Miliband gets the better of Cameron on the NHS

James Forsyth

The exchanges today were not particularly enlightening but Miliband had the better of them. There was, though, one effective counter-attack from Cameron where he compared what is happening to the NHS in England to what is happening in Wales where the devolved administration is sticking with the status quo. There’s mileage in this argument if the coalition has the patience to develop it.

Brits sceptical of Syria intervention

Sebastian Payne

Britain’s response to Syria so far has been uncertain and cautious. A YouGov poll today suggests that the public is keen for this hands-off approach to continue.

An Advertisement for Myself

Nick Cohen

My You Can’t Read This Book: Censorship in an Age of Freedom is out this week. As the title says, it's about freedom of speech, a subject

Buried treasure

Mark Mason

I've spotted a subtle side-effect of the fact that e-Books don't actually exist. The ‘not being able to lend a book to your husband/friend/etc when you've finished it' problem

An ideal Christmas

Andrew Lambirth

Christmas approaches, and my thoughts turn, with reassuring inevitability, to Dickens. As the nights draw in and the winter winds blast across the fields of East Anglia, the counter-urge is