Tories and Italians Sir: Roger Scruton must be laughing, or more likely crying, to hear his Meaning of Conservatism described as the ‘Bible of the Tories’ (‘Italians for Maggie’, 7 September). Nothing could be further from the truth. According to Farrell, ‘Italians believe that only the state can bring freedom.’ But that’s closer to Scruton’s position
Three years ago, our columnist and former editor Charles Moore was summoned to Hastings Magistrates’ Court to pay £807 for refusing to pay his television licence. He was protesting against the BBC’s ‘gross violation of its charter’ by broadcasting obscene phone calls made by Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand to the former Fawlty Towers actor
Home George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, said that the British economy was ‘turning a corner’, with ‘tentative signs of a balanced, broad based and sustainable recovery’. Unemployment fell to 7.7 per cent for the quarter May to July from 7.8 in the previous quarter. Jaguar Land Rover is to create 1,700 jobs at
Trust us The National Trust opened the Big Brother House at Elstree Studios at the weekend. Some other less grand National Trust properties: — 575 Wandsworth Road, Lambeth. 19th-century terraced house that was home to Kenyan-born civil servant Khadambi Asalache who, to keep out the damp, decorated the walls with elaborate panels made from pine
Following his resignation as Deputy Speaker after being charged with offences including sexual assault and rape, Nigel Evans made a statement in the House of Commons: listen to ‘Nigel Evans’ statement’ on Audioboo
Listen to Ed Miliband give his speech at the TUC here:- listen to ‘Ed Miliband’s TUC speech: Labour has a ‘historic opportunity’ to change’ on Audioboo
listen to ‘George Osborne speech: British economy is ‘turning a corner’’ on Audioboo
The Independent selected their top 10 best wine clubs and this is what they had to say about The Spectator: ‘This has terrific monthly offers, each of which is dedicated to one of seven impressive wine partners ranging from Tanner Wines to Yapp Brothers. In addition, there are ad hoc choices from its renowned wine
‘and I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll tweet and I’ll troll...’
Breakfast, mid-morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack, tea, dinner and late-night snack at Tiffany’s
‘Sorry, we can’t let you in — this is a gated community.’
‘This is the place I was telling you about. All the interns come here for lunch.’
‘What would we do with a book?’
‘I’m from the Lilliput Echo — I wonder if you can tell me how it felt when you woke up and found you couldn’t move?’
‘Anything in there about Assad?’