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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…
Cop27: Sunak’s first overseas trip as PM
Rishi Sunak is back from his first overseas trip as Prime Minister. Despite Downing Street having initially said he wouldn’t…
Raising inheritance tax is fair and right
Here’s a thought experiment about tax and fairness. Imagine two people, Janet and John. They’re both 30 years old. Janet…
Boris’s babes to join the Lords
They were the dynamic, priapic premiers who guided their country through a pandemic – and the comparisons between Boris Johnson…
Eco-loonyism is an upper-middle-class rite of passage
Greta Thunberg, the Shirley Temple of the apocalypse, let the cat out of the bag last week. She told the audience at her book launch that…
Rishi Sunak should consider levelling down HS2
If you’re after a lesson in how to lose friends and alienate people, look no further than the government’s cack-handed…
The Biden elephant in the room
Let us face an unpleasant fact that many seem curiously reluctant to report or discuss. President Joe Biden appears to…
Blake Masters grows up
In the clusters of billboards at intersections in Phoenix, positioned to grab the attention of drivers waiting for the lights…
How Stacey Abrams blew it
Atlanta, Georgia “Ms. Abrams, public opinion polls in our state show support for the right to abortion, Medicaid expansion and…
Scoop: FBI warns local parties of election interference from foreign actor
Shortly before Tuesday’s midterm elections, the FBI warned multiple US state political parties of possible foreign election interference, sources tell…
Braverman chooses Jenrick to be her shield
Suella Braverman didn’t come to the Commons to answer the Urgent Question that her Conservative colleague Sir Roger Gale had…
Why Trump jumping in early would be a mistake
Donald Trump is expected to announce that he is running for president again next week on November 14, according to…
Matt Hancock’s taxpayer-serviced Aga
For the first time since Covid, it’s the question all of Westminster is asking: where is Matt Hancock? Within the…
