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Friday, 20th November 2009

There is more shopping in three streets in London than in Birmingham and Manchester combined

Coffee House James Forsyth 7:27pm Prospect magazine’s In Fact column always contains some thought provoking numbers. This month, I was particularly struck by this statistic:
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Petraeus 2012 Watch

Alex Massie ALEX MASSIE 7:15pm Previously, I've argued that even if General David Petraeus does have political ambitions there are any number of obstacles that
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There are moral absolutes: aspects of Sharia are barbaric

Coffee House David Blackburn 6:04pm Credit where credit’s due, Peter Tatchell wrote an article for the Guardian describing Sharia law as being “especially oppressive”. He
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The week that was

Coffee House 5:58pm Here are some of the posts made at Spectator.co.uk over the past week. Fraser Nelson congratulates Michael Heath, and introduces
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Backroom Deals in Brussels Are No Big Deal

Alex Massie ALEX MASSIE 5:43pm It's always heads they win, tails you lose with the euro-sceptics isn't it? For instance, they were adamant that they
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Lost poem in the Lost City

Cappuccino Culture Olivia Cole 5:24pm Who painted over Waterloo’s best loved work of public art? Ten years ago, poet and art critic Sue Hubbard, was
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Portillo: the Tories won't succeed in cutting public spending - they'll have to raise taxes

Coffee House Peter Hoskin 5:14pm Ever the contrarian, Michael Portillo makes a case that you don't hear from many on the right in his interview
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The Baroness and the bore: right for the EU jobs

Coffee House Daniel Korski 3:50pm Among a batch of unpopular blogposts, this is the one that will get Coffee Housers to grab their pitchforks and
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Photo of the Day

Alex Massie ALEX MASSIE 3:26pm The River Ettrick, running high and fast, at 2.45pm this afternoon.
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Elected police commissioners are a test of whether the Tories are serious or not about their agenda

Coffee House James Forsyth 1:50pm Sir Hugh Orde, the head of the Association of Chief Police officers, has issued another broadside against Tory plans for
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