Fountain
‘It’s Coca-Cola!’
The Spectator
Thursday
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
Wednesday
There’s no contradiction between cheering on Scotland and voting for the union
In choosing this September for the Scottish referendum on independence, the SNP was presumably hoping Scots voters would be basking in the glory of a successful Commonwealth Games. There is every reason to hope that the games, which opened in Glasgow this week, will emulate the London Olympics for organisational skill and, moreover, will help
Monday
View from 22 morning review: the West’s response to MH17 and the reshuffle fallout
In this week’s View from 22 morning review, Douglas Murray, James Forsyth and Mary Wakefield discuss the weekend’s main stories. Can Europe really enforce sanctions on Putin, in the wake of the shooting down of MH17? And what has been the fallout over the weekend from Cameron’s reshuffle?
Saturday
Will we ever find out what happened to flight MH17? It is getting less and less likely
The Ukrainian government has failed to secure the crash site, as much as 25 square kilometres of territory, where debris from flight MH17 has fallen. The site is in rebel-held eastern Ukraine and the region’s pro-Russian separatists have prevented international observers from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe from examining it. There are
Thursday
Text
‘It doesn’t matter that he can’t talk now that he’s texting me.’
Rspb
‘Oh my goodness! Four and twenty, you say?’
Ribena
‘I am getting definite blackcurrant notes.’
Birthday
‘My Dad made it himself but I get the feeling he’s never seen “Iron Man”.’
Vintage 2
‘I can’t stand her “more vintage than thou” attitude.’
Ring
‘When you said “The Ring”, I thought you meant Wagner.’
