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Another banking review is pointless: just carry on naming, shaming and jailing
Was the Financial Conduct Authority leaned on by the Chancellor to scrap its ‘review of banking culture’? Or did it…
What a spankingly splendid scandal
Apparently, according to a variety of relatively reliable sources that include the man himself, the Labour MP for Rochdale, Simon…
Our leaders’ suicidal urge to sex it up
It has been over a month since Parliament voted to bomb Isis in Syria, yet in that time there have…
Corbyn is untouchable now
There have been few more pathetic displays of political impotence than the tweets sent by shadow cabinet members paying tribute…
The Spectator’s Notes
At the end of next week, a judge will decide whether the ‘trial of the facts’ can proceed now that…
Why we have to stand by the foul, brutal Saudis
The Saudis have got the new year off to a busy start, haven’t they? The authorities executed 47 people, including…
The political wisdom of people who don’t even know what a circle is
Why are liberals morons? I’m sure that this question has rattled around your mind before, perhaps when watching one of…
The best things in the world spring up by accident
Since no one has bothered to ask what my must-read book of last year was I’m going to tell you…
The human element: highs, lows and loose ends of 2015
Last year was a bumper year for mergers and acquisitions. Recovering prospects and relatively low price-earnings ratios made the takeover…
The human element: highs, lows and loose ends of 2015
Last year was a bumper year for mergers and acquisitions. Recovering prospects and relatively low price-earnings ratios made the takeover…
The best things in the world spring up by accident
Since no one has bothered to ask what my must-read book of last year was I’m going to tell you…
The political wisdom of people who don’t even know what a circle is
Why are liberals morons? I’m sure that this question has rattled around your mind before, perhaps when watching one of…
Will you survive the Delingpole Era? See below…
Things I am going to ban when, by popular acclaim, I am elected your Dictator For Life in 2016.…
Exit strategy vs stay-in power
By this time next year Britain will, if the government has its way, have voted on whether or not this…
Hug, hold hands . . . then stampede to the right
What a pleasure it was to see two socialist parties triumph in the most recent elections. First, Labour increased its…
The question Christianity fails to answer: ‘Who is my neighbour?’
‘Fine old Christmas,’ wrote George Eliot, ‘with the snowy hair and ruddy face, had done his duty that year in…
If you believe the internet, I was the Israeli army’s answer to Jason Bourne
One of the strangest and, in a weird way, best things to have happened to me in the past year…
Am I a brave cult survivor, too?
When I was 21, I lived with a cult for a year. It was a commune really, a tight-knit group…
Ye who now will bless the poor Shall yourselves find blessing
I thought you might enjoy a little parable for Christmas, so here goes… The boardroom clock said twelve minutes…
Ye who now will bless the poor Shall yourselves find blessing
I thought you might enjoy a little parable for Christmas, so here goes… The boardroom clock said twelve minutes…
If you believe the internet, I was the Israeli army’s answer to Jason Bourne
One of the strangest and, in a weird way, best things to have happened to me in the past year…
Will you survive the Delingpole Era? See below…
Things I am going to ban when, by popular acclaim, I am elected your Dictator For Life in 2016.…
Am I a brave cult survivor, too?
When I was 21, I lived with a cult for a year. It was a commune really, a tight-knit group…
The question Christianity fails to answer: ‘Who is my neighbour?’
‘Fine old Christmas,’ wrote George Eliot, ‘with the snowy hair and ruddy face, had done his duty that year in…
Exit strategy vs stay-in power
By this time next year Britain will, if the government has its way, have voted on whether or not this…
