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Biden vs Trump is a contest in which we all lose
Overnight President Biden announced that he intends to run again for the White House in 2024 and beat Donald Trump…
The remarkable transformation of Keir Starmer
Amid all the frenetic changes of leadership in the Conservative party, something important has been overlooked about the Labour party:…
What I learned making calls for Democrats and Republicans
I’m a registered Republican in Florida yet the only email offer I received to be a campaign volunteer this season…
Pro-lifers were the midterms’ biggest losers
When the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in favor of the overturning…
At Mar-a-Lago as the red wave died out
It was a dark and stormy election night at Mar-a-Lago, former president Donald Trump’s Florida home and private club, which…
Time to cancel Trump’s Political Apprentice
Donald Trump did not emerge from the wonkish world of conservative politics and policy. He was a product of the…
Russia will be sweating over its withdrawal from Kherson
Almost everyone has known that the city of Kherson, stranded on the right bank of the Dnipro River, was all…
Why Russia pulled out of Kherson
In one of the biggest developments of the Ukraine war, Russia’s Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has just announced the evacuation…
Who will be next week’s ministerial exit?
For the past fortnight, it was Suella Braverman. Now it’s Sir Gavin Williamson. The media aims to destroy two careers…
How did I get the midterms so wrong?
How wrong can you be? About as wrong as I was about the character of the midterm elections. I thought…
What the Gavin Williamson saga says about British politics
I wonder if the fall of Gavin Williamson is the latest evidence that British political parties are becoming harder to…
Why didn’t Democrats pay a price for their extremism?
The modern political pundit is a voice in the wilderness, a self-styled beacon of truth against a pampered and bought-off…
The US midterm results are a wake-up call for the Republicans
There was no ‘red wave’ in America last night. This became obvious fairly early on, when congressional seats the Republicans…
Gavin Williamson is still causing problems for Rishi Sunak
Today’s Prime Minister’s Questions showed it is possible for someone who has resigned for being a distraction to continue being…
Donald Trump is an albatross around the Republican neck
Donald Trump spent the days immediately before the midterms teasing and threatening his biggest Republican rival, Florida governor Ron DeSantis.…
Another blue day for red New Yorkers
Lee Zeldin’s fairytale run for governor of New York fell short on Tuesday as he lost by roughly five points…
Is Netflix’s The Crown fact or fiction?
The latest series of The Crown has arrived on Netflix. To its predictable advantage, the show has already had the…
Why the red wave never crested
The 2022 midterm election was supposed to be a red wave. Instead, it turned out to be a night of…
Midterms: No red wave, America is still very divided
Is it a red wave? A ripple? Or a trickle? Nobody quite knows. However, what looks certain is that the…
Trump calls for McConnell’s ouster on eve of election
Former president Donald Trump called for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to be replaced by Senator Rick Scott during a…
Williamson out after bullying allegations
In the past few minutes Gavin Williamson has quit the government after another formal complaint was made about his conduct.…
Sunak escapes blame over Williamson allegations… so far
Pressure is mounting on Rishi Sunak and Gavin Williamson. The official who alleged that Williamson bullied them when defence secretary…
WaPo calls out Biden’s lies with ‘Bottomless Pinnochio’ award
Cockburn’s monocle popped out of his head and plopped into his oatmeal yesterday morning as he perused the Washington Post.…
Macron won’t fix the migrant crisis
Rishi Sunak and Emmanuel Macron met on the fringes of Cop27 in Egypt on Monday and the Prime Minister emerged…
Britain would be wrong to pay climate change reparations
Is it right that Britain should pay £1.5 billion for developing countries to adapt to floods, cyclones and rising sea…
