Narcissism
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The Spectator
Thursday
Reward
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‘The reward used to be food. Now it’s Facebook access for ten minutes.’
Babe
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Dogma
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‘How much is that dogma in the window?’
Divorce 6
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‘How long before the prince divorces the princess?’
Meal
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A fun-sized meal for youngsters
Alice 6
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Sunni
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Junk
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‘Apparently it’s a standard investment portfolio for someone like me with little City experience.’
Passport 2
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Barbie
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Spectator letters: VAT and sugar, Boris Johnson and cricket, whisky and bagpipes
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Sugar added tax Sir: Julia Pickles (Letters, 14 June) suggests a sugar tax to combat the obesity epidemic and discourage food manufacturers from adding sugar to everything from bread to baked beans. A more realistic alternative might be to simply adjust the VAT rules: currently, VAT is levied on essentials such as loo paper, toothpaste
Greenpeace’s jetsetter isn’t the only environmentalist who loves to fly
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Green wings It was revealed that Pascal Husting, Greenpeace’s international programme director, commutes 250 miles by air from his home in Luxembourg to his office in Amsterdam several times a month. Some other eco-warriors who are keen on air travel: — Al Gore has run up 1 million air miles, the equivalent of more than
Portrait of the week | 26 June 2014
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Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, fought a last-ditch battle against the appointment of Jean-Claude Juncker as president of the European Union. Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, declared that to be ‘isolated’ could be the ‘right thing’. Attention was diverted by an opinion of Mr Cameron’s negotiating skills in Europe, given in a private conversation,
Phone hacking – the silence of the censors
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We have not heard much from Hugh Grant this week. Nor from Max Mosley, Steve Coogan or any of the other bizarre array of celebrities and moguls who wanted to use the phone-acking scandal as an excuse to end British press freedom. For some time, they argued that the press had become a law unto
Books and arts – 26 June 2014
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Wednesday
Convict the guilty. Keep the press free
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We have not heard much from Hugh Grant this week. Nor from Max Mosley, Steve Coogan or any of the other bizarre array of celebrities and moguls who wanted to use the phonehacking scandal as an excuse to end British press freedom. For some time, they argued that the press had become a law unto
Thursday
Wimbledon
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Drone 5
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‘It’s a drone strike.’
Anger 3
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‘Come!’