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Cameron’s EU rollercoaster

30 May 2015 9:00 am

We have just had a very insular general election campaign, but the mood at Westminster is now determined by news…

The Spectator’s Notes

30 May 2015 9:00 am

Amnesty International and others have placed a large newspaper advertisement telling Michael Gove ‘Don’t Scrap Our Human Rights’. The ad…

Benefits for people who don’t live here? Great idea

30 May 2015 9:00 am

Yet another exciting discovery from the world of Islamic science. As you are probably aware, Islamic culture has always paid…

In today’s church, it seems, God can be outvoted

30 May 2015 9:00 am

I see. So now we have the result of the Irish referendum on gay marriage, and now we’ve heard the…

Does anyone really expect the EU referendum to resolve anything?

30 May 2015 9:00 am

I suppose, if you could look deep into the mind of somebody who was passionately keen that Britain should leave…

Which behaved worse: callous Thomas Cook or cynical Barclays?

30 May 2015 9:00 am

Which is worse, morally and reputationally — to be Thomas Cook, shamed by its refusal to show proper human concern,…

Which behaved worse: callous Thomas Cook or cynical Barclays?

28 May 2015 1:00 pm

Which is worse, morally and reputationally — to be Thomas Cook, shamed by its refusal to show proper human concern,…

Does anyone really expect the EU referendum to resolve anything?

28 May 2015 1:00 pm

I suppose, if you could look deep into the mind of somebody who was passionately keen that Britain should leave…

In today’s church, it seems, God can be outvoted

28 May 2015 1:00 pm

I see. So now we have the result of the Irish referendum on gay marriage, and now we’ve heard the…

Cameron’s EU rollercoaster

28 May 2015 1:00 pm

Listen http://rss.acast.com/viewfrom22/defeatingisis/media.mp3 We have just had a very insular general election campaign, but the mood at Westminster is now determined…

The Spectator’s Notes

28 May 2015 1:00 pm

Amnesty International and others have placed a large newspaper advertisement telling Michael Gove ‘Don’t Scrap Our Human Rights’. The ad…

Benefits for people who don’t live here? Great idea

28 May 2015 1:00 pm

Yet another exciting discovery from the world of Islamic science. As you are probably aware, Islamic culture has always paid…

A small majority means big challenges

23 May 2015 9:00 am

In ancient Rome, when a general rode in triumph through the city, a slave would stand behind him whispering into…

The Spectator’s Notes

23 May 2015 9:00 am

Who benefits from Prince Charles’s handshake with Gerry Adams? Not the victims of IRA violence, including the 18 soldiers who…

Let’s set the cops on barbaric fox-hunters

23 May 2015 9:00 am

Among those deeply disappointed with the Conservative party’s victory on 7 May was Britain’s diverse and vibrant community of wild…

Calling all British tourists – Ukraine needs you!

23 May 2015 9:00 am

 Kiev ‘What the hell’s going to happen to your poor country?’ I ask the man in the flea market not…

Can the new Northern Powerhouse supremo make Leeds and Manchester work together?

23 May 2015 9:00 am

A doff of my flat cap to Jim O’Neill, the former Goldman Sachs economist who has been made a peer,…

Can the new Northern Powerhouse supremo make Leeds and Manchester work together?

21 May 2015 1:00 pm

A doff of my flat cap to Jim O’Neill, the former Goldman Sachs economist who has been made a peer,…

Calling all British tourists – Ukraine needs you!

21 May 2015 1:00 pm

 Kiev ‘What the hell’s going to happen to your poor country?’ I ask the man in the flea market not…

A small majority means big challenges

21 May 2015 1:00 pm

Listen http://rss.acast.com/viewfrom22/michaelgovesfightforjustice/media.mp3 In ancient Rome, when a general rode in triumph through the city, a slave would stand behind him…

The Spectator’s Notes

21 May 2015 1:00 pm

Who benefits from Prince Charles’s handshake with Gerry Adams? Not the victims of IRA violence, including the 18 soldiers who…

Let’s set the cops on barbaric fox-hunters

21 May 2015 1:00 pm

Among those deeply disappointed with the Conservative party’s victory on 7 May was Britain’s diverse and vibrant community of wild…

Labour must estrange its awful voters

16 May 2015 9:00 am

And so now we have to suffer the epic delusions, temper tantrums and hissy fits of the metro-left. They simply…

The Spectator’s notes

16 May 2015 9:00 am

David Cameron is taking a bit of trouble to unite his parliamentary party. Having built a coalition outside it last…

We columnists have never been more useless

16 May 2015 9:00 am

It takes some agility to shoot yourself in the foot and saw off the branch you’re sitting on, while hoisting…