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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…
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…
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…
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…
Osborne can still see off Boris
When George Osborne last stood up to deliver a budget, he had reached his post-election apotheosis. His economic (and political)…
The Spectator’s notes
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 public loo
I blame Nancy Mitford: she made the English so frightened of saying ‘toilet’ that now they have hardly any left…
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?…
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…
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?…
Osborne can still see off Boris
Listen http://rss.acast.com/viewfrom22/thedeportationgame/media.mp3 When George Osborne last stood up to deliver a budget, he had reached his post-election apotheosis. His economic…
The Spectator’s notes
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 public loo
I blame Nancy Mitford: she made the English so frightened of saying ‘toilet’ that now they have hardly any left…
Will Cameron pull his punches to help the Tories reunite?
If Downing Street’s calculations are correct, next week will see politics begin to return to normal. We’ll all move on…
The Spectator’s notes
The government, or at least David Cameron’s bit of it, seems to think that trade is something that takes place…
What do all these evil maniacs have in common?
More bad publicity for the Islamic State’s ‘Kafir Tiny Tots and Babycare Service’. A burka-clad madwoman wandering through the streets…
Are we ready for virtual-reality news?
John Humphrys staggering around in a piece of ‘virtual reality’ headgear that looked like binoculars and made him feel sick…
Of course the old Tory hatreds are back. That’s referendums for you
Of course it’s vicious. It was always going to be. Sure, they’ve spent decades living peacefully side by side, but…
Better that the Americans take over the London Stock Exchange
The London Stock Exchange is no longer the red-hot crucible it once was, given the multifarious ways by which shares,…
