The Spectator’s Notes
The Spectator’s notes
Presumably Britain has some sort of policy on immigration, asylum and refugees, but instead of struggling to understand it, you…
Spectator’s Notes
Was there ever a more unilluminating political idea — for voters rather than practitioners — than triangulation? For those readers so…
Spectator’s Notes
Was there ever a more unilluminating political idea — for voters rather than practitioners — than triangulation? For those readers so…
The Spectator’s notes
Watching the very pleasant Liz Kendall on television this week, I was struck by how extraordinary it is that more…
The Spectator’s notes
Watching the very pleasant Liz Kendall on television this week, I was struck by how extraordinary it is that more…
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Our son, William, celebrated his marriage on Saturday. You would expect me to say that it was wonderful, sunny occasion.…
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Our son, William, celebrated his marriage on Saturday. You would expect me to say that it was wonderful, sunny occasion.…
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As someone who has rarely written a sentence in praise of the late Sir Edward Heath, I hope I can…
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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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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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Even if everything goes wronger still, the Greek No vote is a great victory for the left. Until now, the…
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Even if everything goes wronger still, the Greek No vote is a great victory for the left. Until now, the…
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‘The Greek people,’ the Financial Times leading article said on Monday, ‘would be well advised to listen closely to the…
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‘The Greek people,’ the Financial Times leading article said on Monday, ‘would be well advised to listen closely to the…
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People write about ‘Grexit’ and ‘Brexit’ as if they were the same, but they need not be. Grexit is about…
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People write about ‘Grexit’ and ‘Brexit’ as if they were the same, but they need not be. Grexit is about…
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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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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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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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We in the West all hate Sepp Blatter, so we pay too little attention to the manner in which the…
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We in the West all hate Sepp Blatter, so we pay too little attention to the manner in which the…
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Amnesty International and others have placed a large newspaper advertisement telling Michael Gove ‘Don’t Scrap Our Human Rights’. The ad…






























