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Labour minister refuses to deny Trump has ‘Nazi sympathies’
The US election has been and gone and Donald Trump emerged victorious, with the former president set to re-enter the…
Germany’s traffic-light coalition was doomed from the start
Germany’s ruling traffic-light coalition – which has looked shaky since it was formed three years ago – has finally collapsed.…
What Marine Le Pen can learn from Donald Trump
The reaction of Marine Le Pen and her party to the stunning triumph of Donald Trump was curiously flat. Emmanuel Macron…
I voted for Kamala Harris – but I’m not surprised she lost
In the end, I voted for Kamala Harris, but I always knew she was destined to lose. After all, if…
What does Trump’s win mean for America’s allies – and its enemies?
When Donald Trump won his first-ever election in 2016, the world woke up the next morning in a collective state…
What comes after Trump’s decisive victory?
The candidate who said Americans should be “unburdened by what has been” is now a has-been. The irony will be…
Kamala Harris finally concedes defeat
US Vice President Kamala Harris finally took the stage at her alma mater, Washington, DC’s Howard University – a day…
Kamala concedes at Howard
Washington, DC Vice President Kamala Harris finally took the stage at her alma mater, Washington, DC’s Howard University — a…
Ukrainians brace for Trump’s return
‘Donald Trump is like the light at the end of the tunnel’, an American told me last night at the…
Olaf Scholz calls time on Germany’s traffic light coalition
Just as Germany, along with the rest of Europe, begins to process what Donald Trump’s return to the White House…
The winners and losers of the 2024 election
Every election has winners and losers that extend beyond the politicians themselves, but in this particularly unique situation, the sheer…
The three reasons Trump won
Bishop Butler once observed that probability is “the very guide of life.” This is true. It follows that possibility is cheap,…
Kemi’s childish PMQs debut left a lot to be desired
Slightly childish and she didn’t win. That’s how Kemi Badenoch fared during her first bust-up with Sir Keir Starmer at…
Full list: the Cabinet members who blasted Trump
Donald Trump has won the US election, and will become the 47th president of the United States. But while the…
Badenoch puts the punch back in PMQs
It was a strong start for Kemi Badenoch in her debut performance at Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs). After the obligatory…
SNP members slam Swinney’s support of Kamala
It’s not been First Minister John Swinney’s year. Not only did his Westminster group fail fantastically at the July poll…
Why is Putin not congratulating Donald Trump?
It’s long been assumed that Donald Trump is Russian president Vladimir Putin’s preferred opposite number in Washington. So it might…
How Donald did it: the road to the White House in charts and graphs
Donald Trump has become the first president since Grover Cleveland to be elected to non-consecutive terms in the White House.…
Donald Trump’s win marks the beginning of the end of the Ukraine war
Donald Trump’s election victory heralds the beginning of the end of the Ukraine war – and is likely to leave…
Three challenges Trump poses for Starmer
It’s happened. The scenario Labour politicians hoped would not come to pass is now a reality: Donald Trump is heading…
Farewell, Quincy Jones – I’ll always remember you
There are many reasons to remember Quincy Jones, who has died aged 91 in Los Angeles. Let me deal with…
Will Trump listen to Starmer?
Here is a sign of how weak Keir Starmer’s relationship is with the new leader of the free world. Nigel…
Nato should be worried about Donald Trump
When it comes to Donald Trump’s relationship with Nato, there are two principal schools of thought. The first, articulated by…
My friends who vote Trump
On 13 October 2024, I jaunted 20 minutes south down Interstate-5 to the Cosumnes Nature Preserve, whose toy swamp I…
Donald Trump is Ursula von der Leyen’s worst nightmare
The first European leader to tweet their response to Donald Trump’s victory was Emmanuel Macron of France, pipping Giorgia Meloni…
