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‘You both need to start saving up...My Christmas list.’
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Couple
Bar 4
‘He could pass for 45 if it wasn’t for the double-entendres.’
Writer
‘Writer’s block.’
Picnic
Le Fast Food sur l’herbe
Class
‘This is where the class struggle really starts.’
Tarzan 2
‘Me Tarzan...King of the...’
Secretary
‘The doctor advised Gerald that he needed more exercise so he’s run off with his secretary.’
Plants
Etonians 2
‘Bloody Old Etonians.’
Fountain
‘It’s Coca-Cola!’
Tories 2
‘I’d advise against being Tories.’
Boyhood
‘I aged 12 years during that.’
Cricket 2
‘It must be so painful being an England cricket supporter — why do they do it?’
Which party has the most MPs’ children in Parliament?
Commons inheritance Emily Benn, granddaughter of Tony and niece of Hilary, has won the right to stand for Labour in Croydon South. Which party produces the most political dynasties? Current MPs who had a parent in the Commons: CONSERVATIVE James Arbuthnot, Richard Benyon, Dominic Grieve, Ben Gummer, Nick Hurd, Andrew Mitchell, Nicholas Soames, Mark Pawsey,
Spectator letters: In defence of women ministers, Handel and lefty sex
Give the women a chance Sir: Melissa Kite’s article about the reshuffle seems downright unfair (‘A misogynistic reshuffle’, 19 July). Whatever David Cameron’s motives may be, the women he has promoted to cabinet and other posts in his government are presumably intelligent and hardworking and have certainly demonstrated great stamina. This is true of anyone who
The MH17 disaster
Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, told Parliament that President Vladimir Putin of Russia should end his country’s support for separatists in Ukraine, some of whom it had provided with a training facility in south-west Russia. Licences to export arms to Russia were found still to be in place. Theresa May, the Home Secretary, announced
The democratic deficit at the heart of the Human Rights Act
Dominic Grieve was a worthy attorney-general whose career was helped by this magazine: nine years ago, he was named Spectator Parliamentarian of the Year, beneath the nose of David Cameron, then nearing the end of his successful campaign for the Conservative leadership. But Grieve’s remarks this week, in which he suggested that the Prime Minister
Books and arts – 24 July 2014
Podcast: the next financial disaster, MPs quitting and sinister men in sunglasses
Think we’ve done enough to avoid another financial crisis? Think again, says Liam Halligan. Sure, there’s no shortage of commentators (and stockbrokers) insisting the outlook is rosy and share prices will keep on rising. But alarming evidence is amassing that the global recovery is shaky, stock markets are over-hyped and large western banks remain a
