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So much for education, education, education
‘Your old man’s barking!’ I remember hissing indignantly at my then best friend Toby Young way back in the 1980s…
Win some — lose too many
In this centenary year of the Somme, it is refreshing to read a book about the Great War that is…
Who put the Moral Authority into the AMA?
In a post-religious world of hollowed out identities, the notion of moral authority is more contested than ever. The former…
Super/Robbery etc
So now it’s NIMSA – the Not In My Superannuation Account. The same commentators and dissident conservatives who have been…
Beach
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Barometer
Boxing brains Muhammad Ali died aged 74, after more than 30 years with Parkinson’s Disease. How many boxers suffer brain…
Australian letters
LGBT etc Sir: I was offended and humiliated by Simon Collins (4 June 2016) omission of my sexuality identification tag.…
Rome vs Brussels
The principle of countries working harmoniously together is wholly admirable. Why, then, has the European Union become such a disaster area?…
War
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Brexit: the first 100 days
The Spectator Podcast Christopher Meyer, James Forsyth and Isabel Hardman discuss the first 100 days of Brexit At 5.15 a.m.…
2264: The A-Team
Six unclued lights, the sixth spelt in its original way, are members of a team proclaimed dramatically at a venue…
The Spectator’s Notes
One of the most influential and learned figures in the British European debate is Rodney Leach. In the 1990s, he…
How’s your father
‘Very funny, I don’t think,’ said my husband when I mentioned Harry Tate, although Tate died in 1940 and even…
Help! I’ve started to care about politics
Once upon a time, I didn’t really care about politics. Not viscerally. Growing up in a political family, I suppose,…
Guillotine
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Happy birthday, Barclaycard – even if you turned out to be a ticking time-bomb
‘In years to come we shall be able to claim that we pioneered in this country the general everyday use…
Conservative notes
Here’s how you raise a generation of Islamophobes: take a million kids who go to church once a year and…
The six best reasons to vote Remain
Like almost everyone, I’ve piled angrily into this fight. But as the debate nears resolution I feel ashamed of all…
The six best reasons to vote Leave
For me, as for so many people, it’s a heart versus head issue. I’m emotionally drawn to Europe. I speak…
No. 412
Black to play. This is from Arnason-Keene, London 1981. How did Black bring his bishops to life? Answers to me…
An age of broken promises
An intelligent middle-aged, middle-class woman told me the other day that she plans to vote Leave on 23 June because she…
Confessions of an England fan
Listen http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/268140526-the-spectator-podcast-brexit-strategy-what-would-the.mp3 If you’re a proper football supporter, getting excited about England on the eve of a major tournament is…
Your problems solved
Q. When going out to dinner I’ve found some people will send everyone a list of the other guests so…
Paris notebook
In the few days I’ve spent in Paris, I’d say the terror alert level is fluctuating between a little antsy,…
Cover 11 June 2016 AU
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Coalition must U-turn on X
Kudos to Senator Ralph Babet and to One Nation for opposing this tyrannical abomination
