Tim Stanley

Whatever America is searching for, Trump isn’t providing it

20 October 2018 9:00 am

Donald J. Trump has sparked some soul- searching among US historians: has this happened before? Does it mean America has…

‘The Illegal Act’: Roosevelt, in a boat named National Recovery, struggles to save Uncle Sam from the Depression. The cartoon appeared in 1935, when the United States Supreme Court declared the National Recovery Administration unconstitutional

What America needs is another Franklin D. Roosevelt

13 January 2018 9:00 am

Franklin D. Roosevelt isn’t as popular as he once was. When Barack Obama won the 2008 election, he let it…

The Republicans are ready to win – once they’ve dumped Donald Trump

1 August 2015 9:00 am

Lunatics with money are never ‘mad’, only eccentric. In America, they are also Republican presidential candidates. So Donald Trump, a…

From King Arthur to Lord Toby Jug: in praise of the eccentric independent

11 April 2015 9:00 am

No election night is complete without a man dressed as King Arthur waving a plastic sword as the result is…

Only capitalism can save Nigeria

31 January 2015 9:00 am

Abuja was eerily quiet when I arrived. The capital of Nigeria is normally bustling, but that morning the wide boulevards…

Return of the fairy-hunters

3 January 2015 9:00 am

If like me you get all your news from the Cornish Guardian, you may have spotted an article announcing that…

Rand Paul is like Nigel Farage – except he might win

1 November 2014 9:00 am

When America’s National Institutes of Heath said that it hadn’t cured Ebola yet because of budget cuts, Senator Rand Paul…

Brighton has become an object lesson in why it is a disaster to vote Green

18 October 2014 9:00 am

I have just moved back to Brighton, and I am happy to report that it remains as shambolic as ever.…

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Alice in Cineworld
‘Unless one of them comes up and says hello to you in the street…’
‘Unless one of them comes up and says hello to you in the street…’
‘If there’s global warming then how come there’s a cold war?’
‘If there’s global warming then how come there’s a cold war?’
‘Things have changed since I was a lad.’
‘Things have changed since I was a lad.’
‘I want you to know I’m seeing someone else.’
‘I want you to know I’m seeing someone else.’
‘The enemy are virtue-signalling to us, sir.’
‘The enemy are virtue-signalling to us, sir.’
‘Well at least we always left a tip.’
‘Well at least we always left a tip.’
‘How many shopping days are there till Brexit?’
‘How many shopping days are there till Brexit?’
‘I don’t care what the sales are so long as they’re healthy.’
‘I don’t care what the sales are so long as they’re healthy.’
‘I don’t think you can take the sound of your own voice as one of the tracks.’
‘I don’t think you can take the sound of your own voice as one of the tracks.’
‘We are innocent Russian tourists on riding holiday, looking forward to a good hack…’
‘We are innocent Russian tourists on riding holiday, looking forward to a good hack…’