2020 US election
The cult of Donald Trump
The thing we most need to understand right now is how you deprogram people who have been in a cult.…
Portrait of the week: Tiers, Scotch eggs and a devastated high street
Home The Commons voted by 291 votes to 78 for new coronavirus regulations putting 55 million people in England into…
Here comes President Joebama
‘So you’re seeing a team develop that I have great confidence in,’ said former president Barack Obama this week when…
Donald Trump won’t leave me alone
Ever since I saw him in Pensacola, Florida the other week, Donald J. Trump will not leave me alone. Each…
Aristotle would have seen Trump’s behaviour as entirely normal
Donald Trump may be a narcissist, but since he is not mentally ill in the technical sense, he is not…
Rome’s collegiate system was more logical than America's
So Humpty Trumpty has had his great fall. But how democratic or logical was his election in the first place…
What the three types of Trump supporter really want
As Democrats’ colossal collective sigh of relief drives wind turbines even over in Britain, let’s not lose sight of the…
Trump may have lost, but his agenda is here to stay
He may have lost – but his agenda is here to stay
Voters have lost their nerve
Elections teach us nothing. Instead, each tribe dredges succour from the minutiae, proving that they had been right all along.…
My post-election drink with Nigel Farage
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is a useful stop for journalists looking for some rust-belt Americana not too far from New York. The…
Portrait of the week: Vaccine hopes up, Zoom shares down and Biden calls Boris
Home Pfizer and BioNTech announced a vaccine against Covid-19 of 90 per cent efficacy from two injections three weeks apart.…
Divided states: Trump has shown how well he understands America
Once again, Trump has shown how well he understands America
The Trump riddle is still unsolved
American expats have a conundrum on election night: do you stay up to watch the results come in or do…
Portrait of the week: England’s lockdown, America’s meltdown and houses fall down
Home The government imposed a lockdown on England to last until 2 December. On television, Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister,…
America sails into the unknown
Washington, DC On election day in the capital there is no thrill in the air, but there is a sound:…
I’m voting to make America boring again
I just spent £2.50 in postage to bring about one of the last things I want. Specifically, the next-to-last thing…
A Biden victory would be no great boon for Britain
It is remarkably uncommon for a US president to fail to be re-elected. It has happened just twice in the…
Trump’s humour is his weakness – and his strength
Earlier this summer left-wing activists announced a ‘semi-autonomous zone’ in the Capitol Hill area of Seattle. Denuded of law enforcement…
Michael Cohen: ‘I lied for Trump, but that doesn’t make me a liar’
Michael Cohen on the cult of The Donald
Veeps shall inherit the earth
In Pence and Harris, we are looking at the future of the Republican Party
American meltdown: a democratic disaster
What if no one accepts the election result?
Kamala chameleon: the many faces of Biden’s running mate
Kamala Harris, the new Democratic vice-presidential nominee, certainly looks the part. Barack Obama once called her ‘the best-looking attorney general…
Dear Boris: what happens if Trump doesn’t accept defeat?
How Boris should handle the US election
The real Joe Biden: what would his presidency look like?
What should the world expect from a President Biden?
Could Joe Biden be the Hillary Clinton of 2020?
The 2020 struggle for the White House is shaping up to look a lot like the 2016 contest. Once more…
