JD Vance appeals to trad America
I’m meant to maintain some air of objectivity at Trump’s selection of JD Vance for vice president, but I can’t…
Would I die for Britain? No thanks
The West’s military posture has moved from ‘thick’ to ‘suicidal’. The recent speech of General Sir Patrick Sanders, the head…
A bad primary makes for a worse general election
The US primaries are over. Trump whacked Nikki Haley in New Hampshire; if she could win anywhere it was there,…
The Pope’s pursuit of relevance is embarrassingly outdated
The Pope is old and unwell. In whatever time he has left, he surveys his years as pontiff and counts…
What have the Conservatives done for us?
Assuming this is the Conservative party’s last conference in power, I decided to investigate what kind of country they leave…
The Union has no substance
It’s always useful to be told what we’re allowed to think. The news from the Kate Forbes leadership campaign is…
The Conservatives know they are beat
The mood at the Tory conference is grim to funereal, and for good reason. They know they’re beat. There’s a…
State-building is a Tory tradition. It’s time to rediscover it
It’s time for some old-fashioned Tory state-building
Brexit has killed Thatcherism. And about time, too
Boris is returning conservatism to its roots
How Labour wins
Labour can win the next election. The winds that blew apart their electoral coalition in 2019 can change in their…
Joe Biden and the grand battle of ideas
Well, Donald Trump doesn’t seem so bad now, does he? I don’t say that because Joe Biden has turned out…
Pope Francis is losing his culture war
Since I wroteabout the Pope’s declaration of war on the Old Rite, something unexpected and beautiful has happened. Many bishops…
The Pope's merciless war against the Old Rite
I am going to have to boil this down as crudely as I can, because it’s a complex subject with a…
What Walter Mondale meant
Walter Mondale, who has died aged 93, is destined to be a trivia question: ‘which die-hard liberal did Reagan beat…
Trump didn’t break America. Biden won’t fix America
One era ends; another begins. As J-Lo sang her patriotic wine-bar set at Joe Biden’s inaugural in Washington DC, the…
Whatever America is searching for, Trump isn’t providing it
Donald J. Trump has sparked some soul- searching among US historians: has this happened before? Does it mean America has…
What America needs is another Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt isn’t as popular as he once was. When Barack Obama won the 2008 election, he let it…
The Republicans are ready to win – once they’ve dumped Donald Trump
Once the Republicans end their embarrassing summer romance, they’re surprisingly well placed to beat Hillary Clinton
From King Arthur to Lord Toby Jug: in praise of the eccentric independent
In praise of eccentric election candidates
Only capitalism can save Nigeria
Is West Africa's powerhouse headed for a boom - or a coup?
Return of the fairy-hunters
An eccentric English tradition has attracted fresh academic attention
Rand Paul is like Nigel Farage – except he might win
Rand Paul combines a dull, reassuring manner with a Ukip-like insurgent appeal. It could take him to the presidency
Brighton has become an object lesson in why it is a disaster to vote Green
Brighton council’s disastrous experiments should serve as a warning to the whole country against voting Green
