The Spectator’s Notes

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12 September 2015 9:00 am

Presumably Britain has some sort of policy on immigration, asylum and refugees, but instead of struggling to understand it, you…

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10 September 2015 1:00 pm

Presumably Britain has some sort of policy on immigration, asylum and refugees, but instead of struggling to understand it, you…

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5 September 2015 9:00 am

Was there ever a more unilluminating political idea — for voters rather than practitioners — than triangulation? For those readers so…

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3 September 2015 1:00 pm

Was there ever a more unilluminating political idea — for voters rather than practitioners — than triangulation? For those readers so…

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22 August 2015 9:00 am

Watching the very pleasant Liz Kendall on television this week, I was struck by how extraordinary it is that more…

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20 August 2015 1:00 pm

Watching the very pleasant Liz Kendall on television this week, I was struck by how extraordinary it is that more…

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15 August 2015 9:00 am

Our son, William, celebrated his marriage on Saturday. You would expect me to say that it was wonderful, sunny occasion.…

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13 August 2015 1:00 pm

Our son, William, celebrated his marriage on Saturday. You would expect me to say that it was wonderful, sunny occasion.…

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8 August 2015 9:00 am

As someone who has rarely written a sentence in praise of the late Sir Edward Heath, I hope I can…

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6 August 2015 1:00 pm

As someone who has rarely written a sentence in praise of the late Sir Edward Heath, I hope I can…

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1 August 2015 9:00 am

Obviously when one attends what the papers call ‘cocaine-fuelled orgies’, one expects to find several members of the peerage present,…

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30 July 2015 1:00 pm

Obviously when one attends what the papers call ‘cocaine-fuelled orgies’, one expects to find several members of the peerage present,…

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11 July 2015 9:00 am

Even if everything goes wronger still, the Greek No vote is a great victory for the left. Until now, the…

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9 July 2015 1:00 pm

Even if everything goes wronger still, the Greek No vote is a great victory for the left. Until now, the…

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4 July 2015 9:00 am

‘The Greek people,’ the Financial Times leading article said on Monday, ‘would be well advised to listen closely to the…

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2 July 2015 1:00 pm

‘The Greek people,’ the Financial Times leading article said on Monday, ‘would be well advised to listen closely to the…

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27 June 2015 9:00 am

People write about ‘Grexit’ and ‘Brexit’ as if they were the same, but they need not be. Grexit is about…

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25 June 2015 1:00 pm

People write about ‘Grexit’ and ‘Brexit’ as if they were the same, but they need not be. Grexit is about…

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20 June 2015 9:00 am

It is natural to assume that, if a majority votes No in the referendum on Britain’s EU membership, we shall…

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18 June 2015 1:00 pm

It is natural to assume that, if a majority votes No in the referendum on Britain’s EU membership, we shall…

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13 June 2015 9:00 am

Two beautiful volumes in a cloth-bound case reach me. They are Speeches and Articles by HRH The Prince of Wales…

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11 June 2015 1:00 pm

Two beautiful volumes in a cloth-bound case reach me. They are Speeches and Articles by HRH The Prince of Wales…

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6 June 2015 9:00 am

We in the West all hate Sepp Blatter, so we pay too little attention to the manner in which the…

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4 June 2015 1:00 pm

We in the West all hate Sepp Blatter, so we pay too little attention to the manner in which the…

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30 May 2015 9:00 am

Amnesty International and others have placed a large newspaper advertisement telling Michael Gove ‘Don’t Scrap Our Human Rights’. The ad…