In this week's Spectator | 23 July 2010

The new edition of The Spectator is out, and I thought CoffeeHousers may appreciate a rundown of what’s in it.

1) Cameron, the accidental radical. James Forsyth’s political column is, as always, choc full of original insights and insider info. James explains how this coalition is far more reforming than anything Tony Blair led – yet the weird thing is that, whereas Blair would talk with evangelical zeal, Cameron says almost nothing. At times, it’s almost like he has no idea about how radical his government has become. James reveals how Clegg has become an ally for IDS on welfare reform. James also mentions that the reformers in all three parties would sometimes meet, and muse about how they had more in common with each other than the state-control fetishists (the Brownites, the Tory patricians, the leftie LibDems). It’s a piece which helps you make a lot more sense of the evolving nature of this government.