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James Forsyth

David Cameron is nearing crisis point

25 May 2013

For David Cameron, Margaret Thatcher’s funeral must seem an awfully long time ago. Back then, all the talk was of a new Tory unity. He had found a way to… Read more

Rod Liddle

Now we are offering asylum to mass murderers

25 May 2013

How familiar are you with the Mungiki? Probably not very familiar at all. But this is the thing about living in a country which embraces the richness and vibrancy of… Read more

spectators-notes2

18 May 2013

The BBC loves nothing better than a narrative in which Tory anti-European eccentrics split their party, and a bewildered public votes Labour. It is certainly the case that some of… Read more

Matthew Parris

Why is there such guff in the online comments below my articles?

18 May 2013

What’s to be done about the online comments sections in daily newspapers? These (for those estimable Spectator readers who have yet to succumb to tablets, iPhones and computer screens) are… Read more

Vander-Weyer-NEW

British banking would be poorer without a Co-operative challenge

18 May 2013

When the Manchester-based Co-operative Bank was announced last July as the buyer of 632 Lloyds branches, tripling the size of its own network, I hailed the news as a step… Read more