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‘and I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll tweet and I’ll troll...’
The Spectator
Thursday
Tunnel 5
Classic
Breakfast, mid-morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack, tea, dinner and late-night snack at Tiffany’s
Humpty 3
Gated
‘Sorry, we can’t let you in — this is a gated community.’
High Street
Rubbish 2
‘This is the place I was telling you about. All the interns come here for lunch.’
Libraries
‘What would we do with a book?’
Lilliput
‘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?’
Removals
Assad
‘Anything in there about Assad?’
Politics
Letters: The Syria debate, plus Giles Milton on Andro Linklater
Syrian matters Sir: Though Syria (Leading article, 31 August) is certainly no laughing matter, the turmoil prevailing over a ‘punitive strike’ does bring to mind the little jingle of A.P. Herbert, during the Phony War of 1940. Some great minds were contemplating a ‘strike’ on the Soviet Union to punish it for its invasion of
How Australia’s Tony Abbott pulled off a great conservative victory
By conventional wisdom, Tony Abbott should not become Prime Minister of Australia this weekend. He ought to be too conservative, a throwback to a bygone age. He is sceptical about global warming, and proposed to abolish a carbon tax on the grounds of its expense and uselessness. He is a churchgoer who is against abortion
Portrait of the week | 5 September 2013
Home Having recalled Parliament to debate British military action over Syria, David Cameron, the Prime Minister, found the government defeated, much to his surprise, by 285-272, thanks to 30 Conservatives and nine Liberal Democrats voting with the opposition. He immediately told the Commons: ‘It is clear to me that the British Parliament, reflecting the views
Books and Arts – 5 September 2013
Barometer – 5 September 2013
Shining examples The ‘Walkie Talkie’, a new tower block in Fenchurch Street, was blamed for partially melting the interior of a Jaguar parked in a spot where the sun’s rays are focused by the building’s concave exterior. Other buildings with the same problem: — Vdara Hotel, Las Vegas. In 2010 a guest complained that he
Toby Young: Should I be an MP?
In this week’s Spectator, columnist Toby Young toys with the idea of standing as a Conservative candidate in in Hammersmith. He examines the factors stacked against any chance of success, and the reasons he has for standing: Suppose I won. Then what? I’d be faced with the pride-swallowing siege that is the life of a
Barometer | 5 September 2013
Market price Independent schooling versus private tutoring: which is the biggest market? Some 579,700 pupils are educated at independent schools, for an average annual fee of £13,788, making for a total market of £7.99 billion. Based on a 35-hour week and a 40-week academic year, parents are paying an average of £9.80 per hour. A
Friday
Syria: How MPs voted
Here is a list of all MPs and how they voted – or did not vote – in last night’s division on the government’s motion on Syria. MPs who voted on Labour’s amendment and then did not vote on the government motion: Adam Afriyie (Conservative) Christopher Chope (Conservative) Justine Greening (Conservative) Edward Leigh (Conservative) John
