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[audioplayer src=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/spectator/TheViewFrom22_8_May_2014_v4.mp3″ title=”James Forsyth and Isabel Hardman look forward to the general election next year” startat=766] Listen [/audioplayer]In almost a decade as Conservative leader, David Cameron has tended to avoid talking about his political philosophy. He has presented himself as a pragmatist, suspicious of anything ending in ‘-ism’ — and the very opposite of a
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‘Looks as if the housing market is overheating.’
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‘I’m getting very worried about our property bubble.’
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‘Raping and pillaging? No, apparently they’re here to offer an affordable childcare service.’
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‘I know you’re my husband but this is the only way I can get you to give me a bit of attention.’
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‘You’re always in here creating a problem. Just get out.’
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‘Ah, you’ve noticed the subsidence.’
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‘Cristal champagne or crystal meth, ma’am?’
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‘Mum, Dad, I’m a cat.’
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‘Don’t look so surprised… everything in the world is controlled through hedge funds these days.’
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‘He helps us to work.’
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Burchill’s flimsy faith Sir: It is funny that it now falls to the Julie Burchills of this world, the old rebels of the cultural left, to speak up for Christianity in Britain (‘For God’s Sake’, 26 April). Good for her, I say, especially since she identifies Protestantism as the greatest force for liberty in this
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Animal spirit A labrador blown up with her handler while sniffing for bombs in Afghanistan in 2008 became the 64th animal to be awarded the PDSA’s Dickin medal for ‘gallantry’ during wartime work. — Among the total are 29 dogs, yet they are outnumbered by the 32 pigeons who have won the medal, such as