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Does Andy Burnham really want an ‘honest discussion’ about free movement?

Andy Burnham says in a couple of interviews that he wants an ‘honest discussion’ about free movement, and then Downing Street indicates that...

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Charles Moore

How long has Ranulph Fiennes been under some sort of control?

It is repeatedly pointed out – I have probably written it myself – that the triple lock on the state pension is ruinous. There is a genuine...

07.10.2026 20

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Charles Moore

The Spectator’s Notes / How long has Ranulph Fiennes been under some sort of control?

It is repeatedly pointed out – I have probably written it myself – that the triple lock on the state pension is ruinous. There is a genuine...

05.10.2026 20

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Charles Moore

The Spectator’s Notes / How long has Ranulph Fiennes been under some sort of control?

It is repeatedly pointed out – I have probably written it myself – that the triple lock on the state pension is ruinous. There is a genuine...

05.10.2026 20

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Charles Moore

Notes / The fourth plinth is racist

As Labour meet in Liverpool, from Sunday, Andy Burnham and his advisers are worrying about his lack of a mandate. You can see why. They have an almost...

24.09.2026 30

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Charles Moore

Where are my reparations?

The natural coalition of rural people which was forged 25 years ago, before the hunting ban, is forming once more. On Monday in Westminster, we...

19.09.2026 30

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Charles Moore

Where are my reparations?

The natural coalition of rural people which was forged 25 years ago, before the hunting ban, is forming once more. On Monday in Westminster, we...

19.09.2026 40

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Charles Moore

Notes / Where have all the Normans gone?

Does Britain understand where Javier Milei’s move on the Falklands is heading? It is becoming clearer that, behind the nationalist bluster, he sees...

16.09.2026 20

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Charles Moore

Notes / Where have all the Normans gone?

Does Britain understand where Javier Milei’s move on the Falklands is heading? It is becoming clearer that, behind the nationalist bluster, he sees...

16.09.2026 30

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Charles Moore

Notes / Why is there so little protest about Russia’s brutality toward Ukraine?

Reporting of the war in Ukraine suffers from the tendency of journalism to exaggerate a trend. The most recent one has been Ukraine’s success in...

07.09.2026 40

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Charles Moore

Why is there so little protest about Russia’s brutality toward Ukraine?

Reporting of the war in Ukraine suffers from the tendency of journalism to exaggerate a trend. The most recent one has been Ukraine’s success in...

06.09.2026 30

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Charles Moore

Notes / Why is there so little protest about Russia’s brutality towards Ukraine?

Reporting of the war in Ukraine suffers from the tendency of journalism to exaggerate a trend. The most recent one has been Ukraine’s success in...

05.09.2026 30

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Charles Moore

The Spectator’s notes / The questions Cambridge still has to answer about Jason Arday

If poor Jason Arday killed himself, it will be necessary to work out why. To do so, it will help to know why he resigned his professorship. It seems...

25.08.2026 40

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Charles Moore

The questions Cambridge still has to answer about Jason Arday

If poor Jason Arday killed himself, it will be necessary to work out why. To do so, it will help to know why he resigned his professorship. It seems...

24.08.2026 40

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Charles Moore

Notes / How I got Rod Liddle sacked

The organised hard left has moved fast after the fall of Jason Arday at Cambridge. They are furious with the Good Law Project for its open letter...

13.08.2026 40

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Charles Moore

The utter utopian unwisdom of AI bros

In my belated quest to develop a faint sense of what AI is doing, I have just read Sebastian Mallaby’s book The Infinity Machine, about the greatest...

02.08.2026 50

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Charles Moore

Even Andy Burnham doesn’t know what Andy Burnham stands for

The British constitution is an admirably flexible thing, so I would not claim that Andy Burnham’s leadership campaign, and the coverage thereof, is...

28.06.2026 60

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Charles Moore