Writing from the Commons for the Daily Telegraph this week, though alluding to him, I went to tortuous lengths not to name the MP whom a Sunday newspaper had exposed as the subject of the latest ‘gay sex scandal’. Why should I have mentioned him in the first place? Because only the day after the
As the days pass, more and more people are assuming that Hollinger International will be forced to sell the Daily Telegraph, the Sunday Telegraph and The Spectator. Of the home-grown suitors, the favourite remains the pornographer, Richard Desmond, owner of Express Newspapers. Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) is another potential bidder. Let me declare
The big story of the past 50 years has been the triumph of Western capitalism over Eastern communism ‘ although sometimes you begin to wonder. After 50 years, China has thrown off the yoke of socialism and embraced capitalism ‘ only to run headlong into Western protectionism. The US Department of Commerce has come up
