Wednesday 3 December 2008

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Fraser Nelson The Speaker passes the buck

Fraser Nelson

So Michael Martin will hang on to the end. He shouldn’t. And personally, I thought it pathetic of him to dump on Pay. While it was primarily her fault, he should have been right on the case because he was warned

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In this week's issue

Brown has played into the hands of the Tory Bullingdon Boys he loathes

Fraser Nelson says that the Pre-Budget Report killed off New Labour without landing a punch on the Tories. It has paved the way for a new Conservatism, in which Cameron woos aspirational voters, focuses on government debt and looks for responsible spending cuts

Fraser Nelson

Sarkozy’s dream of taming America is doomed

The American model of lightly regulated capitalism may be in disrepute, says Irwin Stelzer. But the French President’s ambition is deluded

Irwin Stelzer

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Arts

Out of the ordinary

Carolyn Bartholomew

Carolyn Bartholomew talks to Tilda Swinton, an actor who has made a career out of being unconventional

Books

Stars bright and dim

Philip Hensher

State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America (by Edited by Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey)

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