The week that was | 8 August 2008

Here are some of the posts made this week on Spectator.co.uk…

Eric Pickles wants your questions.

Chris Grayling answers your questions.

Spectator staff suggest some good summer reads.

Kaz Mochlinski previews the Olympic Games.

Henrietta Bredin reveals the most ineffectual phrase in current misuse.

Matthew D’Ancona claims that al-Qaeda are winning, and says that the Brownites would love David Miliband to team up with Alan Milburn.

Peter Hoskin gives his take on the speculation that Milburn would be Chancellor in a Miliband government, and asks whether David Cameron and George Osborne will divorce over marriage.

Brian Cullen questions how courageous the British Free Tibet protestors actually are, and suggests that Brown’s PR people should rein him in.

Sean Martin says there’s more to Michael Gove’s recent speech than lads’ mags, and doubts whether Kevin Pietersen has got what it takes to be England cricket captain. 

Fraser Nelson gives his thoughts on blogging.

Clive Davis writes on Barack Obama and the new black politics.