The Spectator’s Notes
The Spectator’s notes
Obviously there is no such thing as ‘Cameronism’, as there is ‘Thatcherism’; but once upon a time, David Cameron did…
Why did Cameron call a referendum if he thought it could start a war?
One of the many problems with David Cameron’s threat that leaving the European Union could plunge us into war is…
The Spectator’s notes
One of the many problems with David Cameron’s threat that leaving the European Union could plunge us into war is…
We didn’t have a real choice in the 1975 referendum. We do now
The comparison between the referendum questions — that asked in 1975 and the one which we shall be asked on 23…
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The comparison between the referendum questions — that asked in 1975 and the one which we shall be asked on 23…
De Gaulle knew it: Britain does not belong in the EU
‘England in effect is insular, she is maritime, she is linked through her interactions, her markets and her supply lines…
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‘England in effect is insular, she is maritime, she is linked through her interactions, her markets and her supply lines…
The ‘leave’ campaign is right not to lay out a plan for Britain’s future
The ‘remain’ campaign is having some success with the line that the ‘leave’ camp cannot say what Britain outside the…
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The ‘remain’ campaign is having some success with the line that the ‘leave’ camp cannot say what Britain outside the…
An object lesson in PR from David Cameron and Justin Welby
I don’t think there is a Royal College of Public Relations, but if there were, it should teach a course…
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I don’t think there is a Royal College of Public Relations, but if there were, it should teach a course…
Hate tax havens? Try imagining a world without them
However wicked tax evasion is and however distasteful some tax avoidance may be, people should imagine a world without tax…
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However wicked tax evasion is and however distasteful some tax avoidance may be, people should imagine a world without tax…
The Lahore attacks reflected hatred of Christians. Why must we deny it?
You might expect that the murder of Christians would excite particular horror in countries of Christian heritage. Yet almost the…
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You might expect that the murder of Christians would excite particular horror in countries of Christian heritage. Yet almost the…
How Cameron and Osborne lost so much of their party
Why have David Cameron and George Osborne overreached? Why are so many in their own party no longer disposed to…
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Why have David Cameron and George Osborne overreached? Why are so many in their own party no longer disposed to…
Two foreign leaders could swing the EU referendum: Erdogan and Assad
Do Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Bashar Assad support ‘leave’ or ‘remain’ in Britain’s EU referendum? I ask because they are…
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Do Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Bashar Assad support ‘leave’ or ‘remain’ in Britain’s EU referendum? I ask because they are…
Brexit is none of Mark Carney's business
Surely there is a difference between Mark Carney’s intervention in the Scottish referendum last year and in the EU one…
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Surely there is a difference between Mark Carney’s intervention in the Scottish referendum last year and in the EU one…
Trade comes before trade agreements (but the ‘in’ campaign don’t think so)
The government, or at least David Cameron’s bit of it, seems to think that trade is something that takes place…
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The government, or at least David Cameron’s bit of it, seems to think that trade is something that takes place…
Why does no one in the cabinet admit to being a Europhile?
One of the oddest features of the cabinet majority for staying in the EU is that almost no one in…
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One of the oddest features of the cabinet majority for staying in the EU is that almost no one in…
