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The great Tory Budget giveaway
It’s always tempting for governments to respond to economic trouble with a debt-fuelled spending splurge, but it’s a notoriously blunt…
The corona stimulus shows we've learned the lessons of the crash
The Bank of England hasn’t wasted time getting in front of the coronavirus, and its actions this morning show how…
It's Biden versus Trump
The great state of Michigan was oh-so-kind to Bernie Sanders four years ago, bringing him back from the dead against…
Bedtime for Bernie
Dosvedanya, Bernie. The honeymoon with the Democratic primary has come to as decisive an end as his old romance with…
Biden is the comeback kid — but is he ready for Trump?
Former vice president Joe Biden had an impressive showing on ‘Mini Tuesday’, crushing the delegate count and potentially sticking the…
It’s time to take Joe Biden seriously
Everybody knows that Joe Biden’s mental health is a concern. We all understand that he is not the Democratic Party’s…
Who is brave enough to tell the truth about the 2050 'net zero' target?
Back in 2009, proposals were published to switch off FM and AM radio completely by 2015. The assumption was that most…
China's coronavirus victory might be short-lived
I’ve just been talking to a Government official about ‘how the market is being sounded out’ about the cost and…
Time to scrap the Goldwater Rule
This article is in The Spectator’s April 2020 US edition. Subscribe here to get yours. There are few ironclad rules in…
Trump could bury the Democrats for decades by embracing universal health coverage
‘We’re going to have insurance for everybody.’ That was the promise Donald Trump made on healthcare in January 2017. ‘There was a…
Michigan's primary could be Bernie Sanders' last stand
Ever since Super Tuesday, when Joe Biden pulled off upset wins in Texas, Massachusetts, and Minnesota on his way to…
Twitter is manipulating the election
Twitter announced last month it would start flagging content the company and moderators decided was manipulated to deceive their users.…
Market hysteria is not all down to coronavirus
Is this really about a virus? Oil has plunged 30 percent, the S&P Index seven percent. What is happening on…
Harry and Meghan’s farewell tour
Farewell tours tend to be the preserve of ageing rock stars. Royals, cut from the cloth of Elizabeth Windsor, are…
The amazing gracelessness of Elizabeth Warren
The stars were out in force on Saturday Night Live last night — Daniel Craig, the Weeknd and, er, Elizabeth…
The ugliness of carbon zero
The government is trying to get onshore windfarms going again, defying the damage they do to unique environments. I am…
Joe Biden, restoration man
The results of Super Tuesday show that while Joe Biden can’t be described as coherent, the Biden campaign has found…
Donald Trump’s ‘hunch’ about coronavirus is likely correct
Donald Trump is in the soup again, this time for appearing to reject the World Health Organisation’s estimate for the death…
The row over Suzanne Moore is a test for the Guardian's liberal credentials
The Guardian is a great newspaper and it remains so even if, puzzlingly, more than a fifth of its workforce…
Inside the relationship between politicians and the media
Global system breakdown has defined all our lives for 13 years. From the banking system’s boom and bust to the…
Why I've lost respect for Jeremy Clarkson
If Jeremy Clarkson had lived through the Wars of the Roses he would have been neither a Yorkist nor a…
Are you suffering from Elizabeth Warren Denial Syndrome?
Elizabeth Warren did not die in a tragic accident yesterday. But judging by the reactions of America’s journalists and academics,…
Coronavirus is Bernie Sanders’s running mate
Donald Trump claimed his response to the coronavirus could ‘help, not hurt’ him in the 2020 election, but Cockburn suspects…
Elizabeth Warren's rollercoaster presidential bid comes to an end
It was a long and winding rollercoaster ride for Elizabeth Warren on the presidential campaign trail. And when that ride…
Warren’s decision not to endorse a candidate is a kind of endorsement
She wanted to be the Tin Lizzie of the presidential race, chugging to victory as the champion of the middle-class.…
