The wrong Miliband, p12

The people in charge of the Republican party, p22

Portrait of the artist as a housewife superstar, p38

THE WEEK

5 Leading article 9 Portrait of the Week 11 Diary Nick Clegg 12 Politics Fraser Nelson 13 The Spectator’s Notes 16 Mind your language 18 Rod Liddle 20 Barometer 24 HugoRifkind 26 James Delingpole 28 Letters 31 Any other business Martin VanderWeyer

14 Cameron’s newmodelarmy Winning over the voters who could win it for the Tories James Forsyth 16 Find yourself in Thurso Self-realisation begins at home

— if you have any sense Melanie McDonagh 20 Back off, baby-kissers We know far too much about politicians’ dogs and children Tanya Gold 22 AnAmerican revolution Whatever happens to Congress, the

Tea Party has remade Republicanism W. James Antle III 25 The great and the good Baroness Warnock is a liberal, but she is also unfashionably rigorous Sholto Byrnes 30 Weneedyourvote The starting gun is fired for

Parliamentarian of the Year Peter Hoskin

BOOKS & ARTS

Books 34 Ferdinand Mount State of Emergency,

by Dominic Sandbrook 36 Robert Stewart Image Wars,

by Kevin Sharpe 37 Alan Judd Heartstone,

by C. J. Sansom Simon Curtis ‘Mechanical Nightclub Bronco’:

a poem 38 Paul Routledge Decline & Fall,

by Chris Mullin Patrick Skene Catling Handling Edna,

by Barry Humphries 40 Ian Thomson Chasing the Devil,

by Tim Butcher 41 Peter Hoskin Walking to Hollywood,

byWill Self Melissa Kite Bookends

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