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For the time being, I am choosing to believe this far-right conversion story
I’ve often thought it might be interesting to meet Tommy Robinson, or Stephen Lennon, or whatever one is supposed to…
Feminists, you are betraying yourselves
I’ve been racking my brains to think what I might have in common with Kim Jong Un and Piers Morgan.…
Two men have united the Tories: Ed Miliband and Nigel Farage
Manchester The Tory party has been at peace with itself this week. Eurosceptic backbenchers have given Nigel Farage a verbal…
The Spectator’s Notes
Manchester For those of us of a certain age, Ed Miliband’s speech last week was exhilaratingly nostalgic. His promise to…
Here we go again: say one word against an icon of the left and the phone won’t stop ringing
Ring, ring goes the telephone every minute God sends. Sometimes I pick it up and say hello, sometimes I don’t.…
The Tories would be mad to cuddle up to Ukip
Such is my respect for Spectator readers that I offer you a column whose subtext is in Latin. Ours is…
Freezing gas bills, freezing fuel duty – and one day we’ll all be freezing in the dark
‘We need successful energy companies in Britain, we need them to invest for the future,’ said Ed Miliband in his…
Investment: Fluttering voters
When you hear the words ‘economic recovery’, do you think: ‘Great! Britain is on the mend’? Or ‘Damn! I should…
The Tories would be mad to cuddle up to Ukip
Such is my respect for Spectator readers that I offer you a column whose subtext is in Latin. Ours is…
Investment: Fluttering voters
When you hear the words ‘economic recovery’, do you think: ‘Great! Britain is on the mend’? Or ‘Damn! I should…
Investment: Fluttering voters
When you hear the words ‘economic recovery’, do you think: ‘Great! Britain is on the mend’? Or ‘Damn! I should…
The Spectator’s Notes
No doubt it will happen, because the Tories will not dare oppose it, but is there any conceivable good reason…
Fury and loathing in the New Labour gang
There is a little vignette in the first volume of Alastair Campbell’s diaries that makes it abundantly clear that, at…
What’s wrong with being right?
I’m trying to imagine what Britain would look like under a Ukip/Conservative coalition with Cameron as PM and Farage as…
Am I alone in being bothered about all this surveillance?
Oh, but life’s easier if you’re American. Each and every last way the state meddles with your life is an…
Not so much a property bubble, more an opportunity to improve London’s transport
Everyone —including me, if I’m honest — has been talking about a new property bubble. But is it for real?…
Am I alone in being bothered about all this surveillance?
Oh, but life’s easier if you’re American. Each and every last way the state meddles with your life is an…
What’s wrong with being right?
I’m trying to imagine what Britain would look like under a Ukip/Conservative coalition with Cameron as PM and Farage as…
The Spectator’s Notes
We are not allowed to know any details about the Muslim woman, charged with intimidating a witness, who has been…
Nick Clegg should stick with the devil he knows
I write this in Glasgow, at the Lib Dem conference. Nick Clegg has invented a constitutional doctrine. The doctrine teaches…
Does the BMA prefer real fags to e-cigarettes?
What strategy should we adopt to cope with the British Medical Association? Its members kill more people each year than…
Twitter looks much more expensive than Royal Mail, but which one will last longer?
Royal Mail delivers to 29 million UK addresses; last year it generated £9 billion of revenues, of which £324 million…
Nick Clegg should stick with the devil he knows
I write this in Glasgow, at the Lib Dem conference. Nick Clegg has invented a constitutional doctrine. The doctrine teaches…
The centre can be held
His party may be struggling to reach double digits in the polls, but Nick Clegg is entitled to feel smug…
The Spectator’s Notes
‘Corruption’ is a subtle word, because it describes a process rather than an event. It does not merely mean bad…
