EU referendum vote defeated but 111 MPs vote for it
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CoffeeHousers’ Wall, 24 October – 30 October 2011
UPDATE: CoffeeHousers all, we’re offering a mini cask of Hobgoblin beer to the author of the most mischievous comment made on the website this week. The winner, picked by Coffee House’s editorial team, will be announced on Friday. ———————————————————————————————————– Welcome to the latest CoffeeHousers’ Wall. For those who haven’t come across the Wall before, it’s
Just in case you missed them… | 24 October 2011
…here are some of the posts made at Spectator.co.uk over the weekend. Fraser Nelson reveals the Queen’s secret of success, and says Cameron’s making a mistake by restarting the Tory Wars. Douglas Murray says we have lessons to learn on how to handle dictators. James Forsyth has news of a poll showing support for an
Saturday
Leading article: A Faustian pact
Given the hold that Goethe had over the German elite in the 1920s, it is impossible that the Weimar Republic’s leaders could have been ignorant about what happens when desperate politicians start printing money. In Part II of Faust, the devil suggests to an emperor that he solves his fiscal crisis by mass-producing banknotes. He
Portrait of the Week – 22 October 2011
Home After the resignation of Liam Fox as Defence Secretary, a report by Sir Gus O’Donnell, the Cabinet Secretary, found that there had been a ‘clear breach’ of the ministerial code in his working relationship with Adam Werritty, who had accompanied him on 18 foreign trips. Dr Fox, he said, had been warned about Mr
Barometer | 22 October 2011
• Mummy’s secret recipe A terminally ill taxi-driver from Torquay has volunteered to be mummified for a Channel 4 documentary. Here is what Egyptian mummification involved, according to Herodotus: — Extract brain through nostrils. — Cut opening in side of torso with sharp stone and remove contents. — Wash cavity with palm wine and pounded
Letters | 22 October 2011
• Gone with the wind Sir: Your recent campaign against wind farms is brought, perhaps, to a conclusion by Matt Ridley’s splendid article on shale gas (‘Shale of the century’, 15 October). Yet at no time have you referred to that other blot on the domestic landscape, the solar panel. I wonder why. As with
Your nominations for The Spectator Threadneedle parliamentarian awards
A blue tide has washed over the latest nominations for The Spectator’s Readers’ Representative award. Last week, your votes were for parliamentarians from right across the political spectrum: Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat, even the occasional Ukipper. This week, they are mostly for Conservatives. Perhaps this is a sympathy vote following Liam Fox’s resignation. Perhaps it
Friday
The week that was | 21 October 2011
Here are some of the posts made at Spectator.co.uk over the last week. Daniel Finkelstein is left slightly underwhelmed by Martin Scorsese’s biopic of George Harrison. Fraser Nelson laments the poverty of Britain’s energy debate, and offers a bottle of champagne to anyone who can help to explain George Osborne’s growth plan. James Forsyth charts
