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Wednesday, 19th November 2008

Gove's long march back

Melanie Phillips Melanie Phillips 12:32am The Tories’ education spokesman Michael Gove has consistently shown that he gets the most important point about the collapse
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Tuesday, 18th November 2008

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Coffee House James Forsyth 10:23pm It won’t get as much attention as it should because of today’s announcement on spending by the Tories, but Michael
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Hawks for Hillary

Americano James Forsyth 10:18pm Michael Goldfarb of the Weekly Standard, and formerly of the McCain campaign, explains why those of a hawkish disposition are
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Is Cameron ready to face down Brown's "health cuts" claim?

Coffee House Fraser Nelson 6:45pm Cameron’s announcement today grows more radical the more you study it. I was struck that he didn’t vow to protect
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It's the positioning that matters

Coffee House Fraser Nelson 6:05pm Yvette Cooper doesn’t like Cameron’s announcement that he’d spend less than the £680bn Brown intends to in 2010/11. “Unlike the
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In town tonight

Clive Davis Clive Davis 5:21pm I'll be otherwise engaged in the West End, unfortunately, but I thought I'd just remind music lovers that the audacious
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Exceptionalism reconsidered

Clive Davis Clive Davis 5:18pm "Pride is one thing. But telling ourselves that the Obama story could only happen in our country, in our time?
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A Book A Week

Coffee House Peter Hoskin 4:58pm Just to flag up a little task I've set myself over at the Spectator Book Club.  The plan is for
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Against a Team of Rivals

Clive Davis Clive Davis 3:44pm Obama, beware? A Civil War historian takes issue with Doris Kearns Goodwin's much-discussed study of Abe Lincoln's political strategy: "Lincoln
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Blog survey

Clive Davis Clive Davis 3:19pm If you're a regular reader or just a casual visitor, I'd be grateful if you could spare a moment to
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Thank goodness we can have a run on the pound when we need one

Martin Vander Weyer looks ahead to next week’s Pre-Budget Report and reflects on George Osborne’s contentious remarks about the devaluation of sterling. It looks like Gordon Brown is getting away with his borrowing binge — leaving the Tories isolated

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I loved Oliver Stone’s Bush film — and I know why the critics hated it

The movie W. did not provide the crude anti-Bush agitprop that the reviewers craved, says Rod Liddle. This was precisely its strength: we need to get inside the minds even of those we most deplore

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