Home Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, said in a leaked letter that the coalition lacks a ‘compelling vision’. He proposed that RBS be split up and half turned into ‘British business bank’. Earlier he had said that there was a ‘broad understanding’ in the coalition that, if the 50p tax rate was removed, it should
Vince Cable has a point. The government does, alas, lack a ‘compelling vision for the economy’ but the Liberal Democrats see this as an opportunity, not a defect. They regard George Osborne’s agenda as a blank slate on to which they can write all sorts of policies: a mansion tax, capital gains tax, even a
A military flavour this week, as Patrick Mercer, the Conservative MP for Newark, tells us what’s on his shelves — and on his mind. It should come as no surprise that a former colonel in the Worcester and Sherwood Foresters would rescue the regimental history from the burning British Library. He is also a historical
Here is a selection of articles and discussions from this week on Spectator.co.uk… Most read: Fraser Nelson praising Theresa May for her police revolution. Most discussed: Melanie McDonagh on the case against gay marriage. And the best of the rest… Fraser Nelson thinks Ed Miliband doesn’t get globalisation and David Cameron should listen to Mitt Romney. James
The 2013 Matt Ridley Prize is now open. Click here for more details. We’ve already had some entries for the £8,500 Matt Ridley Prize for Environmental Heresy, and an inquiry as to whether it’s open to non-British residents. Misunderstanding of science and environment is, alas, a global phenomenon and CoffeeHousers hail from all over the world.
…here are some posts made on Spectator.co.uk over the weekend: Fraser Nelson says Theresa May is showing Andrew Lansley how reforming public services should be done and explains Alex Salmond is following the Brownite economic path. James Forsyth says Steve Hilton’s return depends on Cameron’s radicalism and examines the Prime Minister’s pitch to women voters. Peter Hoskin
