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Back off, nimbyists, or fracking will benefit Beijing more than Balcombe
The fracking debate has been brought to a new heat by David Cameron’s message to Home Counties nimbyists and eco-crusties…
House prices are going up again. I fear this is not going to end well
It’s senseless to ask how things are going to end, because things as a general rule don’t. They rumble on,…
Ukip are playing it safe – so they’ve rejected me
So farewell then £80,000 salary, £150,000 expense account, secretary, team of assistants, constituency office, first-class travel, immunity from prosecution, Brussels…
Is the EU stopping Britain’s shale revolution?
A few months after the last election, Oliver Letwin warned Cabinet colleagues that a chunk of Britain’s income would be…
Must we celebrate gay weddings twice?
Apparently I’ve proposed to my civil partner. He claims that on BBC Radio 2, on the Jeremy Vine show (he…
Every little helps as the big banks continue to clean up their act
By and large it was a good week for the big banks — underpinned by encouraging news from the wider…
Must we celebrate gay weddings twice?
Apparently I’ve proposed to my civil partner. He claims that on BBC Radio 2, on the Jeremy Vine show (he…
This cant about protecting the kiddies is really about protecting the coalition
I have tried very hard to become an afficianado of pornography, seeing as it is by far the most popular…
Do women really watch as much porn as men?
You may be aware that David Cameron — as part of a secret, Lynton Crosby-inspired operation codenamed Suck Up Shamelessly…
Sorry, but internet trolling will be with us forever
This is not to be a column about Twitter. Can’t abide columns about Twitter. I’ve written a few, I know,…
Welby is right to attack Wonga but wrong to push credit unions as a better answer
I’ve been in the pulpit again, this time to salute the centenary of the death of Charles Norris Gray, a…
Sorry, but internet trolling will be with us forever
This is not to be a column about Twitter. Can’t abide columns about Twitter. I’ve written a few, I know,…
Do women really watch as much porn as men?
You may be aware that David Cameron — as part of a secret, Lynton Crosby-inspired operation codenamed Suck Up Shamelessly…
I don’t care about the royal baby. What’s wrong with me?
Driving along in the car on a pleasant evening earlier this week, I was happily humming along to the toe-tapping…
Steerpike
Is there treachery at the top of Ukip? Westminster has been buzzing with the rumour that party treasurer Stuart Wheeler…
No one else will say it. But right now, both Milband and Cameron are heroic
It is within the experience of even the humblest of MPs that those who oppose what you do will berate…
Detroit’s bankruptcy isn’t ‘creative destruction’ – it’s old-fashioned mismanagement
One of the best articles I ever commissioned as an editor was an account by James Doran of a road…
No one else will say it. But right now, both Milband and Cameron are heroic
It is within the experience of even the humblest of MPs that those who oppose what you do will berate…
The EU’s new army of diplomats
The Prime Minister recently professed himself shocked at waste in the European Union. In particular, he was incensed by an…
The Spectator’s Notes
Attending the funeral of Margaret Thatcher in April, the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, was much impressed by the bit in…
The jury in the Zimmerman case paid too much attention to the evidence
I wonder what possessed the jury in the Trayvon Martin case to return two not guilty verdicts when they knew…
It’s sport that really matters in life. Now where’s my surfboard?
What a glorious sporting summer it has been so far. For some the highlight will have been Andy Murray at…
It’s the summer of the topless man,and there’s nothing we can do to stop it
Topless men. What does that mean, then? I was opposite one on the tube the other day, heading north from…
Four recessions, runaway inflation, sky-high taxes: who says Baby Boomers had it easy?
Here’s a competition for you: ‘The most irritating discussion on Radio 4 in the past month.’ Answers in not more…
It’s not hate that Caitlin Moran can’t stand. It’s being disagreed with
Rod Liddle 10 August 2013 9:00 am
Hell, it’s been tough, but I think I’ve pulled through. I went out this morning to buy some cigarettes and…