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Charles Moore’s Notes: Diane the Posh Goddess and Osborne’s mania
When I arrived at Cambridge in 1975, a nervous freshman, I remember walking with a friend past Newnham and being…
The spectre haunting George Osborne
Rather more attention was paid last week to the strange position of George Osborne’s feet than to the dark shape…
Can the Great British public be made to care passionately about the EU referendum?
It’s early days, I know, but the Outers have convinced me. Britain will not collapse into chaos and penury if…
OK: I’m convinced: one EU referendum might not be enough
We now have to take seriously the possibility that in the EU referendum Britain will vote to leave. I had…
Could George Osborne come out for the Out campaign?
Listen http://rss.acast.com/viewfrom22/thedisasterofthesnp-silliberal-one-partystate/media.mp3 Westminster may have been guilty of ignoring the Scottish referendum until the last minute, but no one can…
Charles Moore’s Notes: Diane the Posh Goddess and Osborne’s mania
When I arrived at Cambridge in 1975, a nervous freshman, I remember walking with a friend past Newnham and being…
What the Great British Bake Off really says about Britain
There was an interesting news item on the television the other day. A transgendered chap was hoping to become the…
Finally, a business rates reform! If only I knew what it meant
This column has repeatedly cried that something must be done about business rates. Yes, it’s fair to ask businesses, as…
A Supreme Court justice and the scary plan to outlaw climate change
How do you make an imaginary problem so painfully real that everyone suffers? It’s an odd question to ask, you…
Spittle is the only thing Labour has left
I have started salivating excessively at night. I wake each morning in a pillowed swamp of my own effluvium, a…
Isis takes its British schoolgirl jihadis seriously. Why don’t we?
When the first schoolgirls ran away to Isis I had some sympathy for them — at least, I could see…
Charles Moore’s notes: Boris’s brilliance; Labour’s Joe McCarthy
Maybe it was because of the contrast with Theresa May’s chilly, disingenuous monotone minutes before, but I really think Boris…
The Tories are still anxious to reach out. And that’s a very good sign
Post-election party conferences usually follow a standard pattern. The winning party slaps itself on the back while the losers fret…
Finally, a business rates reform! If only I knew what it meant
This column has repeatedly cried that something must be done about business rates. Yes, it’s fair to ask businesses, as…
A Supreme Court justice and the scary plan to outlaw climate change
How do you make an imaginary problem so painfully real that everyone suffers? It’s an odd question to ask, you…
Isis takes its British schoolgirl jihadis seriously. Why don’t we?
When the first schoolgirls ran away to Isis I had some sympathy for them — at least, I could see…
The Tories are still anxious to reach out. And that’s a very good sign
Post-election party conferences usually follow a standard pattern. The winning party slaps itself on the back while the losers fret…
Charles Moore’s notes: Boris’s brilliance; Labour’s Joe McCarthy
Maybe it was because of the contrast with Theresa May’s chilly, disingenuous monotone minutes before, but I really think Boris…
Spittle is the only thing Labour has left
I have started salivating excessively at night. I wake each morning in a pillowed swamp of my own effluvium, a…
Euroscepticism is growing all over Europe
Europhiles have warned us for years of the dangers of Britain leaving the EU. But all the while a different…
Jeremy Corbyn must have brilliant spin doctors
Contrary to the sneers of what he calls the commentariat, Jeremy Corbyn has already acquired brilliant spin doctors. In advance,…
Class War are fatuous idiots, but at least they hate some of the right people
I was unable to join the violent protests held by Class War at the Cereal Killer Café in London last…
What Jeremy Corbyn, like David Cameron, understands about the cold, dark heart of the British public
There’s a hard, hard mood out there among the public and I don’t think our newspapers get it at all.…
Collective responsibility is an awful idea – but Jeremy Corbyn will be in trouble without it
One of my favourite things about Jeremy Corbyn, beyond the beard (I do like beards) and the way he was…
Perfectionism isn’t the same as integrity – as VW has shown
Not that I was much of a boy racer, but the sexiest car I ever owned was a 1982 Volkswagen…
