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Punch-drunk Biden gets a beating in the gym
Joe Biden once promised to take Donald Trump behind the gym and beat him up. Early results in the Democratic…
Chaos wins the Iowa caucus
Six months ago, you would have predicted a Joe Biden win in the Iowa caucuses. Four months ago, Pete Buttigieg…
Emergency terror laws set to end early prisoner release
The government has this afternoon unveiled its response to the Streatham terrorist incident on Sunday – which saw a man recently…
Donald Trump: social justice warrior
The term ‘social justice warrior’ is usually a pejorative hurled at those who hold socially progressive views, particularly those who take their views to extremes. But there is…
Why Australia-style deal is the new Brexit buzzword in government
As the second round of Brexit negotiations loom with the EU, there’s already talk of an early bust-up coming up…
It’s about time we had cameras in court
I stood up this week and made a speech. I have made speeches like this many times in my 26…
‘We will never return, there is no going back’: the Brexit Day party, as it happened
Remainers were there too. The first people I met at the Brexit Day festivities were opposed to the whole idea.…
The reason our civil service is soft on China
The creation of the National Security Council under David Cameron was supposed to join up parts of British government which…
The UK has left the EU
In practical terms, little has changed tonight. Businesses and citizens here will not feel any real difference in the coming…
Impeachment has proved the Democrats are no longer democrats
The Senate is not going to call witnesses in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump, and to all appearances the…
Ignore the Brexit day party poopers – it’s time to celebrate
Don’t gloat. Don’t be too triumphalist. Don’t wave your flags too boisterously. Don’t say or do anything that might offend…
The impeachment ‘sea change’ shows Trump can beat anyone in 2020
I address you, Dear Reader, from some 36,000 feet above the fruited plain. But since, before embarking, news that Sen.…
Lamar Alexander clears the way for an unbound Trump
Lamar Alexander said that Donald Trump engaged in ‘inappropriate’ behavior as though he had yelled at a guest at a…
You call this ‘abuse of power’?
By impeaching Donald Trump on December 18, 2019, the House of Representatives declared that the offenses contained in the articles…
Boris Johnson’s Blairism is bamboozling Labour
Is Boris Johnson the Blairite who may not speak his name? All the PM’s talk of levelling up rather than levelling down?…
The five stages of Brexit grief
It’s been more than three years since the Brexit referendum, and we’re only a day away from actually leaving the…
The Michelin Guide’s tiresome sustainability award
The Michelin Red Guide is a marketing device to sell tyres by selling pastries. The guide was invented in 1900…
The Democrats’ dirty secret? They don’t want witnesses
The Senate leaders have stated their positions clearly and constantly. Chuck Schumer, who leads the Democratic minority, is demanding that…
Americans have impeached impeachment
Podcaster Andrew Espitallier, who hosts a channel called The Right Latino with his friend Alex, took to the streets of…
We should be wary of our spooks’ complacency about Huawei
I might be feeling more confident about the government’s decision to give Huawei a limited role in building Britain’s 5G…
Labour official election report: result nothing to do with Corbyn
There’s nothing like a period of reflection after a historic election defeat. It offers those involved a chance to look…
Boris risks backbench rebellion if he doesn’t get Huawei right
Tory MPs are not happy with the Huawei decision. Normally loyal MPs are expressing their bafflement at the announcement. As…
Why we’ll regret the Huawei gamble
It is apparently fine for China to ban western technology from its telecommunications network but quite unacceptable for us to…
The West can only blame itself for failing to prepare for Huawei
With Boris Johnson’s government deciding to allow Huawei into Britain’s ‘non-core’ 5G networks, London is charting a new path for…
Why John Bolton won’t win his war on Trump
The first sentence of the New York Times report on John Bolton’s tell-all memoir about his time in the Trump…
