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Why I now believe in positive discrimination
The Prime Minister no doubt knew he would be fanning the flames when he waded into the argument about the…
This London mayoral race will feature something new: boredom
London, 2012. It’s Olympic year, and east London is sprouting anew, and our city feels like the capital of the…
France can’t build its own new nuclear power stations, let alone ours
Amid all the turmoil in global energy markets, we should not lose sight of the UK power programme that we’re…
I told you so: the UK electricity gap looms wider than ever
Amid all the turmoil in global energy markets, we should not lose sight of the UK power programme that we’re…
The London mayoral election will be a battle between whatsisface and whatsisname
London, 2012. It’s Olympic year, and east London is sprouting anew, and our city feels like the capital of the…
Why I now believe in positive discrimination
The Prime Minister no doubt knew he would be fanning the flames when he waded into the argument about the…
The Spectator’s notes
In 2000, the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, accused Magdalen College, Oxford, of class bias in failing to…
The Donald isn’t dead yet
Listen http://rss.acast.com/viewfrom22/fightingovercrumbs-euroscepticsandtheeudeal/media.mp3 If Donald Trump had won in Iowa on Monday night, everybody would still be saying what a brilliant…
What fun it will be if Trump becomes president
I suppose spite and schadenfreude are thinnish reasons, intellectually, for wishing Donald Trump to become the next American president (and…
The new sceptics’ case for staying in the EU: it’ll sink soon anyway
As Tory ministers wrestle with their consciences before the EU referendum, an intriguing new argument for voting to stay has…
If you’re stupid enough to let migrants in, at least treat them as people
We were on our way to a party in south-east London when my friend, Rob, saw the graffiti. Sprayed with…
I’m putting my money where my mouth is and betting against climate change
‘As oil crashes, is it time to short solar stocks?’ Gosh, I wish I’d read that headline a year ago.…
The bears are here to stay – but we’ll survive
Like Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant, we’ve just been savaged by a bear but we’ll probably survive. Leading UK-listed stocks…
Mr Bear is back: sit tight because he may be with us for a while
Like Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant, we’ve just been savaged by a bear but we’ll probably survive. Leading UK-listed stocks…
Time to put my money where my mouth is
‘As oil crashes, is it time to short solar stocks?’ Gosh, I wish I’d read that headline a year ago.…
Stay or leave, Europe is sinking anyway
Listen http://rss.acast.com/viewfrom22/whysexmatters-thedeathofsportandistheeusinkingwhetherbrexithappensornot-/media.mp3 As Tory ministers wrestle with their consciences before the EU referendum, an intriguing new argument for voting to…
If you’re stupid enough to let all these people in, at least treat them decently
We were on our way to a party in south-east London when my friend, Rob, saw the graffiti. Sprayed with…
The centre-right is failing worldwide, so what’s David Cameron’s secret?
There are times when Westminster’s obsession with US politics is embarrassing for even the strongest believer in the Anglo-American relationship.…
Charles Moore’s Notes: The demented accusations against Field Marshal Lord Bramall have at last been dropped
Many have rightly attacked the police for their handling of the demented accusations against Field Marshal Lord Bramall, now at…
I hate to admit it, but Spike Lee is right about the Oscars and racism
In 2017 it will be exactly 50 years since a dapper Sidney Poitier announced to Rod Steiger, in the excellent…
Here’s my solution to the problem of what to do with the statue of Cecil Rhodes at Oriel College
Lobengula was the second king of the Matabele people in what is now Zimbabwe. He was also the last. Cecil…
Corbynglish as a second language
Corbynterpretation [n]: The inevitable process of debate, after Jeremy Corbyn is interviewed, over what he actually meant. Does the Labour…
Come back Robert Peston, all is forgiven: and tell us who’s to blame this time
‘Who’s to blame for financial crisis’ is a poem I wrote in 2012, rhyming ‘speculators, spivs and traders’ with ‘rich,…
Come back Pesto, all is forgiven: and tell us who’s to blame this time
‘Who’s to blame for financial crisis’ is a poem I wrote in 2012, rhyming ‘speculators, spivs and traders’ with ‘rich,…
Corbynglish as a second language: a political dictionary of terms
Corbynterpretation [n]: The inevitable process of debate, after Jeremy Corbyn is interviewed, over what he actually meant. Does the Labour…
