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PORTRAIT OF THE WEEK
The SpectatorM r John Major, the Prime Minister, spent some days trying to redefine his poli- cy of 'back to basics' after the press publi- cised embarrassing behaviour by MPs. Mr Tim Yeo,...
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The Spectator1706; Telex 27124; Fax 071-242 0603 RUSSIAN ROULETTE Mr Zhirinovsky is a peculiar character: he is a professional clown, and may well discredit himself before long. But the...
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POLITICS
The SpectatorHere's another fine mess he's got himself into SIMON IIEFFER W e have not had a moral government in Britain since Oliver Cromwell, a former Member for Huntingdon, ran a...
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DIARY KEITH WATERHOUSE
The SpectatorI n Buffalo for the US premiere of That Play ('Uproariously, despairingly funny . . . a tour de force' — Buffalo News), I had my first experience of serious American snow. Like...
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ANOTHER VOICE
The SpectatorSeeing the future in black and white CHARLES MOORE T he press is often attacked for refusing to tell the good news. It is less noticed when it refuses to tell the bad. So I...
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THE LETTER AND THE SPIRIT
The SpectatorChris Patten, Governor of Hong Kong, explains why his hard attitude to China is in the colony's best interests Hong Kong A FEW MONTHS ago, one of Hong Kong's pro-China...
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MR HURD'S SHORT MEMORY
The SpectatorRadek Sikorski warns that by appeasing Russia now, the West forgets the lessons of the 1930s Dwor Chobielin, Poland CHURCHILL was not the only European politician who warned...
