The Spectator

The week that was | 20 June 2008

Some highlights of the week on Spectator.co.uk:
 
Spectator Live is launched.

Andrew Neil thinks that Britain has lost out from the Home Office’s decision not to let Martha Stewart into the country.

Fraser Nelson outlines his take on the David Davis story, and pays tribute to Scottish alcohol adverts.

James Forsyth suggests that the Labour attack machine has lost its teeth, and asks whether Daniel Finkelstein is fighting the last war.

Peter Hoskin reports on Ed Ball’s latest attack on grammar schools, and marks the moment that the Lisbon Treaty passed through the House of Lords.

Stephen Pollard writes on Gordon Brown’s “instinctive loathing of capitalism”.

Melanie Phillips gives her thoughts on the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Clive Davis wonders what Boris Johnson’s game plan is.

Americano points out the occasion when two Muslim women were moved out of camera shot at an Obama rally.

And Trading Floor explains why social

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