I thought CoffeeHousers might appreciate a selection of a half a dozen pieces in the new
edition of The Spectator. I know it is, in many ways, a tough task persuading online audience to part with cash for a magazine (or our new iPad edition,
available for free to subscribers) – but this week’s issue really is the perfect something for the weekend.
1. The Coming Dutch Explosion. Tensions in Amsterdam are at bursting point – with Geert Wilders on trial soon, the English Defence League sending their skinheads out to aid him,
and jihadism on the rise. We did the best thing we could to defuse the situation: dispatched Rod Liddle. His cover story tells of a place where the police send people out disguised as Jews, to
catch anyone who gives them abuse. “This follows a strategy where they disguised people as grannies to see if they’d get mugged,” writes Rod.
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