In the magazine this month
November 2015
David Cameron is a decent man whose consensual style has worked well so far. But the fight of his life — on Europe — may yet undo him
What kind of man is David Cameron? It is strange to be asking this question of someone who has been leader of the Tory party for 10 years, Prime Minister for more than five, and about whom there exists a colossal amount of information. That vast corpus has just been enriched by the publication of two hefty books about him: Call Me Dave, by Michael Ashcroft and Isabel Oakeshott (Biteback, £20), which is a biography from cradle to the present; and Cameron At 10, by Anthony Seldon and Peter Snowden (William Collins, £20), a blow-by-blow account of Cameron’s first stint as Prime Minister. Both have many illuminating stories to tell about him, the product of impressively exhaustive research, but neither quite succeeds in turning the key that might open the door into the Prime Minister’s soul.
JULIE BINDEL
From ‘flirt coaches’ and seminars on finding your soulmate to mail-order brides, falling in love has never been more commercialised
DAVID GOODHART
If we were to welcome even a fraction of the refugees who want to come here, we would destroy the things that attract them to this country
JEREMY JENNINGS
‘Submission’ is a deeply unpleasant, dystopian novel, but something does ring true in this unlikely tale of an Islamist takeover in Paris
MICHAEL NAZIR-ALI
Europeans have a duty to open their hearts to those in real need — but also to use their heads and beware of extremist infiltration
TIM CONGDON
The Governor of the Bank of England ignored the lessons of history and the UK’s reputation for financial competence may never recover
MICHAEL PINTO-DUSCHINSKY
In the US and Canada, rules have been tightened to prevent electoral fraud. Britain should follow suit, starting with the abuse of postal votes
DANIEL JOHNSON DOUGLAS MURRAY EMANUELE OTTOLENGHI JOHN MILLS MICHAEL COREN LISA HILTON PETER WHITTLE MAUREEN LIPMAN DOMINIC LAWSON MARK RONAN SAINTSBURY |
ANNA ASLANYAN
TOM WILSON
DAISY DUNN
DOMINIC GREEN
CONSTANCE WATSON
CELIA MONTAGUE
OLIVER WISEMAN
DOMINIC GREEN
- Shame On The Liberals Who Rationalise Terror
- The Cowardice Of John Le Carré
- The Establishment Is In Denial — Yet Again
- Is There A Right Way To Write?
- A Fascist Coup In Poland? Give Us Poles A Break
- France, Islam, And The Second Class Sex
- The Stalinist Past Of Corbyn’s Strategist
- The Year Of "Social Justice"
- Shame On The Liberals Who Rationalise Terror
- The Cowardice Of John Le Carré
- The Establishment Is In Denial — Yet Again
- Is There A Right Way To Write?
- A Fascist Coup In Poland? Give Us Poles A Break
- France, Islam, And The Second Class Sex
- The Stalinist Past Of Corbyn’s Strategist
- The Year Of "Social Justice"
- Shame On The Liberals Who Rationalise Terror
- Beyond Obama: Advice To The Next President
- The Establishment Is In Denial — Yet Again
- Is There A Right Way To Write?
- The Cowardice Of John Le Carré
- Double Games Of The UK Muslim Brotherhood
- Did Burke Betray The Cause Of Liberty?
- Two Languages And The Chasm Between Them