Red Tories analysed
Head over to Faith-Based, the Spectator’s religion blog, for Theo Hobson’s take on the ‘Red Toryism’ espoused by Philip Blond.
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Monday
Reflecting on Updike
We’ve just posted Theo Hobson’s latest on Faith-Based, an explanation of why Theo views the late John Updike as a spiritual failure.
CoffeeHousers’ Wall, 9 February – 15 February
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 – provided 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… | 9 February 2009
Here are some of the posts made over the weekend on Spectator.co.uk: Martin Bright has joined Spectator.co.uk. Read his introductory post here, and his post on creating a modern New Deal here. Fraser Nelson highlights an important voice on African development, and discusses how government can track taxpayers’ cash. James Forsyth says it’s time for
Saturday
Letters | 7 February 2009
A failure of fairness Sir: Rod Liddle’s defence of the BBC (Liddle Britain, 31 January) does not stack up. Of course people with close connections to Palestinians, those fully aware of their sufferings and traumas, were in the forefront of calling for the BBC to air the charity’s appeal. How could it be otherwise? Yet
Snowbama
As Britain awoke to the stunning snowscapes of Monday morning, the nation could not make its mind up whether it was on the set of a huge Richard Curtis film, congratulating itself on its social cohesion and snowball-throwing geniality — or whether we were all suddenly locked in a post-apocalyptic nightmare in which no amenities
Friday
The week that was | 6 February 2009
Fraser Nelson thinks that the Tories’ education policy is transformative, and suggests that we shouldn’t ignore the poverty in our own country. James Forsyth says that the bad war is coming good and the good war is going bad, and gives his take on the Carol Thatcher controversy. Peter Hoskin wonders whether David Miliband has in
Monday
CoffeeHousers’ Wall, 2 February – 8 February
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 – provided 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 | 31 January 2009
Israel fuels anti-Semitism Sir: I am a member of Jews for Justice for Palestinians and have participated in every one of the national demonstrations against Israel’s brutal onslaught against Gaza. I have never heard the slogans ‘Hamas, Hamas, Hamas, Jews to the Gas’ and ‘Death to the Jews’ that Douglas Davis (‘The terrible warning of
Back on the beat
When an institution is plagued by internal feuds, a loss of public trust and a muddled sense of mission, the elevation of an internal candidate to its helm is rarely a matter for celebration. But the appointment of Sir Paul Stephenson to be the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police is an exception to this generality.
Friday
The week that was | 30 January 2009
Here are some of the posts made over the past week on Spectator.co.uk: Fraser Nelson reveals how Brown’s fiscal stimulus will destroy jobs, and writes on the neglected war. James Forsyth reports on Brown’s cry for help, and analyses the latest opinion polls. Peter Hoskin picks up on an air of uncertainty at the IFS
Monday
CoffeeHousers’ Wall, 26 January – 1 February
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 – provided 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… | 26 January 2009
Daniel Yates provides a British soldier’s view of Operation Cast Lead. Fraser Nelson says Harman’s cunning plan could hit her own side, and wonders whether the green brigade will enjoy this recession. James Forsyth claims that nationalising the banks would just create new problems, and asks: how bad will this get? Peter Hoskin thinks that “cash for amendments”
Saturday
Letters | 24 January 2009
Islam and the Nazis Sir: Charles Moore touches on an important point when he ascribes a Nazi–Hamas continuum of interests (The Spectator’s Notes, 17 January). While helping Europe Minister Denis MacShane write his recently published book, Globalising Hatred — The New Anti-Semitism, I was numbed by the depths of the relationship between radical Islam and
From poetry to prose
It is a rich irony that the true audacity of President Obama’s inaugural address was its dampening of hope. Having campaigned under a banner emblazoned with the slogan ‘Yes We Can’, the 44th President’s first act of government was to administer a stiff dose of realism. He had been expected, with good reason, to emulate
Friday
The week that was | 23 January 2009
Here are some of the posts made on Spectator.co.uk over the past week: Matthew d’Ancona writes about a worthy opponent for Obama. Fraser Nelson responds to LabourList over national debt, and wonders whether Britian is going to go the way of the Royal Bank of Scotland. James Forsyth thinks the latest Tory reshuffle is a
Tuesday
Stay tuned for live inauguration coverage
The Coffee House team will be live-blogging Barack Obama’s inauguration from 16:15 onwards. In the meantime, here’s a selection of Obama-related articles from The Spectator: I have seen your future, America, and it doesn’t work – James Delingpole You think Abraham Lincoln had it tough? – James Forsyth Obama is on course for victory. But
Monday
CoffeeHousers’ Wall, 19 January – 25 January
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 – provided 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
Sunday
52 hours to go
Join us on Tuesday for full coverage of the inauguration of the 44th President of the United States of America.
