Sep 6th 2011 By Bagehot A SLEW of depressing reports has reached Britain in recent days from Libya, based on what appear to be letters and memos found in the …
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By Bagehot KWASI Kwarteng, elected in 2010 as the Conservative MP for the safe seat of Spelthorne, is by common consent a rising star of the right. His CV bears …
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Sep 1st 2011 By Bagehot IN MY print column this week, I look at the striking silence of rich Britons, as billionaires (and even mere millionaires) from America to France, …
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Aug 30th 2011 By Bagehot THE British have long been told that theirs is a nation of homeowners (and more specifically house-owners). According to conventional wisdom, this made the country …
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Aug 26th 2011 By Bagehot THE AUGUST bank holiday weekend looms, so your blogger will allow himself a spot of sunny optimism (to offset the grey rainclouds scudding across the …
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Aug 25th 2011 By Bagehot THIS week’s print column looks at the first leg of the Libyan crisis, and asks what lessons can be drawn about David Cameron’s Britain, and …
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Aug 23rd 2011 By Bagehot THIS IS not a comprehensive blog posting on Libya. The subject is too large, and the situation too fluid for that. Instead this is a …
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Aug 23rd 2011 By Bagehot TAKING a break from pondering the crisis in Libya, your blogger was asked to join a BBC radio debate this morning about politicians on holiday, …
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Aug 19th 2011 By Bagehot LISTEN carefully, and in amongst the current chorus of Jeremiads against the dreadful state of England’s youth, you can hear an interesting counter-current of real …
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Aug 18th 2011 By Bagehot HERE is this week’s print edition column, expanding on some of the historical thoughts broached on this blog earlier in the week: Reuse this content …
