The Spectator’s Notes
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When you vote in Britain, there is a relaxed feeling in the polling stations. This is a long-established part of…
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Those who want to revive grammar schools are accused of ‘bring backery’ — the unthinking idea that the past was…
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Those who want to revive grammar schools are accused of ‘bring backery’ — the unthinking idea that the past was…
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The Daily Telegraph revealed on Tuesday that Michael Spencer, the chief executive of Icap, has been blocked for a peerage…
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The Daily Telegraph revealed on Tuesday that Michael Spencer, the chief executive of Icap, has been blocked for a peerage…
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At the beginning of his war memoirs, Charles de Gaulle famously wrote, ‘All my life I have had a certain…
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At the beginning of his war memoirs, Charles de Gaulle famously wrote, ‘All my life I have had a certain…
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On Tuesday night in London, I spoke to Women2Win, a Conservative organisation dedicated to recruiting more women candidates. My title,…
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On Tuesday night in London, I spoke to Women2Win, a Conservative organisation dedicated to recruiting more women candidates. My title,…
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Before she was murdered, Jo Cox MP had written most of a report. She worked on it jointly it with…
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Before she was murdered, Jo Cox MP had written most of a report. She worked on it jointly it with…
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It sounds logical that Vote Leave should now disband, since the people have obligingly voted Leave, but is it wise?…
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It sounds logical that Vote Leave should now disband, since the people have obligingly voted Leave, but is it wise?…
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Commentators have complained about this referendum — its ‘lies’, bad manners, bitterness. Without exactly disagreeing, I would nevertheless argue that…
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Commentators have complained about this referendum — its ‘lies’, bad manners, bitterness. Without exactly disagreeing, I would nevertheless argue that…
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The Remain campaign takes as its model the ‘No’ one in the 2014 Scottish referendum. First and last — hence…
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The Remain campaign takes as its model the ‘No’ one in the 2014 Scottish referendum. First and last — hence…
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One of the most influential and learned figures in the British European debate is Rodney Leach. In the 1990s, he…
The EU hasn’t settled the ‘German question’. It’s reopened it
‘No one can seriously deny that European integration brought an end to Franco-German conflict and has settled the German question…
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‘No one can seriously deny that European integration brought an end to Franco-German conflict and has settled the German question…
If we vote Leave, will Juncker have us shot?
Obviously there is no such thing as ‘Cameronism’, as there is ‘Thatcherism’; but once upon a time, David Cameron did…
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Obviously there is no such thing as ‘Cameronism’, as there is ‘Thatcherism’; but once upon a time, David Cameron did…
Why did Cameron call a referendum if he thought it could start a war?
One of the many problems with David Cameron’s threat that leaving the European Union could plunge us into war is…
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One of the many problems with David Cameron’s threat that leaving the European Union could plunge us into war is…
We didn’t have a real choice in the 1975 referendum. We do now
The comparison between the referendum questions — that asked in 1975 and the one which we shall be asked on 23…
