The week that was | 18 November 2011

Here are some of the posts made on Spectator.co.uk over the past week:

The winners of the Parliamentarian of the Year Awards are annouced.

James Forsyth says Cameron has given the SpAds ‘a bit of a bollocking’ and sees Ed Miliband impress at a factory in Sunderland.

Peter Hoskin can’t find much difference between Labour and the Tories on immigration, and looks at what the sale of Northern Rock means for taxpayers.

Melanie McDonagh says that, in a free society, a ban on smoking in cars should be unthinkable.

Daniel Korski argues that Europe’s new technocratic governments aren’t undemocratic, and thinks the government should be more realistic about what it can get from the EU.

Jonathan Jones reports on the emergence of a new frontrunner in the Republican nomination race: Newt Gingrich.

Matt Cavanagh claims the Tories have left it too late for a realistic debate about border security.

Alex Massie asks why the SNP are talking