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How will Hoseasons enforce its ban on ‘homophobes’?
Gillette has learned the hard way that if you annoy your customer base, your business will suffer. Ever since it…
Never Trumpers are back. Here’s why they will fail again
From the moment Donald Trump stepped onto the escalator in Trump Tower to announce his candidacy for president of the…
Boris Johnson and Angela Merkel’s optimistic press conference
When Theresa May held press conferences with European leaders over Brexit, they were often a painful affair – with her…
France says no deal now the most likely Brexit outcome. But why now?
Why would French government officials brief that they think it most likely Britain will leave the European Union without a…
Boris Johnson’s Brexit opponents are playing into his hands
There is arguably the most important conflict raging in the Tory party since Churchill replaced Chamberlain as PM in 1940.…
Will Italy’s warring politicians succeed in shutting Salvini out of power?
What now looks like a distinct possibility in Italy after today’s resignation of Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte is a…
A no-deal Brexit isn’t worth the risk
The heightened rhetoric of the past few days, from talk of collaborators, saboteurs and government of national unity, prompt me…
Donald Trump goes Fox hunting
Has Donald Trump outfoxed himself? In the past few days Trump has been lashing out at the network for publishing…
Emmanuel Macron could be Boris Johnson’s Brexit saviour
One thing on which Remainers and Brexiteers can agree is that Brexit delayed is Brexit denied. The government continues to…
Social media is making it harder to hear legitimate criticism
When was the last time you were in a Twitter mob? We know these maelstroms of anger so well now,…
Why was a finals student disqualified for criticising halal meat?
We have to talk about the schoolgirl who was disqualified from a GCSE exam on the grounds that she had…
Joe Biden won’t win
Joe Biden has led Democratic polls since day one, holding the kind of consistent lead within his party that Donald…
The Mooch, Bill Kristol and the NeverTrump quest for relevance
If The Onion didn’t exist, it would be necessary to invent it. The self-described ‘omnipotent’ purveyor of current-events satire may…
The magic and mystery of English cricket
Nothing in cricket is quite as visceral, even quite as primeval, as the confrontation between a batsmen of the highest…
Give Hong Kongers real security: a British passport
We seem to be building up to a second Tiananmen Square, 30 years after the first. This time the venue…
Was I wrong about Boris Johnson?
The Conservative commentariat does not march in step. Myself, along with Matthew Parris, Max Hastings and Simon Heffer are proud, stiff-necked…
The battle cry of the politically homeless
Like millions of other Americans, I’m exhausted. But I’m not tired from #Resisting or tired from screaming at a MAGA…
Joe Biden isn’t ‘gaffe-prone’, he’s losing his mind
‘Gaffe?’ Who invented this nonsensical term? Its only common usage seems to be among political journalists and pundits, as a…
Trump takes New Hampshire
‘They say he’s not going to win re-election,’ blurted a tank top-wearing twenty-something as he scanned the crowd outside SNHU…
Boris Johnson is the EU’s nemesis. But could he be Europe’s saviour?
It is a curious and rather moving experience to see someone you have known for thirty-five years standing in front…
Alexander Waugh is the Brexit party’s most illustrious candidate
At the next General Election, the lucky constituents of Bridgwater and West Somerset will find an illustrious name on their…
Why October 10th is Boris Johnson’s best bet for a snap election
Boris Johnson thrives on risk. His political life so far has consisted of a succession of gambles that have paid…
Is it time for some 2020 Democrats to put party over country?
Would the Democrats be better off losing the presidency in 2020 and winning the Senate? If you think that the…
Why Boris Johnson needs an election to deliver Brexit
What more-or-less all Tory MPs seem to have missed is that Philip Hammond, the ex-chancellor who has become the anti-no-deal…
The real reason Corbynites turned on Caroline Lucas and the Greens
Caroline Lucas’s plan for an all-female emergency Cabinet to stop a no-deal Brexit is a fantasy, with no prospect of success.…
