CONTENT
i Leading articles
Climate furphies Lunch with Toby Young iv A moveable centre
The culture wars James Allan v There’s a faction too much friction
Can Josh come back? Kevin Andrews vi I’ve been travelling in the car
Excuses, excuses Judith Sloan vii Safety, justice & retribution
The morality of the war against Hamas Declan Mansfield viii The ICC ’s legitimacy deficit
Globalist order floundering Ramesh Thakur ix The trouble with human rights
A change in the weather David Campbell x A triumph of hope over experience
UN ceases to serve the interests of the West Maurice Newman xi EU climate knaves and follies
No lessons for Chris Bowen Rebecca Weisser xii Books
Bebop, swing and all that jazz David Cune
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THE WEEK
3 Leading article 4 Portrait of the Week 5 Diary Packing your bags in No. 10 George Osborne 6 Politics
Labour’s Scottish resurgence Katy Balls 7 The Spectator’s Notes
Rescind the shameful UK/US extradition treaty Charles Moore 11 Rod Liddle Why are we turning left while Europe goes right? 12 Ancient and Modern Revenge 15 Douglas Murray The trouble with calling everyone ‘far right’ 19 Mary Wakefield
Infantilising history 22 Barometer Manifestos,
European elections, veterans’ jobs and cold summers 23 Any other business The City should not kowtow to Shein Martin Vander Weyer
The joy of six, p28
8 Macron’s gamble
France’s snap election may not produce the desired result Jonathan Miller 9 John Greening
‘Stone’: a poem 10 Summer Notebook
My great-uncle Conolly and a stolen camera in Deauville Alexander Armstrong 12 Local hero
The return of Keith Vaz Natasha Feroze 14 The sociology trap
Stay clear of this A-level Robert Adès 16 Subtle siege
China’s Taiwan takeover Rana Mitter 18 History lessened
Who decides how we see the past? Nigel Biggar 20 The new eugenics
Picking a perfect child Louise Perry 21 Rebecca Watts
‘Multiverse Valentine’: a poem
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