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Is there any way that May’s deal could pass on Tuesday?
The government’s efforts to get changes to the backstop have run into a brick wall in Brussels. The EU thinks,…
To win, the Democrats need to be more like Trump
Here is the tragedy of the Democratic party in 2019: its partisans are left to hope that personal hatred of…
Why the Democrats have gone off Israel
Not so long ago in America, immediately after a Democratic politician announced a run for president, he or she would…
How can the government avoid defeat this week?
Theresa May begins the week with a chunk of her party growing increasingly frustrated with her handling of Brexit. The…
Prince Harry, G-G?
Leadership beyond politics, a quality well demonstrated by Prince Harry, is one of the greatest virtues of our constitutional system.…
Russia’s puritan revolution
Last weekend a group of young activists turned out on a Moscow street to protest against western decadence. They were…
Big boxes are the next growth story
Some time ago my eye was caught by the story of a boy who had taken his father’s credit card…
This could be the end of the Labour party
English Conservatives and Scottish Nationalists do not wake at 3 a.m., drenched in sweat, worrying about how they can defeat…
The rise and fall of the Chumocracy
All political careers end in failure — it’s the dynastic death throes you want to watch. The leader departs with…
Let’s grow our own money
No 1960s vision of the 21st century was complete without an attentive robot-scuttling around doing household chores. At the time,…
