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Lord Rennard allegations: A timeline
As the allegations against Lord Rennard continue to emerge – and confusion continues over who knew what, and when, here is a timeline of the allegations, according to The Telegraph’s… Continue reading
Blogs
The Koran and Richard Dawkins’s survival instinct
I thought that readers might be interested in this new piece from me on Islam, the Koran and Richard Dawkins’s survival instinct.
Magazine
Have the Tories lost Eastleigh?
Monday morning. Grant Shapps, the enthusiastic Tory party chairman, is sitting in a people-carrier, putting the final touches to a scathing press release attacking his Cabinet colleague, the Deputy Prime… Read more
How Eastleigh will show Labour is working
Politics offers few greater pleasures than watching a by-election candidate self-immolate. Not a day goes by without Maria Hutchings, the Conservative party’s prospective MP for Eastleigh (so plainly hating the… Read more
David Cameron's sex problem
This week David Cameron lectured a business audience in India on how far Britain has yet to go in getting women into the boardroom. ‘My wife likes to say,’ he… Read more
Richard Briers, Thatcherite hero
Of course there was far more to Richard Briers’s career than a single sitcom. Briers, who died this week aged 79, was an all-rounder, acting in countless films and plays,… Read more
Laws, laws everywhere and not a drop of common sense
It might sound like an Ealing comedy. But it is not funny. It illustrates the fact that law-making in Britain has lost all contact with common sense. The town of… Read more
Free riding foreigners: the next NHS scandal
A fundamental and enduring principle of the NHS is that it is ‘free at the point of use’. All major political parties subscribe to this mantra and none dare challenge… Read more
Pining for the Brecon Beacons
Pommies, in Australia, are famous for what the Aussies call ‘whinging’. Whether this is born of character or homesickness is debatable but, in the past, I have gone out of… Read more
Investment: Will bonds crash as shares rise?
Tim Price: In a normal market, maybe. But not in this one UK base rate squats at 0.5 per cent, its lowest level in history — or since the formation of… Read more
