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The week that was | 9 December 2011

Here is a selection of posts made on Spectator.co.uk over the past week:

Fraser Nelson highlights the New York Times’s austerity myth, and wonders how Europe’s 17-plus-six will proceed now.

James Forsyth says that the Brussels summit was a defining moment for British politics, and posts an extended version of his interview

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