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Osborne’s decisive moment
George Osborne usually tells his aides to prepare for each Budget as if it were his last. This time round,…
Liberal absolutism may be the worst kind of all
This week I would like you to share the deep pain of a liberal who has been called ‘right-wing’. This…
I don’t want anyone telling me how to raise my monsters
I was on the phone to Girl, thinking of something interesting to tell her. ‘Oh yeah,’ I said. ‘And this…
It’s dark days for dogs and their owners
So who is poisoning all the doggies, then? I assumed, when the first horrible reports came through from Crufts, that…
Exit, pursued by a bear
In the 1984 US presidential election, Ronald Reagan came up with an effective way of embarrassing his rival Walter Mondale…
Something useful for your Budget, George: fast-track approval for challenger banks
In my Yorkshire town of Helmsley the NatWest branch, originally an outpost of Beckett & Co of Leeds, has closed…
I don’t want anyone telling me how to raise my monsters
I was on the phone to Girl, thinking of something interesting to tell her. ‘Oh yeah,’ I said. ‘And this…
Exit, pursued by a bear
Listen http://rss.acast.com/viewfrom22/the-death-of-childhood/media.mp3 In the 1984 US presidential election, Ronald Reagan came up with an effective way of embarrassing his rival…
It’s dark days for dogs and their owners
So who is poisoning all the doggies, then? I assumed, when the first horrible reports came through from Crufts, that…
Yes, skunk has changed me. But so have Zoran Mušic’s drawings
Two recent preoccupations have led me to the same reflection. The first is a Channel 4 programme on the effects…
Did Cameron ever really want to be nice?
I have a friend who was a Young Conservative. Just the one, I promise, and he’s grown out of it…
Advice to StanChart’s new chief: reputation is even tougher to manage than financial risk
One day you’re an elder statesman, chairing top committees and pontificating on Question Time, and the next you’re out in…
Did Cameron ever really want to be nice?
I have a friend who was a Young Conservative. Just the one, I promise, and he’s grown out of it…
Yes, skunk has changed me. But so have Zoran Mušic’s drawings
Two recent preoccupations have led me to the same reflection. The first is a Channel 4 programme on the effects…
The not-very-general election
There’s normally an easy way to tell which party is losing a general election campaign. Whenever one side starts telling…
That’ll teach you to attempt a joke, Sean
What a pleasure it is to see the Hollywood actor Sean Penn neck deep in PC ordure. The rodentine thespian…
Why do bright schoolgirls run away to Syria?
How could they? How could girls brought up in the wealthy West abandon their families and their own bright futures…
A tale of two shops – and two philosophies
Are you Lush or are you Aldi? Me, I’m Aldi all the way. So much so that when someone —…
Just in time, Osborne answers Labour’s 50p tax trick with a bumper monthly surplus
Last week’s public borrowing and tax-receipt figures, headlined ‘Chancellor hails biggest monthly surplus in seven years’, received considerably less attention…
The not-very-general election
Listen http://rss.acast.com/viewfrom22/the-snp-threat-to-westminster/media.mp3 There’s normally an easy way to tell which party is losing a general election campaign. Whenever one side…
A tale of two shops – and two philosophies
Are you Lush or are you Aldi? Me, I’m Aldi all the way. So much so that when someone —…
Why do bright schoolgirls run away to Syria?
How could they? How could girls brought up in the wealthy West abandon their families and their own bright futures…
That’ll teach you to attempt a joke, Sean
What a pleasure it is to see the Hollywood actor Sean Penn neck deep in PC ordure. The rodentine thespian…
The Lib Dems aren’t scared of this election. But they should be
One of the most remarkable features of this parliament has been the sangfroid of the Liberal Democrats. Nothing seems to…
It’s not Netanyahu’s fault that Jews in Europe are afraid
Have you seen the prices for houses in Israel? Astronomical, mate. You wouldn’t believe it. An arid and perpetually embattled…
