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The Spectator’s Notes
The Remain campaign takes as its model the ‘No’ one in the 2014 Scottish referendum. First and last — hence…
Rise of the atrocity exhibitionists
Life is speeded up. It used to be that when a hideous atrocity occurred people waited a day or two,…
Happy birthday, Barclaycard – even if you turned out to be a ticking time-bomb
‘In years to come we shall be able to claim that we pioneered in this country the general everyday use…
Help! I’ve started to care about politics
Once upon a time, I didn’t really care about politics. Not viscerally. Growing up in a political family, I suppose,…
Brexit: the first 100 days
The Spectator Podcast Christopher Meyer, James Forsyth and Isabel Hardman discuss the first 100 days of Brexit At 5.15 a.m.…
The Spectator’s Notes
One of the most influential and learned figures in the British European debate is Rodney Leach. In the 1990s, he…
Naked lunches and hidden bigotry
Have you got your names down yet for the Bunyadi? I’d hurry, if I were you. There’s currently a waiting…
The Spectator’s Notes
‘No one can seriously deny that European integration brought an end to Franco-German conflict and has settled the German question…
The right question at the wrong time
Complaining about the EU referendum campaign has become an integral part of the referendum; even Delia Smith has got in…
Yay, root out those Jew-haters, Jeremy!
A long and arduous flight back from the Caucasus, but worth it nonetheless for the meaningful protest we had staged…
Great news for fatties: it’s really not your fault
I’ve noticed for some time now that thin people, genuinely slim ones, have a secret loathing of fatties. Kindly though…
Learning the secrets of happiness from Britain’s most foul-mouthed angler
To go fishing on the Itchen in mayfly season, you either have to be very, very rich or very, very…
Hollande equals Thatcher? Not quite, Monsieur le President, but keep trying
Have you ever tried discussing the merits of gun control with a Texan, or of deregulated labour markets with a…
Hollande equals Thatcher? Not quite, Monsieur le President, but keep trying
Have you ever tried discussing the merits of gun control with a Texan, or of deregulated labour markets with a…
Learning the secrets of happiness from Britain’s most foul-mouthed angler
To go fishing on the Itchen in mayfly season, you either have to be very, very rich or very, very…
Great news for fatties: it’s really not your fault
I’ve noticed for some time now that thin people, genuinely slim ones, have a secret loathing of fatties. Kindly though…
The right question at the wrong time
Complaining about the EU referendum campaign has become an integral part of the referendum; even Delia Smith has got in…
The Spectator’s Notes
‘No one can seriously deny that European integration brought an end to Franco-German conflict and has settled the German question…
Yay, root out those Jew-haters, Jeremy!
A long and arduous flight back from the Caucasus, but worth it nonetheless for the meaningful protest we had staged…
This referendum has shown us the real Cameron
Westminster has a tendency to get ahead of itself. MPs want to discuss the aftermath of an event long before…
The Spectator’s notes
Obviously there is no such thing as ‘Cameronism’, as there is ‘Thatcherism’; but once upon a time, David Cameron did…
Voters have no time for the flaccid centre
A depression has settled on the Liddle household ever since Norbert Hofer narrowly failed in his bid to become the…
If I were in charge of Leave, here’s what I’d say…
It may be too late. But with only about three weeks before our referendum on EU membership I am itching…
My six months of madness
I once went mad in Africa and it was no fun at all. I was snorkelling off the coast of…
Warning: top-performing funds are highly likely to contain tobacco
Axa will no longer invest in the tobacco industry: the French insurance giant will sell €184 million of shares and…
