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One of the many problems with David Cameron’s threat that leaving the European Union could plunge us into war is…
Will Labour never learn?
By now, Labour should be rather good at post-defeat inquests. Plenty have been conducted over the years and the drill…
Write a leftie column and win a doctorate
I see that law students at Oxford University were told that if they found the contents of a lecture on…
Enter Boris, eyes on the prize
After an eight-year detour into municipal government, Boris Johnson has now returned to national politics. The former mayor of London…
The Spectator’s notes
The comparison between the referendum questions — that asked in 1975 and the one which we shall be asked on 23…
Let’s make assisted dying legal for Brightonians
I am having terrible trouble with my hair at the moment. It is lank, flat and lifeless. There are split…
In praise of doctors’ handwriting
My baby and I excel at blood tests. He (tiny, jaundiced) stretches out naked under the hospital’s hot cot-lamps like…
The slow death of environmentalism
Would you describe yourself as an ‘environmentalist’? I would, mainly to annoy greenies, but also because it’s true. If your…
Scrapping RBS’s toxic brand should be a step towards a final break-up
Royal Bank of Scotland is at last about to dump the ‘RBS’ logotype promoted by its fallen chieftain Fred Goodwin,…
Scrapping RBS’s toxic brand should be a step towards a final break-up
Royal Bank of Scotland is at last about to dump the ‘RBS’ logotype promoted by its fallen chieftain Fred Goodwin,…
The slow death of environmentalism
Would you describe yourself as an ‘environmentalist’? I would, mainly to annoy greenies, but also because it’s true. If your…
In praise of doctors’ handwriting
My baby and I excel at blood tests. He (tiny, jaundiced) stretches out naked under the hospital’s hot cot-lamps like…
Enter Boris, eyes on the prize
Listen http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/262486539-the-spectator-podcast-erdogans-europe.mp3 After an eight-year detour into municipal government, Boris Johnson has now returned to national politics. The former mayor…
The Spectator’s notes
The comparison between the referendum questions — that asked in 1975 and the one which we shall be asked on 23…
Let’s make assisted dying legal for Brightonians
I am having terrible trouble with my hair at the moment. It is lank, flat and lifeless. There are split…
Elections? What elections?
Britain goes to the polls next week. Yet this has barely registered on the media radar. These aren’t the forgotten…
The Spectator’s Notes
‘England in effect is insular, she is maritime, she is linked through her interactions, her markets and her supply lines…
Brexit Tories are feeling disrespected. How awful
There are moments when one wonders whether one is seeing and hearing the same things as others. For me such…
The politically correct way to do racism
Exactly a year ago this week I was at a dinner party when a famous opinion pollster leaned over to…
The death of investment banking will lead to the rebirth of something better
Oh woe. Investment bank profits are evaporating after a disastrous contraction of trading revenues reflecting zero-to-negative interest rates, weak commodity…
The death of investment banking will lead to the rebirth of something better
Oh woe. Investment bank profits are evaporating after a disastrous contraction of trading revenues reflecting zero-to-negative interest rates, weak commodity…
Brexit Tories are feeling disrespected. How awful
There are moments when one wonders whether one is seeing and hearing the same things as others. For me such…
Elections? What elections?
Listen http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/261189280-the-spectator-podcast-the-wrong-right.mp3 Britain goes to the polls next week. Yet this has barely registered on the media radar. These aren’t…
The Spectator’s Notes
‘England in effect is insular, she is maritime, she is linked through her interactions, her markets and her supply lines…
The politically correct way to do racism
Exactly a year ago this week I was at a dinner party when a famous opinion pollster leaned over to…
