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My poor Boy. He’s going to end up just like me
Boy is planning his gap year. Every few hours he rings from school to give me a progress report. ‘I’m…
Why wouldn’t our NHS saints help a dying man?
We all think pretty highly of ourselves these days, free from old-fashioned ideas about sin. We’re good people. And yet……
In this digital age, should we worry about bank branch closures? Yes we should
Almost a decade after the financial crisis loomed, our high streets and town centres are full of life again: who…
My poor Boy. He’s going to end up just like me
Boy is planning his gap year. Every few hours he rings from school to give me a progress report. ‘I’m…
Why wouldn’t our NHS saints help a dying man?
We all think pretty highly of ourselves these days, free from old-fashioned ideas about sin. We’re good people. And yet……
Theresa May’s racing certainty
There are few things more predictable than people talking about the unpredictability of politics. We live in an age, we…
The Spectator’s Notes
As we have been reminded this week, the most famous words (apart from ‘Order, order’) ever uttered by a Speaker…
The dishonouring of David Beckham
How will we remember him, do you suppose? If you’re a committed football fan, possibly for that exquisite chip from…
Brexiteers need ladders to climb down
I am worried about the mental state of many Brexiteers. The author of The Spectator’s weekly Notes, Charles Moore, always…
No. 10 is learning how to deal with the Donald
Imagine if Donald Trump declared that Islam had ‘no place’ in his country, or proposed banning the burqa ‘wherever legally…
Protest all you like. I won’t listen until you burn
I think on balance I would prefer people to demonstrate their opposition to political developments — Brexit, the forthcoming state…
The Spectator’s Notes
As he left the editorship of The Spectator in March 1984, Alexander Chancellor wrote in this space: ‘When I joined…
Will Trump halt the hounding of UK and European banks? Don’t bet on it
President Donald Trump is demolishing his predecessor’s legacy as fast as he can sign executive orders, but one thing for…
This is not a strong government – so why isn’t the opposition opposing it?
‘For heaven’s sake, man, go!’ A week after the Brexit referendum, and that was David Cameron at the despatch box,…
Will Trump halt the hounding of UK and European banks? Don’t bet on it
President Donald Trump is demolishing his predecessor’s legacy as fast as he can sign executive orders, but one thing for…
This is not a strong government – so why isn’t the opposition opposing it?
‘For heaven’s sake, man, go!’ A week after the Brexit referendum, and that was David Cameron at the despatch box,…
No. 10 is learning how to deal with the Donald
Imagine if Donald Trump declared that Islam had ‘no place’ in his country, or proposed banning the burqa ‘wherever legally…
The Spectator’s Notes
As he left the editorship of The Spectator in March 1984, Alexander Chancellor wrote in this space: ‘When I joined…
Protest all you like. I won’t listen until you burn
I think on balance I would prefer people to demonstrate their opposition to political developments — Brexit, the forthcoming state…
A wake-up call for Parliament
Parliament is the cockpit of the nation, but MPs have been on autopilot rather a lot in the past 40-odd…
Brexit’s biggest political victims: Ukip
Perversity is a much undervalued British trait, much more redolent of our real psyche than queuing, drinking tea or being…
The Spectator’s Notes
The English tradition of dissenting judgments in important civil cases is a good one. They are often better than the…
Is Mrs May’s industrial strategy just another misguided missile?
The Prime Minister’s heralded ‘industrial strategy’ was robbed of headlines by the story of the misguided Trident missile. But it…
A Berlin Wall moment for political correctness
Because we’re all so obsessed with what it was that made the Nazis tick, we tend to overlook the bigger…
Is Mrs May’s industrial strategy just another misguided missile?
The Prime Minister’s heralded ‘industrial strategy’ was robbed of headlines by the story of the misguided Trident missile. But it…
