Ukraine
What to do about Putin
Sanctions won’t help. One thing might
Portrait of the week
Home In a ministerial reshuffle, William Hague, who promised to leave Parliament at the election, was made Leader of the…
Goodbye to all that
In the latest – and best – of the books on the end of the USSR, Victor Sebestyen finds that the only good thing about the Soviet empire was the manner of its passing
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Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, rang Jean-Claude Juncker to congratulate him on being nominated by EU heads of government…
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Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, responded to the triumph of the UK Independence Party in the European elections (which…
A bad lot
Quite a few of the former president Yanukovych’s ‘treasures’ seem to carry tags from London auctioneers
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Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, said on television that he was ‘bullish’ about negotiating change for Britain in the…
Ukraine vs Sparta
As rebels, terrorists, fascists, foreign forces, activists, separatists, militants, militias, nationalist groups, Neo-Nazis, Right Sector forces — take your pick — spread…
Will there be war in Ukraine?
Further Russian military intervention would be a disaster. But Putin might have to do it anyway
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Home The British economy grew by 0.8 per cent in the first quarter of 2014, disappointing hotheads who’d expected 1 per cent. It…
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Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, appeared in public with George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer — the first…
A war for ‘human rights’
What a splendidly liberal leader Mr Putin has turned out to be, desiring nothing other for his fellow Russians than…
Can this man save Ukraine?
A rare interview with billionaire Ukrainian power broker Dmitry Firtash
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Home George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, made ‘a commitment to fight for full employment in Britain’ and for…
The price of weakness
One cannot legislate for a quiet world. When a former Princeton University college professor was elected president of the United…
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Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, said that inheritance tax ‘shouldn’t be paid by people who’ve worked hard and saved…
The Spectator’s notes
Everyone can see that the West has no idea what to do about Russian power in the Ukraine. Britain, in…
How I learned to stop worrying and love the Bomb
Just as every child now thinks he’s going to die of global warming, so those of us who grew up…
Putin’s poison pill
Losing Crimea will be the making of Ukraine. And gaining it might well destroy the Russian president
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Home In the Budget, George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, said that the economy was working but the job…
Putin’s winning hand
Russia is making the West look posturing, weak and divided
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Home Ed Miliband, the leader of the Labour party, promised that, if elected, his administration would hold a referendum on…
Crimean notebook
Vladimir Putin still swears that there are no Russian troops in Crimea, so their mission is to say as little…
Barometer
The best places to open a brothel The Commons all-party group on prostitution has called for a Scandinavian-style law where…
Leave Ukraine to the Russians
‘You can’t always get what you want,’ chorused Mick Jagger, ‘but if you try some time/You just might find/You get…
