Felicity Spector

  • 13 Mar 2012

    Now listen up, y’all. Mitt Romney thought tonight’s primaries in the Deep South would be an ‘away game’. But with his rivals splitting the conservative vote – could it deliver him an unexpected win?

  • 12 Mar 2012

    They will be crucial in November’s election: and they’re not impressed by the Republicans. Now President Obama is reaching out to women voters – with a co-ordinated campaign.

  • 7 Mar 2012

    Mitt Romney won five out of the ten state contests on Super Tuesday – but not the knockout he needed. The bitter fight for the presidential nomination could now drag on for months.

  • 6 Mar 2012

    It is the closest thing America has to a national primary: 10 states, 437 delegates up for grabs. But with the Republicans still so divided, it is unlikely to give anyone a knockout win.

  • 5 Mar 2012

    Israeli Prime Minister Binjamin Netanyahu meets Barack Obama at the White House, amid more warnings over Iran’s nuclear programme. But how united are Israelis over the prospect of war?

  • 4 Mar 2012

    Right-wing talk show host Rush Limbaugh does not often say sorry, writes Felicity Spector. But he has apologised to the law student he branded a slut and a prostitute, over her views on birth control.

  • 3 Mar 2012

    President Obama has backed the law student called a “slut” and a “prostitute” by right-wing talk show host Rush Limbaugh, after she testified about birth control on Capitol Hill.

  • 29 Feb 2012

    Mitt Romney – the comeback kid? That’s what he’s calling himself, after snatching crucial victories in Michigan and Arizona’s Republican primaries, over his chief rival Rick Santorum.

  • 24 Feb 2012

    As the London 2012 shop goes online today, design guru Stephen Bayley calls it a “cynical venture in retail slumming.” Is it really as bad as all that?

  • 23 Feb 2012

    Not many people get to follow their dream – let alone turn it into a business, and combine that with a family. Felicity Spector met three women who have done just that – and it all started with food.

  • 23 Feb 2012

    Union leaders are threatening industrial action, after local authorities said 1.6 million council workers are to be hit by a pay freeze for the third year in a row.

  • 17 Feb 2012

    Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has been forced to distance himself from a key backer who suggested women should use aspirin as a means of birth control.

  • 15 Feb 2012

    Nicolas Sarkozy launches his bid for a second term on Wednesday night, but polls suggest he’s the most unpopular incumbent president in French history, and is trailing far behind his socialist rival.

  • 14 Feb 2012

    US President Barack Obama’s $3.8tr budget calls for “shared responsibilities” – but Republicans say he has broken his promise to slash the deficit.

  • 8 Feb 2012

    No-one saw THIS coming: Rick Santorum swept to a triple victory in last night’s Republican presidential contests – in an embarassing setback for Mitt Romney.