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Letters | 13 August 2011
Press complaint Sir: Charles Moore’s comments on the PCC last week (The Spectator’s Notes, 6 August) contained several significant inaccuracies. Lord Wakeham didn’t leave the chairmanship of the commission as a result of criticisms from the Telegraph that he wasn’t handling complaints impartially. He stood down, as a matter of honour, after he was tangentially implicated in
Portrait of the week | 13 August 2011
HOME Parliament was recalled as rioting spread across London and to other cities. It began in Tottenham on Saturday night, two days after a black man, Mark Duggan, was shot dead by police during an attempted arrest. Friends gathered at Tottenham police station asking the truth of the incident. The Independent Police Complaints Commission
Leading article: Britain’s riots: burning issues
When David Cameron returned from holiday on Tuesday to find volunteers cleaning up the mess left by the riots and shopkeepers making plans to protect their property at night, he did not dare mention the Big Society. Perhaps he should have. The Londoners who organised a clean-up — using the same technology as the
Friday
The week that was | 12 August 2011
Here are some of the posts made at Spectator.co.uk over the last week. James Forsyth says that this is a conservative moment that Cameron must exploit, and responds to Cameron’s Commons’ statement. Peter Hoskin watches Cameron get tough, and exposes Osborne’s debt dilemma. David Blackburn notes that the Eurozone is still trying to maintain the status
Monday
CoffeeHousers’ Wall, 8 August – 14 August
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… | 8 August 2011
…here are some of the posts made at Spectator.co.uk over the weekend. Fraser Nelson says that Twitter covered the London riots, and watches America continuing to unravel. Peter Hoskin listens to China bearing down on the “debt-ridden” United States, and asks if the Darling Plan would have satisfied the credit rating agencies. Jonathan Jones reveals
