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The Spectator
Saturday
Global Britain
David Cameron did not expect to spend Christmas being toasted as a conquering hero. The Prime Minister fully intended to sign a new EU Treaty that night in Brussels, subject to a modest condition that the City of London would be exempt from even further regulation. But the French refused him so much as a
Portrait of the year | 17 December 2011
January The government introduced a Health Bill to give control of the NHS budget to GPs. Andy Coulson resigned as head of communications at Downing Street. Prisoners set Ford open prison on fire. Gerry Rafferty, the singer, died, aged 63. Nigel Pargetter fell to his death from the roof at Lower Loxley. A fox weighing
Letters | 17 December 2011
Enough Brussels Sir: Owen Paterson (‘Dave’s big push’, 10 December) is absolutely right to suggest that we should use the EU summit to renegotiate our relationship with Europe. The Prime Minister’s wielding of the veto offers real scope for change. He must now be bold enough to seize the moment. This fundamental renegotiation of our
Friday
The week that was | 16 December 2011
Here is a selection of posts made on Spectator.co.uk over the past week: Kelvin MacKenzie asks if the Guardian will apologise to Rupert Murdoch. Fraser Nelson looks at where the Europe debate left us, and says Cameron’s having trouble articulating the government’s growth strategy because there isn’t one. James Forstyth thinks Cameron pummelled Miliband in PMQs, and
Tuesday
Christmas holiday poetry competition
Spectator readers have gone where seasoned pros Alice Oswald and John Kinsella feared to tread: by writing a poem about the present ascent of money. The entries for the last online poetry competition were of a typically witty standard, many thanks for submitting them. Particular praise goes to the poems written by Basil Ransome Davis,
Monday
CoffeeHousers’ Wall, 12-18 December 2011
Welcome to the latest CoffeeHousers’ Wall. For those who haven’t come across the Wall before, it’s a post we put up each Monday, on which — providing your writing isn’t libellous, crammed with swearing, or offensive to common decency — you’ll be able to say whatever you like in the comments section. There is no
Just in case you missed them… | 12 December 2011
…here are some of the posts made at Spectator.co.uk over the weekend. Fraser Nelson says Cameron’s veto will not leave Britain isolated. James Forsyth thinks the UK’s ‘influence’ in the EU is overrated and reports on Nick Clegg’s attack on Tory eurosceptics. Peter Hoskin examines the Lib Dem response to Cameron’s move, and picks ten
