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Gavin Williamson sacked, but denies guilt on Huawei leak. What went on?
Gavin Williamson has been sacked from government this afternoon following an investigation into the Huawei leak from a meeting of…
Pointless PMQs shows up the government’s powerlessness
Most MPs’ minds are elsewhere at the moment, with the local elections on Thursday and the European elections looming at…
The Government wants Brexit talks to end next week. But can they end well?
Will the cross-party Brexit talks ever end? They seem to have been going on for almost as long as the…
The madness of the Democratic impeachment crusade
Since the release of the Mueller report, with each passing day comes a new and increasingly strident demand to impeach…
It doesn’t matter who Trump runs with: he’ll still win in 2020
At this point, we can relegate the admonitions and advisories to the small print reserved for the disclaimers about possible…
The Tories are stuck in the middle with May. Here’s what they should do next
The Tories have a debate on their hands about what direction they should go in. Do they return to the…
Joe Biden is already under Trump’s skin
During his speech today at the NRA convention in Indianapolis, Donald Trump shot himself in the foot. ‘Now we’re going…
How bad will the local elections be for the Tories?
Next week, the Tories will face their first big electoral test since failing to deliver Brexit on time. On Thursday,…
The 2020 primary’s pivot to video
‘Charlottesville, Virginia is home to the author of one of the great documents in human history. We know it by…
Britain’s Huawei gamble is sure to anger Donald Trump
Just hours after Donald Trump’s long-delayed state visit to Britain was finally confirmed, reports surfaced that Theresa May and her…
Will May continue to avoid naming a date for her departure?
The executive of the 1922 Committee have decided not to change its rules which prevent another vote of no confidence…
Joe Biden is Obama without hope
Joe Biden’s inevitable 2020 presidential candidacy is a strange, strange thing. Biden has longed to be president all his political…
Without the Mueller probe, Trump is sunk
For so long, Democrats thought that the Mueller investigation would bring down President Donald Trump. The truth could be the…
The trouble with Greta Thunberg
In popular mythology Greta Thunberg is a one-girl revolution who has inspired millions of young people into action by being…
Johnson enters the race
The European elections are shaping up to be a colourful affair with both the Brexit Party and pro-EU Change UK…
Democrats are tearing themselves apart over Trump – again
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s redacted, public report is nearly a week old, but the Democratic party in Washington is still…
Robert Mueller pursued every avenue to dispel the collusion myth
If the report released Thursday proved anything, it was that Robert Mueller and his team of prosecutors had an extremely…
The Mueller report: if not collusion, then obstruction?
When Robert Mueller was appointed as Special Counsel, ‘[t]he President slumped back in his chair and said, “Oh my God.…
Who is the busiest Tory leadership candidate of them all?
Tory MPs agree that Theresa May’s days in Downing Street are numbered, but when it comes to picking her replacement…
Will a Queen’s speech spell the end of May’s government?
What is the maximum point of danger for the government in the coming months? After Theresa May secured a six…
The genesis of the #NeverBernie movement
Is a #NeverBernie faction starting to emerge among Democrats? Sanders is on a roll after his appearance at a town…
Donald Trump, fundraiser extraordinaire
While we all ponder the mysteries of the Notre-Dame fire, let me say a word or two about a golden…
The curious candidacy of William Weld
Good news for Team NeverTrump: they have their man — a declared 2020 primary challenger to Donald Trump, and it’s…
Democrats, not Republicans, will dismantle Obama’s legacy
Last week Barack Obama, grayer, wearier and older in every way, was in Berlin at one of his foundation’s conferences for ‘emerging…
The Trump 2020 campaign is much, much more formidable than 2016
Almost every day, somebody somewhere recycles the idea that President Donald J. Trump doesn’t want to be president. He never…
