news this week?’ I asked my wife as she browsed the first newspaper we had seen for…
Oxford is full of overindulged whiners. It wasn’t like that in my day
I was in the attic killing some Taleban on Medal of Honor when Girl interrupted and said: ‘Dad, what’s this?’…
Warning: the FTSE100 isn’t out of the woods just yet
When the FTSE100 fell close to 5,500 in February, we all said ‘Mr Bear is back’. On Tuesday the index…
If you’re riding the FTSE rebound you might still want to sell in May
When the FTSE100 fell close to 5,500 in February, we all said ‘Mr Bear is back’. On Tuesday the index…
Oxford in my day was another, better world
I was in the attic killing some Taleban on Medal of Honor when Girl interrupted and said: ‘Dad, what’s this?’…
Cameron’s heading for a hollow victory
Listen http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/260046943-the-spectator-podcast-obamas-eu-intervention-the-pms.mp3 ‘Nothing except a battle lost can be half as melancholy as a battle won,’ wrote the Duke of…
The Spectator’s notes
The ‘remain’ campaign is having some success with the line that the ‘leave’ camp cannot say what Britain outside the…
Moderate Muslims are not particularly moderate
‘What’s in the news this week?’ I asked my wife as she browsed the first newspaper we had seen for…
David Cameron’s plan for a graceful exit all hinges on the EU referendum
The year 2019 seems a long way away. Whether or not David Cameron can stay in office until then is…
An object lesson in PR from David Cameron and Justin Welby
I don’t think there is a Royal College of Public Relations, but if there were, it should teach a course…
Tax avoidance and the wisdom of pitchfork-waving crowds
In a way the headline to my fellow columnist Dominic Lawson’s Sunday Times commentary on 12 April said it all.…
This really isn’t how Robert Mugabe would run a referendum
It is not what Robert Mugabe would do. Calm down. These are ‘spiv Robert Mugabe antics’, said the Tory backbencher…
Stop chasing the PM’s taxes: focus on the bad stuff that really matters
There were moments last week when I was ready to give up journalism and retrain in a less unsavoury profession…
Let’s refocus the Panama story on the bad stuff that really matters
There were moments last week when I was ready to give up journalism and retrain in a less unsavoury profession…
Cameron and Mugabe: spot the difference
It is not what Robert Mugabe would do. Calm down. These are ‘spiv Robert Mugabe antics’, said the Tory backbencher…
The wisdom of pitchfork-wielding crowds
In a way the headline to my fellow columnist Dominic Lawson’s Sunday Times commentary on 12 April said it all.…
Cameron’s plan for a graceful exit all hinges on the referendum
The year 2019 seems a long way away. Whether or not David Cameron can stay in office until then is…
The Spectator’s notes
I don’t think there is a Royal College of Public Relations, but if there were, it should teach a course…
Zac's campaign is as good as over; Labour will retake London
The Labour plotters who dream of ousting Jeremy Corbyn had high hopes for the local elections on 5 May. They…
