Charles Moore's notes: At last! Reds under the beds again
Manchester For those of us of a certain age, Ed Miliband’s speech last week was exhilaratingly nostalgic. His promise to…
Sixteen-year-olds don't pay tax. Why should they vote?
No doubt it will happen, because the Tories will not dare oppose it, but is there any conceivable good reason…
Charles Moore’s notes: Liberal-leaning Muslims are the people most opposed to the niqab
We are not allowed to know any details about the Muslim woman, charged with intimidating a witness, who has been…
Charles Moore's notes: The corruption of the BBC - and what was in my GQ goodie bag
‘Corruption’ is a subtle word, because it describes a process rather than an event. It does not merely mean bad…
The Spectator’s Notes
David Cameron says that he will not come back to the House of Commons again about the question of Syria…
Charles Moore's notes: While Justin Welby was finding God, I was eating baked beans
Attending the funeral of Margaret Thatcher in April, the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, was much impressed by the bit in…
The Spectator’s notes
Andrew Mitchell was forced to resign as the Tory Chief Whip last autumn because he called policemen at the Downing…
Charles Moore: Why not marry a dog?
MPs are incomparable. This may seem an odd thing to say in the current climate of opinion, but I mean…
