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The end game
January 6, 2021 is a day that will live in infamy. On that day, our Capitol was assaulted by a…
The honorable Mike Pence
Who would want to have been in Vice President Mike Pence’s shoes on Wednesday? In recent weeks, the more manic…
Beijing revels in Washington’s chaos
The events on Capitol Hill were always going to be met with schadenfreude — perhaps even glee — among autocracies in…
Covid sparks a major incident in London
Is the NHS at risk of being overwhelmed? That’s a question of increasing concern in Westminster as hospital admissions rise. Sadiq Khan…
Beijing revels in Washington’s chaos
The events on Capitol Hill were always going to be met with schadenfreude — perhaps even glee — amongst autocracies…
Richard Sharp will not lead a BBC revolution
If you wanted to start a revolution would you choose an Oxford educated multi-millionaire banker to lead it? Not the…
The healthcare backlog will be Boris Johnson’s next challenge
Boris Johnson’s coronavirus press briefing this evening was largely an upbeat discussion of how the vaccination programme is being rolled…
The carnival in the Capitol
Generally, events that we think are significant will be passed over by historians — much in the same manner as…
Macron’s vaccine ‘citizen panel’ is doomed to fail
France has a problem when it comes to the coronavirus vaccine. Emmanuel Macron’s administration has so far only given out…
How Farage plans to shake up British politics
Right-wing protest politics has just catastrophically over-reached in America, but it is suddenly back in business in Britain. Its dominant…
We are living in a NeverTrump fantasy universe
Last July, Cockburn had this to say: ‘Commentators daydream of the moment Trump is dragged out, like Saddam Hussein from…
Only Trump is to blame for the Capitol chaos
On a recent visit to Central Europe I heard a joke that was going around in those parts, as well…
Remove Donald Trump now
Enough is enough. There really is no other way to contextualize perhaps the darkest day for America since airplanes hit…
This is not what a constitutional republic looks like
When a violent mob broke into the Capitol building, they did more than breach the barriers of House and Senate…
Trump is the gravedigger of the GOP
Congratulations, President Trump! It took a while but you’ve finally achieved the American carnage that you purported to descry in…
This scene shows how a democracy ends
This is the house that Trump trashed. The President claimed that the election had been stolen. He pressed elected officials…
The pro-Trump mob are trashing the Republic
Watching television news, captivated by the images of pro-Trump rioters, looters, and frankly losers storm the Capitol building in service…
What’s happened to Trumpism?
Is this the death of mainstream Trumpism? Trump supporters left a peaceful rally near the White House on Wednesday afternoon…
America turns left
In the days following the presidential election in November, political centrists reached a hasty verdict. Never mind all the squabbling…
50-50: Democrats to win both Georgia Senate seats
Democrats Revd Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff are set to win the Georgia Senate runoffs, several pollsters are projecting. With…
Trump has given the Democrats a chance in Georgia
Senate runoffs are being held today in Georgia, due to a peculiar state law which says that if no candidate…
Brexit causes food shortages – in France
Since leaving the EU on 31 December, Britain seems to have somehow avoided the apocalyptic scenarios outlined by those most…
A little fraud goes a long way
Two things seem to be agreed upon by most reasonable people debating the November 3 election. First, there was election…
Boris Johnson isn't the only one to blame for Britain's Covid crisis
Britain has suffered one of the world’s highest Covid death tolls and worst Covid recessions. It has managed this abysmal feat…
Why America will have four more years of President Trump
President Trump won the 2020 election. In making such a statement, I know that people will say that I am…
