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Let the metropolitan elite lead the way
How does one join the Liberal Metro-politan Elite? What should be the qualifications? I must be an LME member because…
If Deutsche Bank goes down without a bailout, I really will eat my hat
‘Can anyone seriously imagine the German state and corporate establishment allowing the bank that bears their country’s name to go…
If Deutsche Bank goes down without a bailout, I really will eat my hat
‘Can anyone seriously imagine the German state and corporate establishment allowing the bank that bears their country’s name to go…
We know who Theresa May is against. But who is she for?
One of the professional drawbacks of coming from Scotland and then moving to London is that I don’t really know…
Let the metropolitan elite lead the way
How does one join the Liberal Metro-politan Elite? What should be the qualifications? I must be an LME member because…
The Spectator’s Notes
Mathias Döpfner, the extremely tall, extremely intelligent head of Axel Springer, is unusual in the generally conformist German business elite…
In search of Mayism
What does Theresa May believe? The new Prime Minister has had the summer to settle into her job and has…
Let’s bring the wolves back into Britain
A year ago there was a confirmed sighting, and even film, of a wild wolf in the Netherlands for the…
Haunted by an honourable member
I was awoken late on Monday night by a horrible nightmare, one of those dreams where you cannot be entirely…
When the fear of racism trumps everything else
Do you remember Alan Kurdi, the poor, drowned three-year-old whose photograph provoked a wave of sympathy for migrants almost exactly…
The miracle of Hong Kong
Since he moved to Hong Kong three years ago, the Rat’s Cantonese has been coming on apace. This has rather…
A free vote on the Heathrow runway? Don’t be so wet, Prime Minister
Hinkley Point — for all its flaws and the whiffs of suspicion around its Chinese investors — has finally received…
The Spectator’s Notes
When I read that Martin Roth, the director of the V&A, was resigning from his job because of Brexit, I…
A free vote on the Heathrow runway? Don’t be so wet, Prime Minister
Hinkley Point — for all its flaws and the whiffs of suspicion around its Chinese investors — has finally received…
The miracle of Hong Kong
Since he moved to Hong Kong three years ago, the Rat’s Cantonese has been coming on apace. This has rather…
When the fear of racism trumps everything else
Do you remember Alan Kurdi, the poor, drowned three-year-old whose photograph provoked a wave of sympathy for migrants almost exactly…
The Spectator’s Notes
When I read that Martin Roth, the director of the V&A, was resigning from his job because of Brexit, I…
Corbyn has won – again. This could be the end of the Labour party
Those of us on the left should imagine how our political rivals felt when watching Jeremy Corbyn’s latest victory speech. English…
Haunted by an honourable member
I was awoken late on Monday night by a horrible nightmare, one of those dreams where you cannot be entirely…
Inside David Cameron’s personal Brexit
In the days following David Cameron’s resignation as prime minister, Michael Gove tried to persuade the Cameroons to back Boris…
In a Birmingham jail, I found the point of Michael Gove
I went to prison last week, in Birmingham. Early start, off on a train from Euston. It was my kids’…
A remarkable testament of hope for Zimbabwe
‘One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed though right were…
The new world of work is a jungle but don’t call workers ‘animals’
The TUC general secretaryFrances O’Grady doesn’t get a lot of airtime. Compared with predecessors a generation ago, such as Vic…
From now on, we must all be equally stupid
A lecturer at a reasonably well-respected northern plate-glass university was somewhat perplexed by a student who complained about her poor…
Victoria’s secret: none of it’s true
Did you know that Queen Victoria might never have married Prince Albert had it not been for an amazing stroke…
