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Welcome to the age of four-party politics
Two things will make the next general election campaign quite unlike any previous election in this country. The first is…
The Spectator's Notes: What's the difference between the Sachs case and sexual harassment?
It is 15 years since the publication of the Macpherson Report into the investigation of the death of Stephen Lawrence.…
If Ukraine’s protests were a revolution, why wasn’t the Stop the War march?
It’s ages since I last went on a decent demo and had a bit of a dust-up with the pigs.…
Would you let parents destroy ‘gay’ embryos?
Because I’d like to have a child, and I’m getting on a bit, my husband and I have spent time…
Why are journalists so scared of giving people what they want?
Since I landed my new job as executive editor at Breitbart London, my old Fleet Street friends and colleagues have…
Any other business: Why a trillion dollars of dividends is a milestone worth celebrating
Dividends paid by listed companies around the world passed $1 trillion for the first time last year, we learn from…
What’s bad about giving people what they want?
Since I landed my new job as executive editor at Breitbart London, my old Fleet Street friends and colleagues have…
Would you let parents destroy ‘gay’ embryos?
Because I’d like to have a child, and I’m getting on a bit, my husband and I have spent time…
Only Angela Merkel can save David Cameron now
British politicians still prize a visit from the President of the United States above all others. Yet no American President…
The Spectator's Notes: When all three parties agree, something must be wrong
Those of us who want a referendum on the European Union need to be cautious in our approach to the…
Rod Liddle: Neknominations – this is what the internet is for
Wouldn’t it be boring if everyone behaved much as you behave? If everyone expressed themselves similarly? Let a thousand flowers…
A secret from my African childhood has become a deeper mystery
About 55 years ago, when I was about ten, my younger brother Roger and I discovered a slave pit in…
It’s time that Scotland’s timid posh folk spoke out
I took part in a documentary about Scottishness a few weeks ago, and it wasn’t bad at all. I mused,…
Any other business: The friends of Putin taking home gold from the Sochi Olympics
Imagine if the BBC’s excitable commentators had been asked to cover the building of Sochi’s facilities, rather than the Winter…
A FOBT ban could be terminal for high-street bookies – and great for a Labour donor
Hands up: who knows what a FOBT is? It stands for fixed odds betting terminal. No? Well, you should, because…
Time for posh Scotland to break its silence
I took part in a documentary about Scottishness a few weeks ago, and it wasn’t bad at all. I mused,…
Back in time to a childhood discovery in Africa
About 55 years ago, when I was about ten, my younger brother Roger and I discovered a slave pit in…
Terminal news for bookies
Hands up: who knows what a FOBT is? It stands for fixed odds betting terminal. No? Well, you should, because…
Terminal news for bookies
Hands up: who knows what a FOBT is? It stands for fixed odds betting terminal. No? Well, you should, because…
If David Cameron can't get the floods right, all his hopes will wash away
It is all hands to the pump in Downing Street. The entire No. 10 operation from the Prime Minister down…
The Spectator's notes: What shall we call the Country Formerly Known as Britain?
Last week, David Cameron said that we have ‘seven months to save the most extraordinary country in history’. He meant…
We buy dogs to reflect ourselves. So who’s buying all these killer pitbulls?
I’ve called the doggie hospital three times now to find out how Jessie’s getting on. She’s just come round, at…
Why did Theresa May deport my homeless friend?
I’ve heard some excellent things about our Home Secretary, Theresa May. People who work in her department say she’s bright…
The martyrdom of Mark Steyn
When I first read, many months ago, that the notorious US climate scientist Michael Mann was suing the notorious right-wing…
Where I’m looking for the next great banking blow-up
A reader likens me to Dr Pangloss, the quack philosopher in Voltaire’s Candide who insisted that ‘all is for the…
