Donald Trump
Portrait of the week
Home Philip Hammond, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, appeared to wrest control of plans for Brexit from cabinet rivals, while…
Playing chicken
Besides being important in themselves, the trade talks between Britain and the United States which began this week are symbolic…
Trump’s eastern front
Kiev There is no lavatory paper to be found in government buildings in Kiev. Plan ahead, locals advise, if you…
Why must I have a strong opinion about everything?
At a party earlier this summer, I was chatting to a man who asked me how I voted in last…
Britain’s winning hand
On the morning after the European Union referendum, Britain looked like a country in crisis. The Prime Minister had resigned,…
The devil they know
You will, by now, be familiar with the argument: that Donald Trump’s triumph in the American presidential election represents a…
High life
New York If only my wordsmith friend Jeremy Clarke had been with me. What fun he’d have had with…
Donald Trump represents the new normal – on both sides of the Atlantic
What was your favourite response from the liberals to Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election? Actress Emma Watson…
Could vice-president Mike Pence be the most powerful man in America?
Let’s take stock. Donald Trump, until last week, had never done a government job or held an elected office. He…
Is Steve Bannon really pulling the strings in Team Trump?
Donald J. Trump always keeps everyone guessing. Is the president-elect ditching his crazy act in order to bring in a…
I met Donald Trump’s Russian fan club (and fought them on TV)
Moscow To the Union Jack pub on Potapovsky Lane for a US election night party. The jolly Muscovite Trump supporters…
The monkey-brained case for Donald Trump
A few years ago I was asked to speak at a conference in New York. ‘Where would be the best…
Think Americans are angry now? Wait until Hillary’s in charge
What to expect if – when – a second Clinton finally hacks her way to the top
Jeeves and a Man called The Donald
A story about Bertie Wooster and a man called The Donald, with apologies to P.G. Wodehouse
The view from New York tells me that Trump can win it
New York I have never seen anything like it. If Adolf Hitler were running for president, he would match…
Only one man can heal Donald Trump’s rift with the neocons
His choice of running mate could heal the rift with the neocons
It’s Trump vs Hillary: a race that should terrify all conservatives
Following Tuesday night’s Indiana primaries, the race for the Republican nomination is effectively over. Talk of Donald Trump being overhauled…
Portrait of the Week: Labour’s anti-Semitism crisis, Leicester City’s triumph, Gerry Adams Twitter storm
Home Naz Shah MP was suspended from the Labour Party after the blogger Guido Fawkes revealed that in 2014, nine…
Donald Trump is an awkward ginger snob – and he owes me £20
I am no admirer of Donald Trump — not because he is a doomsayer and professional patriot but because he…
It’s not just Donald Trump, the right is tearing itself apart everywhere
Conservatism is having a nervous breakdown
Long may we Brits laugh at our absurd demagogues
In Reflections on the Revolution in France, Edmund Burke warned that ‘pure democracy’ was as dangerous as absolute monarchy. ‘Of…
Whoever invented the referendum deserves a kicking
My favourite quote of the year so far comes from the author Fay Weldon. ‘If this were an all-woman society,’…
Meet the Donald Trump of ancient Athens (he won)
Why does the Republican party loathe Donald Trump? Because Trump is the ultimate loose cannon, beholden to no one. And…
I have seen the future, and it’s a racist, filthy-mouthed teenage robot
‘I’m a nice person,’ said the robot. ‘I just hate everybody.’ Maybe you know the feeling. The robot in question…
Yes, Donald Trump is grotesque. But I will never vote for Hillary Clinton
And that’s why I’ll never vote for Hillary
