The Week

Leading article

Good on you, Google - in praise of tax avoiders

The Spectator 25 May 2013

Anyone who googled ‘tax avoidance’ this week will have been confronted (between adverts for accountancy firms) with endless stories about Google’s own tax avoidance schemes. If the company’s reputational management… Read more

Why can't Ed Miliband accept that Labour voters want welfare reform?

The Spectator 18 May 2013

David Cameron, it has been argued this week, has become detached from the views of Conservative voters on Europe. Amid the noise on the EU referendum, however, comes more evidence… Read more

Lord Lawson’s exit

The Spectator 11 May 2013

Lord Lawson’s announcement that he intends to vote for Britain to leave the European Union has been interpreted by some as reinforcing demands that David Cameron holds his referendum this… Read more

The hidden shame of Britain’s crime statistics

The Spectator 4 May 2013

The press, declared Lord Leveson, must not be allowed to mark its own homework. There is one profession, however, which the government seems quite happy to allow to judge its… Read more