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James Forsyth

Politics – The best strategy for Lords reform: give up

One of the lessons of the new Labour years is that constitutional reform is best avoided. One of the lessons of the new Labour years is that constitutional reform is best avoided. New Labour swept into office with total confidence that the British constitution could be easily ‘modernised’. Its 1997 manifesto mocked the Conservatives as

The Spectator's Notes

The Spectator’s Notes | 4 June 2011

It remains a risky thing to say, but is it possible that, in Libya, the West may be about to have a foreign policy success on its hands? Criticism of the Nato bombings has been based on the idea that the allies had no real knowledge of what they were doing. It remains a risky

Any other business

Any other business | 4 June 2011

There’s always another disaster waiting to happen – so keep your eye on ETFs If we learned anything from the recent financial crisis, it is that when a thing looks too good to be true, it is. If a sector is attracting frenzied investor attention and pundits say spectacular growth must continue, it is surely heading