The week that was
6:07pm
Here are some posts made on Spectator.co.uk during the past week:
Fraser Nelson champions John Sentamu as the next Archbishop of Canterbury, and examines Labour’s chances in the 2015 election.
James Forysth contemplates what Chris Huhne’s resignation means,
and reminds us of the coalition's political purpose over Fred Goodwin.
Peter Hoskin has a six-point guide to the IFS’ Green Budget, and disregards
Miliband's Eurospecticsm.
Jonathan Jones highlights the importance of the Scottish referendum question, and reveals the tuition fee effect.
Sebastian Payne looks into the politics of the Falklands standoff.
Peter Robins asks how dangerous cycling really is.
Nick Cohen reckons that Ed Miliband might be Britain's greatest leader of the Opposition.
Rod Liddle wonders whether we really want to know more about the nature of Gary Speed's death.
Alex Massie says there's nothing to talk about over the Falklands.
The Spectator Arts Blog looks through 50 years of the Sunday Times magazine.
And the Spectator Books Blog reviews Alain de Botton's latest.
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Michael
February 3rd, 2012 7:21pm Report this commentH2B... Mentioned here a lot. But while it is clear what it means as a collective noun, I confess I have never understood how the abbreviation is derived. Can someone enlighten an innocent please?
mac
February 4th, 2012 10:23am Report this commentThis week will be remembered as the week where the UK government gained the power to cut benefits to cancer sufferers for not dying quick enough but saying it is powerless to do anythig about executive pay and bonuses.
A line has been crossed. The poor and the sick will not now inherit the earth they will have to pay for eating dirt.
Rhoda Klapp
February 4th, 2012 10:31am Report this commentHeir to Blair, Michael. A claim Cameron made for himself, about which some awkward people cannot help but remind him and the rest of us.
Unjustified abuse does not work anywhere near as well as a slur which has acknowledged truth at its core.
Michael
February 4th, 2012 11:32am Report this commentThank you Rhoda! I even looked H2B on the web, but no help. At one point, I decided it was some mysterious secret grouping of Bilderbergers, which I suppose it is...
Anne Wotana Kaye 1
February 4th, 2012 12:09pm Report this commentSubstitute 'Night' for Week and 'Dixie' for CHW
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
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