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Joe Biden’s Grandpa Smurf routine won’t beat Trump
Joe Biden possesses the elixir of ordinariness, despite the appearance of having picked his hair and teeth out of a…
Is Britain really heading for a Brexit recession?
The sense of excitement among some Remainers is almost palpable. Finally – after three years of waiting – a quarter…
Rosanna Arquette and the problem with white privilege
American actress Rosanna Arquette has declared her undying shame to the world on social media. It had nothing to do…
Biden’s ‘white supremacist’ answer shows why he’s leading
‘Why are you so hooked on that?’ Joe Biden asked a reporter in Iowa Thursday. She’d asked him to label…
Donald Trump isn’t to blame for this spate of mass shootings
The flagship news and current affairs program of the BBC wasn’t in any doubt about who to blame for America’s…
Trump heals the nation…by attacking Beto for his ‘phony name’
The Democratic party, mired in infighting only a week ago, has reunited over racial division. New Jersey senator Cory Booker…
Could Boris Johnson have to resign if he loses a confidence vote?
The argument about whether Boris Johnson would have to resign if he lost a confidence vote is continuing to rage…
It would be foolish to take Boris’s Brexit promises at face value
As the by-election result came through from Wales last week, one Tory Leaver tweeted this: “Brecon and Radnor is a timely…
Will John McDonnell lock Tories up if Labour wins the next election?
Smiley, fluent and softly spoken, John McDonnell sometimes comes across as a bit cuddly. Yesterday Labour’s shadow chancellor was interviewed…
Why a no-deal Brexit is now overwhelmingly likely
I am regularly asked whether MPs can block a no-deal Brexit, whether they will block a no-deal Brexit and whether…
Rise of the comrade babies
If you elected to build a library dedicated to the subject of Human Folly, the place would end up as…
Donald Trump is the best prime minister Britain never had
Britain has never had a better friend in the White House than Donald Trump. FDR may have bailed out Britain…
Liberalism cannot stop the shootings
What makes a young man pick up a gun, head to a crowded place, and shoot as many people as…
McDonald’s straws and the policies of moral panic
McDonald’s has bowed to public pressure and replaced plastic straws that you can recycle, with paper straws that you can’t…
Could Boris Johnson be the last Prime Minister of the UK?
Now it gets messy. Lord Ashcroft’s poll putting support for Scottish independence at 52-48 (the cursed percentages) is the first…
James Cleverly – We are not ‘going to initiate’ a general election
Niall Paterson stood in for Sophy Ridge this morning, interviewing the Conservative party chairman James Cleverly. Paterson asked Cleverly whether…
The ambiguity of the woke businessman
The woke businessman, like the woke prince and princess, is an ambiguous figure. Being woke, after all, involves a contempt…
Presidency Inc.
Eric Swalwell, we hardly knew ye. And we might add that what we did know did not leave us pining…
What’s changed with Boris Johnson in Downing Street
10 days in to Boris Johnson’s premiership and the big change is, as I say in The Sun this morning,…
Corbynistas in a spin over Lib Dem by-election win
As the Liberal Democrats celebrate their win in the Brecon and Radnorshire by-election, other parties are licking their wounds. The…
A life apart: an interview with Frank Field
Frank Field has announced today that he is forming the ‘Birkenhead Social Justice Party’ to stand at the next election.…
The Brecon by-election result raises difficult questions for the Tories
As expected, the Liberal Democrats have won the Brecon and Radnorshire by-election – thereby reducing Boris Johnson’s majority to one. The…
European Research Group divisions over Boris Johnson’s Brexit tactics
With Boris Johnson currently refusing to meet with any EU leaders for Brexit talks unless they agree to abolish the…
Google’s eco-warriors forget to check their privilege
It’s well known that all good Silicon Valley billionaires these days have one issue that is firmly at the top…
No type of Brexit is worse than no Brexit at all
It’s a strange beast, the internet. On Monday night, I was slightly reluctantly dragged onto Newsnight to discuss Brexit. Attentive…
