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The Spectator
Friday
The week that was | 2 September 2011
Here are some of the posts made at Spectator.co.uk over the last week. Fraser Nelson explains the dangers of home ownership. James Forsyth reveals that Cameron and Osborne are wary of Vickers’ banking reforms, and evaluates Whitehall’s leaks. Peter Hoskin spots Vince being Vince, and reports on Alistair Darling’s memoirs. David Blackburn relates a day
Tuesday
Just in case you missed them… | 30 August 2011
…here are some of the posts made at Spectator.co.uk over the bank holiday weekend. Fraser Nelson responds to the IPPR’s latest report into employment, and charts the course of Osborne’s jobless recovery. James Forsyth says that energy is likely to be a key political issue this autumn, and previews the Liberal Democrat conference. David Blackburn
Monday
CoffeeHousers’ Wall, 29 August – 4 September 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
Saturday
Letters | 27 August 2011
Family problems Sir: One can’t help but admire Iain Duncan Smith’s determination to rethink conventional ideas on social policy (‘Gang War’, 20 August). However, it’s not clear what action he has in store for the ‘120,000 families who cause the greatest problems’. The Family Intervention Project that he inherited from New Labour is, if the
Leading article: Victory in the air
Critics of our intervention in Libya said that Colonel Gaddafi’s treatment of his people was not Britain’s direct concern. Critics of our intervention in Libya said that Colonel Gaddafi’s treatment of his people was not Britain’s direct concern. They argued that a prime minister’s job is to defend the national interest, not the rebels in
Portrait of the week | 27 August 2011
HOME David Cameron, the Prime Minister, stood outside 10 Downing Street and commented on events in Libya. ‘This has not been our revolution,’ he said, ‘but we can be proud that we have played our part.’ He had broken off his holiday in Cornwall for a meeting of the National Security Council. He had only
Barometer: Risky manoeuvres
A Red Arrows pilot was killed when his plane crashed, the first fatality in the RAF’s aeronautical troupe since 1988. — Aeronautics were once more hazardous. They were pioneered by a San Franciscan, Lincoln Beachey. In 1910 he took flying lessons, crashing on his first and second flights. He went on, in 1911, to entertain
Friday
The week that was | 26 August 2011
Here are some of the posts made at Spectator.co.uk over the last week. Fraser Nelson celebrates the schools revolution, and considers Cameron’s immigration problem. James Forsyth reveals how the government plans to overcome Labour’s education legacy, and reports on an encouraging start for the new Libya. David Blackburn charts the constructive debate between left and
