Memory 2
Seventeen tablets taken at different times throughout the day. It’s great for his memory
The Spectator
Thursday
Letters | 17 September 2015
What firefighters do Sir: Leo McKinstry’s vicious, misleading article ‘Out of the ashes’ (12 September) shows that he has no understanding of the real issues facing firefighters today. He implies firefighters sit around doing nothing while other emergency services are doing the real work. Nothing could be further from the truth. Firefighters rescue more than
Barometer | 17 September 2015
It’s their party Jeremy Corbyn won the Labour leadership contest with 60% of the vote among four candidates in the first round. Which leader has the largest mandate from their party? — David Cameron was elected in 2005 with 28% of the vote out of four candidates in the first round (held among MPs only).
Portrait of the week | 17 September 2015
Home In the shadow cabinet chosen by the new Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, the Exchequer went to John McDonnell, a left-winger who had run his campaign for the leadership. Although Mr Corbyn’s defeated rival Andy Burnham was given the Home Office portfolio, most appointments were from the left. Angela Eagle, the new shadow business secretary,
Books and Arts opener – 17 September 2015
Time to tax
From ‘The coming budget’, The Spectator, 18 September 1915: At present the large majority of householders and electors pay no direct taxation of any kind. They know nothing of the Income Tax collector’s demand-note, and they never receive a call from the rate collector. This system is not only fiscally but politically unsound, and a Cabinet
Thursday
Viking
‘You’re sure this is a good idea?’
Street 2
Cinderella 2
Baton
‘He’s so cute when he waves his baton.’
Queen 2
‘Congratulations on becoming the longest-serving monarch-in-waiting!’
Natural
‘It’s so refreshing to meet someone who died of natural causes.’
Depressing
It’s depressing — people just don’t take our work seriously.’
Bar 7
‘We have a long and proud history of moaning about immigration.’
Table 2
Trapped
‘It’s no good captain, we’re trapped!’
Dog 8
Letters | 10 September 2015
Biblical suggestions Sir: I wish to offer a couple of comments on Matthew Parris’s observation that although his ‘Christian atheism’ provides him with a moral framework, he feels the urge to help people in need, yet feels let down because Jesus offers no guidance about who to help and to what degree (‘Christianity is silent