Can the Republican Party finally win over minority voters?
Washington, DC Republican strategists have long complained about how, every election, the Democrats mobilise minority groups against them. Now they’re…
Bernie Sanders is back – and terrifying the Democratic establishment
Washington, DC Bernie Sanders likes private jets. That, at least, is the malicious word being put about by Hillary Clinton’s…
Trump is divisive. He splits his opposition perfectly
Washington, DC Donald Trump, the unity president — doesn’t sound right, does it? Trump is, we know, divisive. Under his…
The truth about Trump’s shutdown? It’s not as bad as people make out
Washington, DC Washington is supposed to be recession-proof: when times are bad, the government just hires more. But the city…
Meet the Ever Trumpers, the apostles who will never forsake the President
Washington, DC Donald Trump derangement syndrome works both ways. It makes the President’s enemies hate him so much they go…
The Democrats’ obsession with Beto O’Rourke is a sign they’re in trouble
Washington, DC Ever since America elected Donald Trump, Democrats have fantasised about removing him from power. They’ve dreamed of…
The lesson of the midterms? Trump’s crudeness works
Washington, DC President Donald J. Trump thinks only in terms of winning and losing. On Tuesday, he won and he…
When Donald Trump goes low, the Democrats go lower
Washington, DC As if American politics were not scary enough, the prospect of President Hillary Rodham Clinton has once again…
What do ‘Stop Trump’ protestors think they’re going to achieve?
Last summer, the crowds in the fields at Glastonbury Festival filmed themselves chanting ‘Oh Jeremy Corbyn’. It was the fashionable…
Bombs away: Trump and Macron’s bromance is getting serious
Remember the never-ending handshake? It was 14 July 2017, Bastille Day, and Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump opened their formal…
Revealed: Cambridge Analytica and the Passport King
The Cambridge Analytica story is full of hot air. Everybody delights in talking about how scary Facebook is, and lots…
My trip to Pakistan’s ‘Jihadi Disneyland’
Not so long ago, Barack Obama called Waziristan ‘the most dangerous place in the world’. It was the losing front…
Boris Titov doesn’t want to be president but he’s still taking on Putin
Boris Titov is running to be president of Russia, but he’s eager to talk himself out of the job. ‘I…
The left-liberal media won’t admit it, but Donald Trump has global reach
It’s been a miserable two weeks for our Foreign Secretary. Not only did Boris Johnson trip up over the British…
It’s not just Donald Trump, the right is tearing itself apart everywhere
Is Boris Johnson turning into the thinking man’s Donald Trump? Just like the Donald, he’s got funny hair, charisma, and…
Donald Trump's angry America
It was, in the end, the best possible night for Donald Trump. On Super Tuesday, 11 American states voted for…
How Bernie Sanders stole Hillary Clinton’s youth vote
‘Anybody here got any student debt?’ asks Bernie Sanders halfway through his speech at a rally in a small university…
Sorry establishment Republicans, The Donald isn’t dead yet
If Donald Trump had won in Iowa on Monday night, everybody would still be saying what a brilliant candidate he…
Donald Trump offers only gloom, insults and arrogance - and America loves him for it
Ronald Reagan wooed America with sunny optimism. From the offset, Donald Trump has offered something much darker. He began his…
In defence of Jeremy Corbyn
What strange people we Brits are. We spend years moaning that our politicians are cynical opportunists who don’t stand for…
How I made my own pear cider: it’s called Fred’s Perry
When we moved into the new house, we felt lucky to have a pear tree in our garden. How grown…
How the NHS silenced a whistleblowing doctor
Almost two years ago, a cancer surgeon named Joseph Meirion Thomas decided that he could no longer keep quiet about…
Meet Alex Salmond’s secret weapon: the England football team
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How to beat a robot bookie
What does it mean these days to beat the bookie? Many of us like to imagine that winning a bet…
A FOBT ban could be terminal for high-street bookies – and great for a Labour donor
Hands up: who knows what a FOBT is? It stands for fixed odds betting terminal. No? Well, you should, because…
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