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The next Tory leader will have even less flexibility than May on Brexit
In Choosing A Leader, what remains one of the best books published on British leadership contests (although I appreciate this…
Why this year’s al-Quds Day march could be different
This weekend might provide an interesting spectacle. On Sunday the annual al-Quds Day march sets off in London from outside…
Why the First Wives’ Club should cut Boris a bit of slack
Well, very obliging of Donald Trump to back Boris Johnson – ‘a very good guy…he’d be excellent…I like him very…
The Inevitability of Impeachment
It looks more and more like a foregone conclusion that impeachment proceedings will be initiated against Donald Trump in the…
Trump: American Shogun
Japan has a new emperor, and so do we. Donald Trump isn’t merely president. He wants to be America’s shogun.…
The cosmic magnetism of Trump and Brexit
Polite British eurosceptics still insist that Brexit isn’t Trump and Trump isn’t Brexit — as if that meant anything at…
The Boris Brexit court case isn’t as bad for his leadership bid as some hope
Will Boris Johnson being told to answer to allegations of misconduct in a public office derail his leadership campaign? The…
Operation Stop Boris is backfiring. Again
As the race to replace Theresa May heats up, Operation Stop Boris is now in full swing. Boris Johnson remains…
Why Joe Biden can’t win
Like the poor according to Jesus of Nazareth, Joe Biden we will always have with us, or so it seems.…
The 2020 Democrats you’re likely to see at the debates
Televised debates are one of the great mysteries of electoral politics. One major gaffe can sink a candidate, they say.…
The Wolff is at the door
The Wolff is once more at the door. The Guardian reports that Michael Wolff, the author of Fire and Fury,…
2020: Will Gen Z elect a Boomer president?
Not a week goes by without my Generation Z students asking, ‘Does America have an age problem?’ It does, but…
How Rory Stewart can save the Tories
What does Rory Stewart’s time at the helm as prisons minister tell us about his fitness to lead the Conservative party…
Corbynistas turn on one another over EU election meltdown
There’s a lot of soul-searching in the Labour party after Sunday’s abysmal results in the European elections. On Monday, Corbynista…
Both main parties are now in crisis
These results are dire for both main parties. The Tories are fifth and Labour third. But some of the sting…
Brexit party leads – as Labour and Tories punished by voters
The EU election results have started to trickle in and so far it’s bad news for both of the main…
The big Tory leadership question: what happens on All Saints Day?
If the EU is unable to make a Brexit offer that is acceptable to Parliament by the Brexit deadline on…
Liz Cheney rehabilitates the family name
There have been darker days for the House of Cheney. In 2008, Vice President Dick Cheney left office amidst two…
Brexit means Boris
A few months before he died in 2007, the famous journalist Bill Deedes asked if I would come to see…
Brexit and the great liberal crack-up
Brexit may yet kill the Conservative party but it is exacting a cruel psychological torture on liberalism. Liberals are supposed…
The hounding of Hope Hicks and the desperation of the Democrats
Oscar Wilde once observed that only very superficial people don’t judge things by their appearances. Like many of Wilde’s quips,…
Trump told me I got a ‘bad rap’
I owe my return to these pages to the pardon I have received from the President of the United States.…
What will happen if Theresa May tries to cling on?
On Friday, Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 committee, will go and see Theresa May. It is expected that…
Nigel Farage is not ‘far right’
It is now fashionable to describe Nigel Farage as an ‘extremist’, ‘far right’ or ‘fascist’ politician. Last month, Dame Margaret…
Donald Trump’s one-front trade war
At 12:01 a.m. on Monday, President Donald Trump went a long way toward defusing a potential war – not with…
