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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - FEBRUARY 05: John Bercow, the Speaker of the House of Commons, makes an address during the opening ceremony for the four surviving original parchment engrossments of the 1215...
View ArticleIn (conditional) defence of John Bercow
James Duddridge is not wrong. The Tory MP for Rochford and Southend East, who has put down a ‘no confidence’… See the full story of In (conditional) defence of John Bercow on The Spectator.
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Seeing off the Speaker Sir: If senior Tories in Buckingham had had their way, John Bercow’s career as Speaker could… See the full story of Letters on The Spectator.
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BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 29: Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn delivers his first speech as leader of the party on September 29, 2015 in Brighton, England. The four day annual Labour Party Conference...
View ArticleLabour’s England problem
In the window of a council house on a working-class estate in Exeter was a sticker bearing the cross of… See the full story of Labour’s England problem on The Spectator.
View ArticleThe shame of Iraq
A British soldier walks past the debris strewn on the side of the road after a bus carrying Iraqi pilgrims crashed into back of a British Army armoured vehicle late last night west of the city of...
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Lurid about Leavers Sir: Matthew Parris has spent much of the past few months denigrating those of us who want… See the full story of Letters on The Spectator.
View ArticleLabour of the negative
Reason, Hegel argued, advances by negation, each thought becoming more focused as it wrestles with its opposite. This ‘labour of… See the full story of Labour of the negative on The Spectator.
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The English tradition of dissenting judgments in important civil cases is a good one. They are often better than the… See the full story of The Spectator’s Notes on The Spectator.
View ArticleA wake-up call for Parliament
LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 17: Artist Kaya Mar holds his latest painting of Theresa May dressed as a police officer holding a truncheon with 'Hard Brexit' written on it in front of the Houses of...
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - FEBRUARY 05: John Bercow, the Speaker of the House of Commons, makes an address during the opening ceremony for the four surviving original parchment engrossments of the 1215...
View ArticleIn (conditional) defence of John Bercow
James Duddridge is not wrong. The Tory MP for Rochford and Southend East, who has put down a ‘no confidence’… See the full story of In (conditional) defence of John Bercow on The Spectator.
View ArticleLetters
Seeing off the Speaker Sir: If senior Tories in Buckingham had had their way, John Bercow’s career as Speaker could… See the full story of Letters on The Spectator.
View ArticleThe Spectator’s Notes
An email from the high-minded Carnegie Endowment, marking the triggering of Article 50 and the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of… See the full story of The Spectator’s Notes on The Spectator.
View ArticleBritain über alles: Victorious Century reviewed
Bristol ablaze: anger at the Lords’ rejection of the Second Reform Bill sparked riots in Queen’s Square, Bristol, October 1831 (William James Muller)
View ArticleBefriending Laura Pidcock: an interview with a Labour firebrand
Isabel Hardman persuades the Toryphobic Labour MP to go for a coffee. But will they be friends?
View ArticleIt’s not victim shaming to suggest there might be two sides to every story
LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 18: Defence Secretary Michael Fallon arrives at Downing Street for the weekly cabinet meeting on July 18, 2017 in London, England. Prime Minister Theresa May is under pressure...
View ArticleRumours of sexual misconduct swirl around Westminster
Also: In Barcelona hundreds of thousands demonstrate in favour of a united Spain, while Carles Puigdemont flees to Brussels
View ArticleCull the lawyers – there are too many for democracy to work
LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 11: Nicky Morgan, who will continue as Secretary of State for Education, arrives at Downing Street on May 11, 2015 in London, England. Prime Minister David Cameron continued to...
View ArticleOrder, order! In the Commons, you are where you sit
Diet nannies will spend Christmas telling us ‘you are what you eat’ but in the House of Commons ‘you are…
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