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Eggs 2
‘Your Excellency, Monsieur Fabergé called by and wanted to know if you’re going to pay his overdue bill.’
Medicine
‘You do realise we’re the only ones in this household on private healthcare.’
Tunnel 9
Book 2
‘Madame Trierweiler’s book? I’m afraid we’ve just sold out.’
Boot 2
Previous
‘But I thought he was from YOUR previous marriage.’
Doc
‘I mean, for goodness sake! What is wrong with these people?’
Tardis
‘Am I back in the Middle Ages or in the present day?’
Gin
Yes
‘It’ll create thousands of jobs for constitutional experts.’
Balmoral
Borders
‘He’s from Doctors without Borders.’
Spectator letters: Scottish Tories, ambulances and Florence Nightingale
The other Tory split Sir: With regard to the article by James Forsyth (‘The great Tory split’, 6 September), there is another dimension to the future of the Conservative party of which the Scottish independence vote is symbolic. The Conservative and Unionist party looks as though it lacks the leadership and the political skills to keep
Tories weren’t quite sure about the Union 300 years ago, either
[audioplayer src=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/spectator/TheViewFrom22_11_Sept_2014_v4.mp3″ title=”Fraser Nelson, Tom Holland and Leah McLaren discuss how we can still save the Union” startat=50] Listen [/audioplayer]Birth of a nation A reminder of how England and Scotland came to be one country: — Proposals had been made throughout the 17th century, with English Whigs generally in favour and Tories less keen. —
One week to save Britain
[audioplayer src=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/spectator/TheViewFrom22_11_Sept_2014_v4.mp3″ title=”Fraser Nelson, Tom Holland and Leah McLaren discuss how we can still save the Union” startat=50] Listen [/audioplayer]Next week, the most important vote in recent British history will be held. Indeed, it may well turn out to be one of the last ballots in British history. Seven months ago, this magazine devoted its
Portrait of the week | 11 September 2014
Home England suddenly began to take the prospect of Scottish independence seriously after a poll of 1,084 people by YouGov put support for it at 51 per cent and opposition at 49 per cent. A survey by TNS showed 38 per cent of Scots backed independence compared to 39 per cent opposing it (with 23
Books and arts – 11 September 2014
Podcast: Stay with us, Scotland!
With only seven days to go until the referendum, urgent action is needed to help save the Union. In this week’s issue, we asked Spectator readers to write to Scottish voters, saying why they are hoping for a ‘No’ vote. The response was extraordinary. You can read some of the letters here. Fraser Nelson is
The Spectator at war: An apology to a chemist
‘An apology’, From The Spectator, 12 September 1914: WE are informed that a story told in a letter from a correspondent signing herself “A Country District Visitor,” and published on August 22nd, 1914, has had an injurious effect upon Mr. C. H. Schuhmacher, Chemist, of Heswall, Cheshire. In contradiction of the statements quoted in that
