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Theresa’s Tory love-in
Theresa May doesn’t use an autocue for her speeches. She feels that reading off a screen at the back of…
The Spectator’s Notes
Birmingham Checking in to my hotel room on the 18th floor, for the Conservative party conference here, I opened the…
The new reality on immigration
The good people of Hungary went to the polls on Sunday and voted by more than 98 per cent against…
I want my Brexit good and strong
What you really should have done if you were in Birmingham on Monday this week was skip the not notably…
Brexit spooks the markets, but the housing crisis will swing more votes
‘I rang and said can I have a council house, I’ve nowhere to go, an’ the bloke said no you…
Brexit spooks the markets, but the housing crisis will swing more votes
‘I rang and said can I have a council house, I’ve nowhere to go, an’ the bloke said no you…
I want my Brexit good and strong
What you really should have done if you were in Birmingham on Monday this week was skip the not notably…
Theresa’s Tory love-in
Theresa May doesn’t use an autocue for her speeches. She feels that reading off a screen at the back of…
The Spectator’s Notes
Birmingham Checking in to my hotel room on the 18th floor, for the Conservative party conference here, I opened the…
The parenting trap
Out of the fog of rumour and accusation surrounding the melancholy break-up of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, one source…
The new reality on immigration
The good people of Hungary went to the polls on Sunday and voted by more than 98 per cent against…
The Spectator’s Notes
Mathias Döpfner, the extremely tall, extremely intelligent head of Axel Springer, is unusual in the generally conformist German business elite…
Let’s bring the wolves back into Britain
A year ago there was a confirmed sighting, and even film, of a wild wolf in the Netherlands for the…
We know who Theresa May is against. But who is she for?
One of the professional drawbacks of coming from Scotland and then moving to London is that I don’t really know…
Let the metropolitan elite lead the way
How does one join the Liberal Metro-politan Elite? What should be the qualifications? I must be an LME member because…
If Deutsche Bank goes down without a bailout, I really will eat my hat
‘Can anyone seriously imagine the German state and corporate establishment allowing the bank that bears their country’s name to go…
If Deutsche Bank goes down without a bailout, I really will eat my hat
‘Can anyone seriously imagine the German state and corporate establishment allowing the bank that bears their country’s name to go…
We know who Theresa May is against. But who is she for?
One of the professional drawbacks of coming from Scotland and then moving to London is that I don’t really know…
Let the metropolitan elite lead the way
How does one join the Liberal Metro-politan Elite? What should be the qualifications? I must be an LME member because…
The Spectator’s Notes
Mathias Döpfner, the extremely tall, extremely intelligent head of Axel Springer, is unusual in the generally conformist German business elite…
In search of Mayism
What does Theresa May believe? The new Prime Minister has had the summer to settle into her job and has…
Let’s bring the wolves back into Britain
A year ago there was a confirmed sighting, and even film, of a wild wolf in the Netherlands for the…
Haunted by an honourable member
I was awoken late on Monday night by a horrible nightmare, one of those dreams where you cannot be entirely…
When the fear of racism trumps everything else
Do you remember Alan Kurdi, the poor, drowned three-year-old whose photograph provoked a wave of sympathy for migrants almost exactly…
The miracle of Hong Kong
Since he moved to Hong Kong three years ago, the Rat’s Cantonese has been coming on apace. This has rather…
