The week that was | 23 March 2012

Here is a selection of articles and discussions from this week on Spectator.co.uk…

Most read: Nick Cohen on the spectre of militant secularism. 

Most discussed: Douglas Murray asking how to solve to a problem like Baroness Ashton. 

Most shared: Nick Cohen speculating on whether Osborne will close the ‘Livingstone Loophole’. 

Most popular

Michael Gove

‘I’m a new kind of Christian’: Jordan Peterson on faith, family and the future of the right

And the best of the rest…

Fraser Nelson approves of new roads but not a pensions raid, highlights twelve points about the Budget and urges Osborne to break free of Gordon Brown’s traps. 

James Forsyth reports the Lib Dems are happy with their contribution to the Budget and says the real test for the Tories is whether the Budget delivers growth. 

Peter Hoskin asks where Cameron’s road proposal will take us, hails tax transparency as a triumph for the Chancellor and looks behind