The Spectator

The week that was | 28 October 2011

Here is a selection of a posts made at Spectator.co.uk over the last week.

Fraser Nelson
asks if Brits are more likely to riot than the foreign born, and wonders when MPs will wake up to Shale.

Sam Gyimah MP
says that now is not the time for an EU referendum.

James Forsyth
says that the Europe debate has revealed that Cameron needs a new management society, and argues that the coalition’s commitment to growth is being tested.

Peter Hoskin
is concerned by Libya’s deflated revolution, and notes that the coalition has barred its tensions over Europe.

Jonathan Jones
finds that Labour is not capitalizing on the government’s weakness, and asks if David Cameron has been damaged by the European revolt.

Nick Cohen
says the EU’s no super-state.

Rod Liddle
chides some misplaced outrage.

Alex Massie
says that Barack Obama is not the second coming of George McGovern.






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