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Same Sex Marriage Bill: how MPs voted
This is the full Hansard of list of how MPs voted on tonight’s third reading of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill. It was a free vote, and the Bill… Continue reading
Blogs
Scottish independence: it’s still (almost) all about oil.
The Scottish government published a paper on the national economy today that, according to Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon, makes the case for independence. You can read the pamphlet here… Continue reading
Magazine
The secret of David Cameron’s Europe strategy: he doesn’t have one
Shortly before the Conservative party conference last year, the head of the Fresh Start Group of Eurosceptic Conservative MPs went in to see the Prime Minister in Downing Street. The… Read more
Nadine Dorries interview: why I want to run as a UKIP-Tory joint candidate
It’s not often you see Tory MPs celebrating anything, but on Monday a bunch of them were packed into an office high in Portcullis House to toast the rehabilitation of… Read more
Arm Syria’s rebels? That would be pouring petrol on a fire
Syria is sliding rapidly into chaos. The supply of weapons to the opposition could only make matters worse, yet the Prime Minister seems to be -contemplating it. We have misjudged the… Read more
Boris’s Paris match: an interview with Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet
It’s Monday lunchtime, downstairs in the Spectator office, and Boris Johnson is trying to flog a bus to a Frenchwoman. ‘What about the new Routemaster? It’s absolutely great, yup, fantastic,… Read more
Why Eurovision needs to be saved from the BBC
Britain is a stickler for tradition and on Saturday night we will observe a relatively new one: we will bomb in the Eurovision Song Contest. The protocol now is well-established.… Read more
What Michael Gove should know about going to school in Singapore
I like to tease my friend Wei about being a tiger mother. She once told me of an incident where her daughter Shu was making an artwork for a friend… Read more
It's time to admit it: the NHS is unable to look after our elderly
I decided to become a hospital visitor last year, after being a patient and finding myself in something more like a factory than an old-fashioned ward. A terror of infection… Read more
Britain can’t afford to surrender to the greens on shale gas
The scandal of official reluctance to develop Britain’s shale gas potential is at last beginning to surface. It may prove to be the dress rehearsal for the ultimate drama —… Read more
