Veeps shall inherit the earth
In Pence and Harris, we are looking at the future of the Republican Party
Why Harris vs Pence could be 2020’s most significant debate
‘Who am I? Why am I here?’ That was how Vice Admiral James Stockdale began the 1992 televised vice-presidential debate.…
The media meltdown over Trump’s ‘Covita’ moment
What is Donald Trump’s greatest gift? Some say his finely honed instincts; others, his tabloid genius for publicity. But we…
Why are journalists making Trump's illness all about themselves?
What’s the most important part of this developing Trump-has-Covid story? Is it ‘how sick is the President?’ Or is it…
When a president gets sick
President William Henry Harrison died, famously, after giving the longest inauguration speech in history. On a bitterly cold winter day…
The Trump vs Biden debates are bound to be boring
Ladies and gentlemen — tonight we are going to witness the most hotly anticipated TV debate in history. In the…
What have we actually learnt from Trump's tax revelations?
Is anyone really surprised that Donald Trump’s tax affairs are opaque? Or that he is not as rich as he…
Is Trump's campaign running out of cash?
You can tell something about a campaign by the desperation-levels of its fundraising emails. In recent weeks, Team Trump’s digital…
Is Donald Trump really anti-abortion?
At the Republican National Convention last month, he was repeatedly described as the ‘most pro-life President ever’. According to some…
The Trump show: he could just win again
Is Trump about to pull off his most spectacular trick yet?
Trump goes for Biden’s jugular in convention speech
President Donald J. Trump just gave an impressive and unprecedented State of the Union address from the lawn of the…
Donald Trump is still the greatest show on Earth
‘Keep America Great’ is President Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election slogan and it sounds off. The phrase doesn’t have the same…
The mob are turning into Trump’s useful idiots
Protesters have been setting fire to yet another American city today to tell us that black lives matter. This latest…
Wholesome, intimate and suspiciously vague: The Michelle Obama Podcast reviewed
Back in March, I made a long-odds bet that Michelle Obama would be the Democratic party’s vice-presidential nominee. I knew…
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…
There is no ‘do no harm’ VP pick
If you’ve kept half an eye on the ‘who will it be?’ story that is the Democratic party’s vice-presidential nomination,…
Have we passed peak Biden?
A consensus has formed about this presidential election: it is Joe Biden’s to lose. As long as his vice-presidential nomination…
The real Joe Biden: what would his presidency look like?
What should the world expect from a President Biden?
The real Joe Biden: what would his presidency look like?
It is usually a bad idea for a presidential candidate to leave himself open to the accusation that he is…
Trump takes on anti-nationalism
Even the most ardent Trumpist must admit that it has been a bad few months for the President. The COVID-19…
John Bolton is a greedy hack
Bolton is a peculiar and stubborn man – you can tell that from his moustache. He’s also a greedy hack.…
Society isn’t systemically racist. It is systemically woke
Structural, systemic, systematically — we’re hearing these words a lot at the moment. Racism isn’t individual. It is structural or…
America is burning – and it could cost Trump the presidency
Will civil unrest seal Trump’s downfall?