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Why is the BBC so scared of the truth?
Rod Liddle switches on the television and is alarmed to find that broadcasters either ignore or deny what we all know is happening
‘I focus on winning’
Iain Duncan Smith tells Mary Wakefield that the Tories' new Fair Deal needs no razzmatazz to win over the public
The toffs fight back
You know what? There isn't a conspiracy against the middle classes in education. On the contrary, says Rachel Johnson, they've never had it so good
What a shower!
Why do we put up with pathetic trickles when foreigners have power showers? Because we are mean and timid, says Nell Butler
Germany falling
Berlin lives in the past, says Andrew Gimson. Welfare is generous, and the nation is going bankrupt
That’s enough grovelling, PM
The Atlantic alliance is essential to the national interest, says Malcolm Rifkind, but Mr Blair should not give unconditional support to the US
When all the rules go
Andrew Lambirth talks to Nicholas Garland, the political cartoonist, about his work
The fear, the squalor …and the hope
The hunt for Saddam and WMD continues. Anarchy rules. But Iraq is now free, and Boris Johnson rejoices in the triumph of liberty
Hoon: we have to find those weapons
The Defence Secretary tells Andrew Gimson that WMD remain the legal basis for the war against Iraq
Is green the new blue?
Rod Liddle says the Conservatives would be more successful if they were keener on conserving
With friends like these. . .
The Entente Cordiale was conceived 100 years ago, but now, says Simon Heffer, France and Britain are further apart than ever
Killing time
The suicide rate in our jails has doubled since 1983. Theodore Dalrymple suggests that 'caring' attitudes are making matters worse
‘I shall go on collecting until I die’
Shortly before he died, Sir Paul Getty talked to Richard Bebb in the only interview he ever gave
It’s still the ‘nasty party’
No opposition party has ever done so badly in the polls, says Michael Gove, and none has everhad less chance of winning over the voters
Why I nearly resigned
Mark Steyn says he is disgusted by what he sees as The Spectator's ill-judged and idle defence of the UN
Lions betrayed by donkeys
When our boys come home, hundreds of them will end up on the street: Mary Wakefield talks to neglected victims of war
Dying for a cigarette
Joe Queenan on the terror, misery and lunacy that have followed the smoking ban in New York
Business as usual in London
Susan Moore reports on how the market for Islamic art is still flourishing
The people must decide their fate
The government must not be allowed to adopt a European constitution without the consent of the governed, says Paul Robinson. Here he explains how we can hold our own referendum
82 per cent want a referendum on the constitution
The results of the YouGov poll for The Spectator
The dawning of a new Europe
France and Germany have lost the war, says Tim Congdon, and it is now time for Britain to help create a new European Free Trade Area that includes Russia and Turkey
Stop this evil tour
Simon Heffer on why the England cricket team must not go to Zimbabwe next year
Out of control
John Gibb reveals that Scotland Yard cannot cope with the burden of trying to police Internet paedophilia
My son’s agony
Philippa Wragg on the legal struggle that followed the sexual assault on one of her boys
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