Books and Arts – 10 October 2013
The Spectator
Thursday
Wednesday
Nick Clegg says we’re losing the war on drugs. But is there even a war?
This country is losing the war on drugs, according to Nick Clegg. The Deputy Prime Minister told the BBC’s Free Speech programme that he was frustrated that his Coalition partners were not prepared to be more imaginative on the issue, given clamour from other quarters for a new direction: ‘I don’t think we’re winning the
Tuesday
Melanie McDonagh: This is why our abortion laws are a joke
There’s been much chatter today about Keir Starmer’s declaration that it was right not to prosecute doctors who authorised abortions that were requested because of the gender of the foetus. You won’t read a better piece on the subject than the article by our new regular blogger Melanie McDonagh. She describes the full implications of Mr
Monday
Reshuffle: the full list of jobs | 7 October 2013
In Rob Wilson – PPS to George Osborne Gavin Williamson – PPS to the Prime Minister Judith Jolly – whip in the House of Lords (LD) Anna Soubry – Parliamentary Under Secretary at Ministry of Defence (Con) Tina Stowell- Parliamentary Under Secretary at DCLG (Con) Kris Hopkins – Parliamentary Under Secretary at DCLG (Con) Wayne David – PPS to Miliband
As it happened: Government and shadow cabinet reshuffle
The Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats undertook reshuffles today. As it happened, here is how Fraser Nelson, James Forsyth, Isabel Hardman and Sebastian Payne reported the day’s events. You can see a list of who’s in and out here. 1839: So in the end three reshuffles that could have toiled on all week are pretty much
Thursday
Pub
‘When you said, “Do you want to come back to my place,” I thought you meant home.’
Jobs
‘Do you come here often?’
Mother
‘It’s your mother’
Bank 4
‘I’m changing my bank.’
Drink 3
‘Can Johnny come out to drink?’
‘It’s amazing having the front window made out of Google Glass.’
Butler
‘Modern technology is making it much too easy for children to access porn these days.’
Bath 2
‘This would have been even more romantic if we didn’t need the home-help to lift us in and out of the bath.’
Corner
‘Success is just around the corner.’
Percy
‘Percy Edwards...now he could tweet.’
Pothole
Pothole golf.
Inferior
‘...and this is Mother Inferior.’
Menagerie
Menagerie à trois
Parenting
‘We do most of our parenting online now.’