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Home The Somerset Levels continued to wallow in floods. The Environment Agency was widely blamed for not having dredged channels, and for putting the welfare of water voles before flood prevention. Its chairman, Lord Smith of Finsbury, said there were ‘tricky issues of policy and priority: town or country, front rooms or farmland?’ The Prince
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This morning Michael Gove gave a speech at the London Academy of Excellence on improving ‘bog standard’ state schools. Here’s what he said:- listen to ‘Michael Gove’s speech on improving ‘bog standard’ schools’ on Audioboo
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‘They’ll only eat food the government wants to ban.’
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‘Ugh! Have you seen the number of cats on the internet?’
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‘Oh great — now nobody’s going to believe this happened.’
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‘Opposites attract.’
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‘It’s a general rule of thumb for this part of London — if you can’t read the “for sale” sign you can’t afford the house.’
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‘You’ve been smoking, haven’t you? Your clothes reek of fresh air.’
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Saatchi vs Taki duel
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‘I want you to be open and honest and to not leave any hairs on the couch.’
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‘Some viewers may find the following scenes disturbing…’
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‘Shall I be Mother Superior?’
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[audioplayer src=’http://traffic.libsyn.com/spectator/TheViewFrom22_30_January_2014_v4.mp3′ title=’Douglas Carswell MP explain why he now agrees with this article’ startat=518] Listen [/audioplayer]Things could scarcely be going better for the Conservatives. Every week seems to bring more news of the recovery. High street tills are ringing, employment is at an all-time high and Britain’s economy is growing faster than that of any
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The battle over aid Sir: Why Nations Fail, the book rightly lauded in The Spectator (‘Why aid fails’, 25 January), is one of the inspirations for many of the changes this government has made in international development policy. Those changes can best be described as driving value for money through the system, tackling conflict and