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Who likes Mike?
This article is in The Spectator’s December 2019 US edition. Subscribe here. It’s springtime for billionaires. Former New York mayor and media…
What I miss about general elections
One thing I miss about taking part in a general election is the travel. Really. I loved it. In 2015,…
Tory manifesto will shift the party to a more blue collar conservatism
What happened last time means that the Tories are extremely nervous about their manifesto launch tomorrow. As I say in…
Chaos and capital controls: the first 100 days of PM Corbyn
The morning of 13 December. A series of salacious revelations about his private life have sunk Boris Johnson’s campaign. A…
The Ukraine blame game
This article is in The Spectator’s December 2019 US edition. Subscribe here. The unfolding deep-state effort to remove Donald Trump from office…
Women are the losers in Labour’s trans equality fight
I was pleasantly surprised when I read Labour’s manifesto. Not only did the party promise to end ‘mixed-sex wards’ in…
Jeremy Corbyn is a pale imitation of Clement Attlee
To excited cheers, Angela Rayner last week promised Labour supporters that a Jeremy Corbyn-led government ‘would knock the socks off’…
Jeremy Corbyn’s credibility problem
Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour party manifesto has made the front of all the papers today. The response is mixed. While the…
France shouldn’t fall for the Isis ‘matchmaker’s’ self pity
Tooba Gondal, the so-called Isis “matchmaker” who acted as a megaphone and recruiter for the terror group, is reportedly on…
Corbyn has all but declared class war with this manifesto
I am not sure if it is class war exactly but something very like it is back. Perhaps it is…
Prince Charles is now pulling the strings of the monarchy
Prince Andrew’s humiliation is complete. For now. Who knows what lies around the corner? Despite Palace protestations to the contrary…
Trump’s impeachment is now a certainty
If there was one person who could directly tie president Donald Trump to the alleged quid pro-quo with the Ukrainians,…
Prince Andrew’s fatal error
Well, they’ve got their scalp. Prince Andrew is retiring from public life. But before he did, he said in his…
The Democrats’ open mic night in Atlanta
Fear not everyone — there are only seven Democratic debates left this cycle. As if the prospect of a fifth…
The Founding Fathers’ focus group on impeachment, 1787
We recently learned that House Democrats are concentrating their impeachment drive on ‘bribery’ because focus groups liked it better than…
Adam Schiff, ‘Lt. Col.’ Vindman and the impeachment ratings flop
‘No.’ ‘No.’ ‘No.’ ‘No.’ That pretty much sums up yesterday’s testimony. ‘Did you receive any indication whatsoever, or anything that…
Why trust is an election issue for Boris Johnson
What is the main take away from ITV’s leaders’ debate? Listen to the news bulletins and it appears to be…
Why the Tories will be happier than Labour with tonight’s debate
Tonight’s leaders debate was a scrappy affair. The format meant that neither leader was able to get going properly and…
Are Boris and Corbyn both playing us all for fools?
A question I don’t expect my colleague Julie Etchingham to put to the two party leaders in ITV’s debate is…
John McDonnell wasn’t joking when he vowed to overthrow capitalism
John McDonnell this morning invited Phones4U entrepreneur John Caudwell around for a cup of tea. If I were Caudwell I…
Donald Trump 💓 impeachment
Democrats like to make out that Donald Trump is terrified of the impeachment juggernaut they are driving at his head.…
The wages of Trump fixation
Max Boot recently wrote that my arguments against the impeachment inquiry are prima facie proof of why the Democrats should, in fact, impeach…
Republicans can’t make up their minds on how to save Trump from impeachment
It didn’t take long after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s announcement of an impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump for the…
Jeremy Corbyn’s opportunity to unite the Remain vote
As the election campaign enters its third week, the Conservatives are enjoying a 17-point lead, according to a YouGov poll.…
Sunday shows round-up: Jeremy Corbyn- There will be a great deal of movement
Jeremy Corbyn – ‘I want a close relationship’ with the EU The Labour leader was Andrew Marr’s chief guest of…
