Syria
Portrait of the week
Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, said that English local authorities would be allowed to receive all the business rates…
The one man who makes me hope for peace in Syria
As Syria’s second peace conference looms, and we prepare ourselves for a lot of hot air drifting over from Geneva,…
Portrait of the week
Home George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, made it clear in a speech that he intended to cut £25 billion…
Portrait of the week
Home A storm passed over England, with plenty of warning. The strongest gust, of 99mph, was recorded at Needles Old…
Taki: My main gripe with Gaddafi is the quality of his cocaine
New York Libyans are among the most civilised people on earth. When a Russian hooker (I assume) killed a Libyan…
A new Islamist alliance among Syria’s rebels has given Assad the enemy he wants
A new Islamist alliance among Syria’s rebels leaves the West’s friends in the country weaker than ever
Max Hastings’ diary: I love the British Army (but not the Blackadder version of it)
The looming centenary of the outbreak of the first world war offers an opportunity to break away from the Blackadder/Oh!…
Portrait of the week
Home Having recalled Parliament to debate British military action over Syria, David Cameron, the Prime Minister, found the government defeated,…
Letters: The Syria debate, plus Giles Milton on Andro Linklater
Syrian matters Sir: Though Syria (Leading article, 31 August) is certainly no laughing matter, the turmoil prevailing over a ‘punitive…
You can’t demand democracy in Syria but ignore it at home
After David Cameron’s decision to seek parliamentary approval for air strikes against Syria, two lobbies came charging in, banners aloft.…
Parliament has finally woken up – because voters are keeping their MPs in line
Today’s MPs are no longer scared of the whips. Instead, they are scared of their constituents. That’s a good thing
By all means wring your hands over Syria. Just don’t ask me to trust you
They’re getting the rebuttals in early, have you noticed that? You might call them a pre-emptive strikes. Here’s William Hague,…
David Cameron’s wars: How the PM learned to love precision bombing
Supporters of intervention in Syria will be the first to desert Cameron when the going gets tough
Syria’s war in miniature: meeting the Christians driven out of Qusayr
Events in one Syrian town cast light on the nation’s strife
Christopher Sykes’s diary: David Hockney, Bridlington lobster, and the risks of a third martini
I began my week with a trip to Bridlington, the closest seaside town to my childhood home. ‘Brid’, as it’s…
