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Among people I meet, the ‘remain’ campaign is edging the Brexit debate
In every gathering, someone — often me — calls for a show of hands on Brexit. And I have to…
My straw polls say the ‘leave’ campaign is failing to make a clear economic case
In every gathering, someone — often me — calls for a show of hands on Brexit. And I have to…
What will I do with my second chance at life? Play more video games, for a start
Does a near-death experience make you a better person? This is something I’ve been thinking about on and off since…
The scan said my baby wouldn’t live. It was wrong
When my unborn baby was a five-month-old fetus, twisting about in the internal dark, he was given a death sentence…
Spectator’s Notes
Why have David Cameron and George Osborne overreached? Why are so many in their own party no longer disposed to…
Could a yoghurt defeat David Cameron?
I do not know if it has officially been measured, but my guess is that Christine Shawcroft, a member of…
Two foreign leaders could swing the EU referendum: Erdogan and Assad
Do Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Bashar Assad support ‘leave’ or ‘remain’ in Britain’s EU referendum? I ask because they are…
Osborne’s Budget brings politics home again
George Osborne used to tell his aides to prepare every budget as if it were their last: to throw in…
Why Joan Bakewell must be right about anorexia
You can always tell when a public figure has said something with the ring of truth about it by the…
It’s not the Corbynites who are in denial – it’s the Labour moderates
It has become commonplace to remark that there exists in Britain a mainstream political grouping that seems to be dwelling…
We’re swamped with nonsense gizmos and it’s all Steve Job’s fault
I keep being told that the big hot technological gizmo of the moment is a box that sits in the…
How George Osborne’s budget bolsters the case for leaving Europe
Give thanks for George Osborne — and I don’t say that because I happen to be writing this column on…
Why Osborne’s Budget bolsters the case for leaving Europe
Give thanks for George Osborne — and I don’t say that because I happen to be writing this column on…
We’re swamped with nonsense gizmos and it’s all Steve Jobs’s fault
I keep being told that the big hot technological gizmo of the moment is a box that sits in the…
It’s the Labour moderates who need to get real
It has become commonplace to remark that there exists in Britain a mainstream political grouping that seems to be dwelling…
Budget brings the focus back to Britain
Listen http://rss.acast.com/viewfrom22/thespectatorpodcast-politicalcorrectness-budget2016andraves/media.mp3 George Osborne used to tell his aides to prepare every budget as if it were their last: to…
The Spectator’s notes
Do Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Bashar Assad support ‘leave’ or ‘remain’ in Britain’s EU referendum? I ask because they are…
Why Joan Bakewell must be right about anorexia
You can always tell when a public figure has said something with the ring of truth about it by the…
George Osborne can still see off Boris Johnson. Here's how
When George Osborne last stood up to deliver a budget, he had reached his post-election apotheosis. His economic (and political)…
Brexit is none of Mark Carney's business
Surely there is a difference between Mark Carney’s intervention in the Scottish referendum last year and in the EU one…
The smelly, snobbish death of the English public toilet
I blame Nancy Mitford: she made the English so frightened of saying ‘toilet’ that now they have hardly any left…
To believe in Brexit, you have to be an oik like me or Michael Gove
If you need to know how properly posh you are there’s a very simple test: are you pro- or anti-Brexit?…
Don’t believe the recession hype – or this commodities boom
All in all, this is an odd moment for an outburst of high spirits: not from me — I’m as…
This great commodity rally doesn’t mean that spring has arrived
All in all, this is an odd moment for an outburst of high spirits: not from me — I’m as…
Want to leave the EU? You must be an oik like me
If you need to know how properly posh you are there’s a very simple test: are you pro- or anti-Brexit?…
